There is a phone service interruption at Strait Richmond Hospital in Cape Breton. A temporary work around has been put in place so the site is able to receive incoming phone calls through the regular switchboard number 902-625-3100. Crews are working on restoration of inbound calling to all other site phone lines. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Nova Scotia Health has made changes to parking and the main entrance of the QEII Halifax Infirmary. Learn more.
Dr. Annette Elliott Rose, Nova Scotia Health Chief Nurse Executive & Vice President, Clinical Performance & Professional Practice. Annette is working with teams to provide strategic leadership across health and social systems to support operational excellence, the implementation of innovative solutions to learning and practice and responsive change. This will support the Nova Scotia Health workforce now and into the future. As Chief Nurse Executive, Annette will be working with nurses and leaders to understand and implement strategies to support and advance nursing locally, provincially, and nationally. Annette’s almost 24-year nursing and health care career includes practice experience in maternal-newborn care and acute and primary care settings in Nova Scotia and northern Canada, as a lecturer and clinical instructor in the Dalhousie University School of Nursing and School of Health Sciences and in progressive leadership roles in Nova Scotia and the Atlantic.
Annette was Vice President, Clinical Care & Chief Nurse Executive at IWK Health prior to being seconded to the Department of Health and Wellness, leading the development and implementation of the provincial health workforce strategy. Prior to this, she held leadership roles with Indigenous Services Canada. First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Atlantic Region and was with a provincial program providing practice support and education in community and regional hospitals in Nova Scotia. Annette is a Fellow in the Canadian Academy of Nursing, holds a Master of Nursing and PhD in Nursing from Dalhousie University and is an adjunct faculty member in the Dalhousie University School of Nursing. Annette believes collaboration and connection are key for practice, organizational and system change and she is committed to designing and supporting systems of health and social care focused on the talent and expertise of teams to meet individual, family and community health needs grounded in quality care, equity, and social justice.
Annette lives in Hammonds Plains with her partner, Chris, and their daughter, Georgia.
Much of Nova Scotia's healthcare program and service information is now available on the YourHealthNS mobile app. Download for free on the Apple Store and Android Apps for Google Play.
