Consultant | Psychological Health & Safety

Interior Health is seeking a permanent full‑time Consultant, Psychological Health & Safety who is passionate about driving meaningful change in healthcare. This role provides regional support across Interior Health, and travel is required.

Location: This position offers flexibility within the Interior Health region.

What We Offer

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• May be eligible to contribute to MPP

Salary range for the position is $90,770 to $130,481. 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.

How Will You Create An Impact

The Consultant, Psychological Health & Safety acts as an internal consulting resource for organizational development processes, strategies, decision-making, and projects that are directed at fostering a culture of psychological health and safety (PHS) in the workplace. The Consultant supports the development and implementation of strategic and operational initiatives designed to strengthen health, resilience and well-being at the individual, team, leader and organizational levels. Provides consulting services to support the goals and objectives of senior leadership with interventions such as change initiatives, strategy planning facilitation, process re-design, team building, education and training, coaching, culture and respectful workplace development issues. Provides support to the organization and specific functional areas in recognizing current patterns across the system and partnering to develop and implement strategies to improve organizational effectiveness. This work is framed within Interior Health commitments to Indigenous cultural safety, anti-racism, and equity, diversity and inclusion.

What Will You Work On

• Designs, develops, supports implementation and evaluates new and existing PHS management systems to assess and address key psychosocial factors impacting workforce mental health.
• Provides leadership in the development and implementation of strategic and operational initiatives designed to support staff and medical staff in nurturing their self-care, well-being and total health.
• Designs, develops and recommends new and innovative models for PHS service delivery to meet the needs of staff and medical staff.
• Analyzes existing systems and processes and make recommendations to optimize assessing and addressing key psychosocial factors impacting workforce PHS.
• Partners with senior leaders and teams in designing and implementing change processes that engage partners appropriately from initiation to integration of the change.
• Provides client services and programs in a way that increases leaders’ capacity for coaching, process design, facilitation, and team development within their own teams by training and supporting leaders in how to host psychologically informed conversations.
• Delivers best in practice resilience training for staff, medical staff, teams, and leaders by leading the development, implementation and maintenance of competency-based learning programs and continuing education of staff, integrating these with practice standards.
• Facilitates team development and changes in group norms, values, and culture; identifies and uses instruments and surveys to analyze individual and group behavior; partners with clients in identifying possibilities for improvement; provides coaching supports to leaders towards increasing success in change integrations.
• Collaborates as directed with key provincial and regional committees.
• Meets with partners to facilitate consensus, consultation and the sharing of information; liaises with consultants, vendors, other health care entities and external agencies.
• Keeps current on the interpretation and application of the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace (the Standard), relevant articles standards, practices and protocols.
• Collaborates with colleagues at other health authorities to support implementation of provincial PHS programs.
• Represents the PHS department on selected internal and external technical committees as required and provides status reports to leadership.
• Coordinates and leads project teams for the development of new training, processes and tools to enhance PHS services delivery. Ensures project deliverables are completed on time and on budget, as identified in the project plan.
• Provides leadership to external vendors or project team members as required.
• Remains current in the practice of organization development and leadership development by ongoing professional development; researches and implements cutting edge best practice in alignment with probable future needs in the organization.
• Evaluates PHS services ensuring interventions meet client satisfaction.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Come join our team and see why we’re one of BC’s Top Employers! Explore our extensive benefits, career growth opportunities, and lifestyle in one of the most beautiful and diverse regions of Canada. Ready to love where you live and work? Apply Today!

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).