Psychological Health and Safety Specialist
Psychological Health and Safety Specialist
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11-05-2025
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Job Description
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46/Hr. CAD $65.35/Hr.
Summary
Reporting to the Manager Psychological Health and Safety the Psychological Health and Safety Specialist acts as an internal consulting resource for organizational development processes strategies decisionmaking and projects that are directed at fostering a culture of psychological health and safety (PHS) in the workplace.
- Support the development and implementation of strategic and operational initiatives designed to strengthen health resilience and wellbeing at the individual team leader and organizational levels.
- Provide consulting services to support the goals and objectives of senior leadership with interventions such as change initiatives strategy planning facilitation process redesign team building education and training consulting and coaching culture and respectful workplace development issues.
- Provide 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 PHC commitments to Indigenous cultural safety antiracism and equity diversity and inclusion.
What You Bring
- Masters Degree in Psychology Organization Development Leadership Adult Education Behavioural Science or other equivalent education and training and
- Five (5) years recent related experience in psychological health and safety organization development and/or leadership development in an intermediate to large size organization.
*Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in healthcare settings.
Skills & Abilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of psychosocial factors impacting personal wellbeing and organizational health as outlined in the Standard.
- Demonstrated knowledge of organization development theory and applications.
- Demonstrated group facilitation skills in an organization development role.
- Demonstrated knowledge of leadership and team development.
- Demonstrated knowledge of organization development theory and applications.
- Demonstrated group facilitation skills in an organization development role.
- Demonstrated knowledge of leadership and team development.
What We Offer
- Design develop implement and evaluate 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 selfcare wellbeing 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 makes 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 stakeholders 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 competencybased 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 stakeholders 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.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- A competitive salary: The salary range for this position is $45.46 $65.35 per hour depending on experience.
- Growth opportunities: We welcome individuals at all stages of their career offering opportunities for professional development and growth.
- Stateoftheart facilities: The new St. Pauls Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions the new St. Pauls Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care research and teaching. The new St. Pauls Hospital is expected to open in 2027.
- Inclusive culture: We respect the diversity dignity and interdependence of all persons. We value the cultural richness that our diverse workforce brings to the care of our equally diverse population of patients and residents.
Who We are:
Providence Health Care is one of the largest faithbased health care organizations in Canada. For the people at Providence living our Mission Vision and Values means providing British Columbians with compassionate socially just exceptional and innovative care every day.
From our humble roots 129 years ago Providence has grown into globally renowned research teaching and care organization. As individuals within a missiondriven organization we choose to be part of Providence Health Care because we value the organizations long commitment to social justice and compassionate care and its commitment to the process of Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.
We acknowledge that Providence Health Care and the new St. Pauls Hospital site is located on the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples including the territories of the xmkwym (Musqueam) Skwxw7mesh (Squamish) and Sllwta/Selilwitulh (TsleilWaututh) Nations.
Required Experience:
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Employment Type
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