Practice Consultant, EHS

Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $46.60 - $58.18 / hour

Job Summary
Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities. Fraser Health is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision:
Better health, best in health care. Learn more.

We are currently looking to fill a Relief Full Time opportunity for a Practice Consultant, EHS with Environmental Health located in Abbotsford, BC.

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Joining the Fraser Health team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields, career growth and advancement, a competitive compensation package (including four weeks of vacation to start, comprehensive health benefits, and pension plan), and the rewarding opportunity to make a difference every single day in health care.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives 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.

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Detailed Overview
The Practice Consultant (PC) acts as an environmental health resource to staff and managers through provision of advice and consultation, training and orientation, auditing and quality improvement, as well as research. The PC is responsible for the development, co-ordination, implementation, and evaluation of policies, procedures, protocols, processes, and systems for Environmental Health Services (EHS).

Responsibilities

Provides consultation to staff and managers on the day-to-day operation and delivery of the Environmental Health program.

Supports the continuous quality improvement process and procedures to collect, analyze and report on data variances and key contributors to cost, quality and consistency relevant to provision of services. Assists with monitoring and evaluation of QI processes and recommends necessary changes.

Participates in health protection and quality improvement projects as a project leader, facilitator and/or team member.

Identifies and determines staff orientation and education requirements. Develops staff orientation and training materials. Provides staff orientation and training sessions.

Conducts audits to monitor and evaluate applications of legislation, policies, guidelines, and procedures, and processes by field staff in the office and in the field. Prepares audit reports in identifying practice, system or process issues and recommends changes.

Develops and delivers student orientation. Co-ordinates student training.

Supports Fraser Health (FH) EHS staff and managers in progressive enforcement activities including providing consultation and recommendations on the use of relevant legislation and enforcement tools, assisting or coordinating investigations, supporting staff with writing violation tickets and preparing for court, gathering relevant information and completing court documents and applications (e.g. for orders, injunctions). Attends court as a witness as required.

Develops funding proposals by identifying funding sources and opportunities, initiating research processes, collecting and analyzing…