Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Overview

In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health), patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone. Island Health is committed to culturally safe health and care, respecting Indigenous health and wellness beliefs, practices, customs and ceremonies, unique to Vancouver Island First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples. Island Health has an opening for Medical Health Officer (MHO) to provide expert public health leadership for policies, programs and services to improve health and reduce health inequities in a diverse population of 916,000. The position is located in North Vancouver Island (Comox Valley, Campbell River, and surrounding communities) and offers opportunities to work with a team of Medical Health Officers supporting a population of 455,000 in Central and North Vancouver Island.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical leadership for public health services, population health assessment, and community engagement within assigned geographic areas.
• Enforce all public health legislation in assigned areas and, from time to time, other geographies within Island Health.
• Monitor and assess population health in collaboration with Island Health’s Population Health Surveillance, Assessment and Epidemiology team and provincial partners.
• Interpret population health indicators for the executive team, external partners, municipalities and the public to inform programs and policies.
• Identify and address community health priorities through policies, programs and services.
• Provide population health leadership on community health assessment, health inequities, and partnerships to address underlying determinants of health.
• Foster relationships with local government, education sectors, Indigenous communities and other partners to improve health; link with local, regional, and provincial agencies as required.
• Act as Public Health and Preventive Medicine consultant; participate in planning to improve population health and reduce health inequities.
• Manage cases of communicable diseases and large outbreaks; provide direction to nursing and environmental health staff.
• Coordinate and evaluate designated core programs in public health with Population & Public Health Directors / Managers.
• Participate in policy design, delivery and evaluation; help develop short- and long-range goals.
• Collaborate on public health emergency planning and response; advise clinicians on vaccination, communicable diseases and health hazards.
• Participate in after-hours on-call rotation with the MHO team and serve as a knowledge resource for public health issues and core programs.

Responsibilities (Administrative and Legal)

Quality Improvement, Research, Evaluation, and Training

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Compensation

Compensation Type : Salary

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