Lead, Health, Safety & Prevention

Position Summary
Interior Health are looking for an experienced Lead, Health, Safety & Prevention to join our team on a full permanent basis out of our Kamloops location.

What we offer:
-Employee & Family Assistance Program
-Employer paid training/education opportunities
-Employer paid vacation
-Medical Services Plan
-Employer paid insurance premiums
-Extended health & dental coverage
-Municipal Pension Plan
-Work-life balance

Salary:
Salary range for the position is $88,990 to $127,923. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

About the job:
In accordance with the established vision and values of the organization, the Lead, Health, Safety, and Prevention (HSP) participates as a member of the Workplace Health and Safety (WH&S) leadership team and provides leadership in the operational planning, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of an integrated, system-based approach for safety and prevention-related programs, services and support for all of Interior Health Authority. A key priority of the role is to operationalize and sustain a systemic framework that links in all aspects of patient, staff, contractor, and public safety into a comprehensive safety cultural vision aligned with the strategic directions of Interior Health (IH).

Typical duties and responsibilities:

• Provides corporate stewardship in the planning, implementation, evaluation, and continuous improvement of comprehensive health and safety management systems.

• Uses a systems approach framework to guide IH in building a culture of health, safety, and wellness.

• Contributes and supports the Manager, Health, Safety and Prevention with prevention strategies and works to implement the Health Authority’s long-range Human Resources planning goals and policies necessary to operationalize the organization’s safety strategy and vision.

• Manages related budget detail for the portfolio and ensures performance to budgeted plan by monitoring expenditures and recommending and implementing remedial action as required.

• Provides leadership and direction to team members under their responsibility through effective management techniques (e.g., coaching, mentoring, skill and leadership development, and performance management).

• In consultation with the Manager, responsible for staffing functions including recruitment, hiring, ongoing development, performance management, and disciplinary action and termination as required.

• Monitors performance indicators of various safety and prevention programs and reporting and makes recommendations to the Manager for remedial action to mitigate organizational risk.

• Oversees regulatory compliance efforts including investigations and response to WorkSafeBC
(WSBC) and other regulatory agencies in relation to orders and reports.

• Provides leadership, in collaboration with internal and external partners, in the operationalization of an overall systemic approach to operational safety and prevention for those who work within IH and those who access our services.
• Collaborates with outside agencies such as WSBC, Healthcare Benefit Trust (HBT), educational facilities, and other research organizations to evaluate effectiveness and establish evidence-based programs that promote a culture of individual and organizational health and well-being.

• Supports and delivers strategic initiatives involving WH&S services and programs specific to the Manager, Health, Safety & Prevention’s portfolio.

• Provides guidance to the organization’s operational leadership team in their role and responsibility with respect to BC legislation (i.e., the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and Workers Compensation Act).

• Interfaces with senior leadership to ensure that their operational plans are aligned with achieving health, safety, and wellness strategic priorities consistent with the philosophy, goals, and objectives of IH.

• Uses project management and change management principles to work with key partners to plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain an organizational infrastructure to support the envisioned culture of health, safety, and wellness at IH.

• Reviews, develops, and operationalizes current processes, procedures, and policies to support sustainable integration of health, safety, and wellness principles into all business components, including evaluation and continuous improvement processes.

• Provides leadership in the assessment and systematic analysis of existing structures, processes, procedures, programs, and policies with comprehensive recommendations and action plans to improve the needs, as prioritized according to the systems framework.

• Develops positive working relationships and partnerships with key internal and external partners to garner collaboration, involvement, and support towards building capacity in mobilizing a culture of health, safety, and wellness within the organization.

• Operationalizes an organizational framework that fosters integration of various internal departments such as Risk Management, Quality Planning and Improvement, Infection Prevention and Control, and other invested partners.

• Travels regularly across the supported region as well as the broader health authority to support in person site and department visits as needed or requested by the Manager, Health, Safety & Prevention.

• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, maintain a healthy and safe work environment through complying with and implementing applicable Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, responding to requests from WSBC, identifying hazards and communicating risks, ensuring compliance with employee training, conducting effective incident investigations and implementing required corrective actions.

• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualfications
Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Education, Training, and Experience
• A Bachelor’s degree.
• Five to seven years of experience working in a health and safety-related field with three years of experience in management/leadership of complex teams.
• Project management, change management, and quality improvement experience an advantage.
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.

Skills and Abilities
• Comprehensive knowledge of employee health and safety and HR theories/practices and an understanding of a complex, multi-union healthcare environment.
• Ability to promote and develop opportunities for research and evaluation to ensure the use of evidence-based best practices.
• Ability to apply superior conflict management skills and judgment to facilitate consensus, persuade/negotiate effectively, and to implement service/organizational change and transition both internally and externally.
• Ability to identify emerging initiatives, trends, and industry best practices and ensure full consideration in the development and implementation of service delivery goals and objectives.
• Knowledge of contemporary and best practice approaches in injury prevention and occupational health and wellness.
• Above average conceptual, analytical, and reasoning skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated systems/critical thinking ability.
• Ability to encourage and support innovation by creating a climate of continuous improvement and creativity aimed at systemic change.
• Ability to orient self strategically to the future by continually scanning the environment for ideas, leading practices, and emerging trends that will shape the system.
• Ability to champion and orchestrate change by actively contributing to the change processes that improve quality health service delivery across an organization.
• Current valid BC Driver’s License.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.