Director, Toxic Drug Response and Strategic Initiatives

1. Develops, implements, and evaluates strategic priority plans for delivering Toxic Drug Response services, including harm reduction, education, and referrals to treatment.
2. Ensures the integration and coordination of programs and services to create a comprehensive service delivery system that meets the health care needs of people who use drugs and vulnerable populations within Fraser Health.
3. Collaborates with key stakeholders, including the Ministry of Mental Health & Addictions, the Ministry of Health, all levels of government and others, to implement community-based health services such as Overdose Prevention and Witnessed Consumption Services, Overdose Outreach teams, and expanded drug checking. Additionally, supports access to treatment services across various municipalities across Fraser Health.
4. Directs the implementation, coordination, and evaluation of Harm Reduction Teams, Overdose Outreach Teams, Supervised Consumption Site teams.
5. Works with the Executive Director to conduct high-level consultations and liaise with key stakeholders regarding Integrated Toxic Drug Response. Provides reporting to the relevant Ministries via detailed implementation plans and regular meetings.
6. Participates in Ministry of Health, Mental Health & Addictions BCCSU and other committees and working groups. Builds strong partnerships with First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) regarding Toxic Drug Response. Directs the implementation of plans and policies, including provision of knowledge exchange and change management support.
7. Reviews epidemiological and other data regarding toxic drug events and mortality to shape services and respond to emerging trends.
8. Develops program budgets and allocates funds within the budget to accomplish objectives. Monitors variance against budget.
9. Triages and responds to requests for information, reporting, and surveillance, and participates in regular regional and provincial meetings.
10. Actively monitors toxic drug event trends and unexpected events in FH communities and takes immediate steps to support local actions, working with local communication action teams in high impact communities.
11. In partnership with the TDRPP Leadership, develops and advances strategic and action plans for both Toxic Drug Response and Priority Populations.
12. Leads TDRPP project teams to support cross portfolio and program initiatives utilizing a project management framework to ensure projects are delivered within scope and budget and associated risks are identified and mitigated.
13. Ensures program monitoring and evaluation systems are established and updated based on program evolution.
14. Provides direct strategic project leadership, including making timely business decisions regarding project budgets and use of resources. Maintains control of project milestones and reports on project progress and status.
15. Ensures stakeholders are appropriately engaged and deliverables are established and met; leads status, team, and leadership meetings.
16. Collaborates with internal and external stakeholders involved in the project. Manages intersections and impacts of the project by collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure effective collaboration and communication.
17. Supports the development of effective communications and presentations related to strategic and other initiatives by collaborating with TDRPP leaders, program partners, and others as required.
18. Consults with leadership across functional areas, clinical programs/sites, Professional Practice, and corporate supports such as Finance, Communications, Employee Experience, and others within Fraser Health to ensure resources are available and committed to the project and to working groups as needed.
19. Oversees the collection, review and evaluation of improvement proposals and change requests to enable a quality focused, efficient, and consistent approach.
20. Develops an annual team work plans to monitor for performance and outcomes.
21. Leads and directs team members using effective management techniques (e.g., coaching, mentoring, skill and leadership development, performance management).
22. Assesses and reports on the status of initiatives to senior leadership; advises on status and the impact of the initiative across Fraser Health from a system perspective.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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