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city medical officer of health

Title posted on Nova Scotia Public Service Commission - Associate Regional Medical Officer of Health (ARMOH)

Posted on April 20, 2026 by Employer details The Government of Nova Scotia

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<p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14.0px"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://hcm17.sapsf.com/sf/careers/jobsearch?company=novascotiaP"><img style="width:686.0px;height:36.0px" src="https://rmkcdn.successfactors.com/bf6b9753/38449949-ca76-4c02-8829-4.png"></a></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Competition # : </strong>48518<strong> </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Department: </strong>Health and Wellness</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Location: </strong>HALIFAX</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Type of Employment: </strong>Term</span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Union Status: </strong><span contenteditable="false">Exclusion - Non Union - NSPG</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Closing Date: </strong>04-May-26 (Applications are accepted until 11:59 PM Atlantic Time)</span></p><p> </p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Us</b></H2></div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">The Department of Health and Wellness offers opportunities to grow and advance in a dynamic sector that touches the lives of all Nova Scotians. Along with our partners, including the Nova Scotia Health Authority and the IWK Health Centre, we are committed to continually improving our health system. With a focus on collaborative primary health care, continuing care, improved supports for mental health and addictions, digital health, capital infrastructure, and more, the department is thinking differently about how to plan, fund, legislate and monitor to improve access and service delivery. To do this, we are recruiting leaders at all levels of the organization who embrace a challenge and believe in their ability to make a difference.</span><br><br></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Our Opportunity</b></H2></div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">The Associate Regional Medical Officer of Health (ARMOH) directly contributes to improved health and safety for our population. As the ARMOH, you support Nova Scotia Health (NSH) and the IWK through your leadership and expertise in promoting and protecting health and preventing disease and injury.</span><br><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12.0pt">Through interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral partnerships, you will assist in providing leadership in assessing and measuring the health of populations, and in developing strategies to improve health and well-being through health protection, disease prevention, and health promotion initiatives. You are a key support for the Regional Medical Officers of Health (RMOHs) and the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH), and where necessary, through delegation, legislated health protection responsibilities. Under legislation, you are responsible for informing, investigating, and acting on any health hazard, notifiable disease or condition, communicable disease or public health emergency that poses a health risk to the population. You will have opportunities to engage in strategic prevention and health care initiatives led by the Department.</span><br>