Role and Facility Information

Bring your public health expertise to work that improves lives and strengthens communities.

Island Health is seeking a Medical Health Officer (MHO) to provide expert public health leadership for policies, programs and services that improve population health and reduce health inequities across Vancouver Island and associated islands.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Chief Medical Health Officer, you will join a team working to improve the health and wellbeing of a diverse population of approximately 916,000 people.

Your public health practice can focus on urban or rural and remote population health issues, alongside region-wide leadership in areas such as health assessment, communicable disease control, environmental health, public health policy, mental health promotion, substance use, Indigenous health and injury prevention.

You will provide medical leadership for public health services and programs, population health assessment and community engagement within assigned geographic areas. You will also be responsible for enforcing public health legislation in those areas and, from time to time, elsewhere within Island Health.

Based on Vancouver Island, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to practice complex Public Health medicine in urban and rural centres.

Cultural Safety and Indigenous Health

Island Health is committed to culturally safe care that respects the health and wellness beliefs, practices, customs and ceremonies of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples.

The MHO recognizes the inherent rights and title of Indigenous Peoples to govern themselves and act as decision makers. Advancing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action with Indigenous communities is a key priority.

Qualifications

• Medical degree (MD) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
• Medical licence from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia.

You will also bring demonstrated leadership, strong interpersonal and communication skills, strategic thinking, an established record of evidence-informed practice, and a commitment to teamwork, client-focused services and continuous quality improvement.

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Island Health offers programs and services on the unceded and traditional territories of the Coast Salish, Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples. As an organization, we are committed to cultural safety and humility, and we demonstrate this through our actions to address Indigenous-specific racism, systemic racism and the ongoing impacts of colonialism.

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Terms

Benefits and Incentives

Vacation Leave

4 weeks of paid vacation after your first year of employment, with additional days accrued based on years of service

Relocation Funding Available

$Up to $5,000

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