Questions and Answers about Nova Scotia Health Authority

Sounds like a horrible place to work

If you’re permanent you can basically do whatever you want but if you’re temporary the managers nitpick about everything you do. very little followup to any complaints.

The insurance is worse than the insurance i had at a non-unionized job and the conditions were almost worse

You receive benefits, pension plan, health care plan!

Business casual

Treat the temporary workers and permanent workers equally. They say they do but in practice the permanent workers can show up late, leave early, break safety rules etc. and nothing happens to them. You get hounded about the smallest things if you are a temp.

Relocating

The pay/benefits for the support services is way too low for the amount of work/stress. the hospital wouldn’t run without support staff.

Find out the names of the managers, email your resumes directly to them, express interest in their department. Accept casual/temp positions, it is the ONLY way you are going to get a permanent position.

Written tests, then you are interviewed by two department heads.