Victoria, BC: October is Farm to School Month, and Farm to School BC is proud to be celebrating the hard work of students, teachers and school communities across the province who grow, cook and eat healthy food. We are also pleased to join the concurrent launch of Farm to Cafeteria Canada’s Canada-wide “Farm to School: Canada Digs In” initiative.
Farm to School BC is a diverse and expanding provincial network that promotes, supports, and links Farm to School activities and programs across the province. From school gardens and local food at lunch, to farm field trips and more, Farm to School activities help students learn about their local food system, teach important life skills and provide the opportunity for healthy habits to take root. Farm to School also benefits local farmers and suppliers.
“Farm to School Month is about celebrating the growing provincial movement focused on supporting our local food system, supporting local farmers and providing fresh, nutritious and culturally appropriate food to our children while at school,” said Richard Han, Farm to School BC Provincial Manager. “Farm to School BC is successful because we listen to our community partners. Instead of being prescriptive, we support schools to create programs that work for them with the help of local organizations and individuals.”
Reporting to the National Manager, the full time Program Administrative Coordinator provides support services focused on CMHA BC’s provincial programs with a primary focus on Bounce Back: Reclaim Your Health and the Community Gatekeeper Suicide Prevention project. The primary role of the position is to provide both administrative support and data analysis and to assist the Program Manager(s) in carrying out their work, while also maintaining some continuity of knowledge across provincial program areas. The role supports the Program Manager(s) with all elements of the program management process, including the production of metrics, marketing materials, documentation and any other ad-hoc queries that may arise during the management of the program.
Specific responsibilities include:
Respond to queries about and information requests related to the Bounce Back and Gatekeeper programs
Provide research assistance and administrative support to various provincial programs in assessing the impact of program delivery on population health across BC.
Conduct literature searches, gathering and analyzing databases and statistical data, and compiling basic user-friendly reports, as well as produce executive reports.
Organize and maintain meeting notes and other records according to established standards and procedures.
Advise and keep the respective Program Manager updated and informed of issues which may arise at meetings relating to Bounce Back or other provincial programs the role assists with.
Applies the Agency’s Diversity Lens and Framework for Support in all assignments associated with this role.
Make logistical arrangements for meetings with stakeholders.
Other duties as assigned.
ABOUT YOU
You will have a Bachelor’s degree, in one of the following fields: psychology, public health, health administration, community development, public administration, or social work, along with 3 years relevant experience with a minimum of two years program support experience. This position requires the ability to exercise good judgment and to work with sensitive, critical and confidential matters in a professional manner.
You will also bring to the table:
Well-developed administrative skills in organizing, administering and evaluating office support functions as well as skills across the current range of office support technologies, primarily Microsoft applications, Network knowledge, Internet, statistical software and data management systems.
Excellent data collection and metrics experience as well as analysis skills including experience using database software and generating reports with a high level of proficiency in data integrity.
Professional written and verbal skills with the proven ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, collaboratively, and under pressure to deadline.
Fluency in a second language would be an asset.
Flexibility to work on a variety of projects;
HOW TO APPLY
We will consider applications from interested candidates who submit a resume and cover letter describing how you meet the qualifications outlined above. Please submit in PDF formatno later than October 10, 2017 to human.resources@cmha.bc.ca . We regret that only short-listed candidates will be contacted to schedule an interview.
ABOUT CMHA
At the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), we are all about promoting the mental health of all and supporting the resilience and recovery of people experiencing mental illness and addiction. Founded in 1918, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a national charity and nation-wide leader and champion for mental health. Bounce Back®: Reclaim Your Health is a free skill-building program designed to help individuals (aged 15+) experiencing mild to moderate depression or anxiety.
Located in downtown Vancouver, we offer a flexible work environment along with a competitive salary and benefits package. There may be occasional periods where work outside normal office hours is required in order to meet program requirements.
CMHA, BC Division is committed to our workforce reflecting the diversity of the communities within which we work. As such, we encourage applications from persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and others who may contribute to the diversity of our staff. Personal experience with mental illness and or addiction, either through self or a loved one, is an asset.
Located on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Peoples.
We are excited to announce that two members of our Board of Directors have been selected as candidates for the Canadian Public Health Association’s 2017 election; our Treasurer, Roger Wheeler, and one of our Director’s-at-large, Veronica Fynn-Bruey.
There are currently four directors positions up for election and one student director position, we encourage all PHABC/CPHA conjoint members to review Roger and Veronica’s biographies and consider voting for them between Tuesday October 10th and Thursday November 16th, 2017.
Roger Wheeler
To begin, I would like to thank my nominators, Irving Rootman and Shannon Turner. Their dedication to public health has been inspirational. I have accepted their nomination to serve as a CPHA Director, and feel well-positioned to add value to CPHA in a governance role by sharing my public health experience, my business knowledge, and my passion: to increase attention to public health goals – and expand action toward improved health outcomes – by those outside the health sector. I see a strong link between my passion and CPHA’s mission, and I seek a Director role in order to help the organization pursue its six interconnected goals.
My education includes an undergraduate degree in physical and health education, and Master’s degrees in science (MSc), and business administration (MBA). My career evolved from a frontline allied health practitioner, to a healthcare administrator, to a business professor in post-secondary education. During my time in healthcare, I was recruited to the position of Public Health Administrator by a Medical Health Officer, where I spent the most enjoyable and meaningful years of my healthcare career collaborating with a strong team of senior leaders in health promotion, epidemiology, public health nursing, health protection, and aboriginal health services. In this leadership role, I was directly involved in the strategy and operations of a broad spectrum of public health services, and acted to support public health leaders and practitioners in their efforts to overcome challenges and advance best practices in public health advocacy and services. Although my career has since moved outside the health sector, my passion for public health remains, and my public health work continues in a different form.
My current role as professor in post-secondary business education has provided me with the opportunity to engage in public health advocacy and intersectoral knowledge sharing. Moving outside the health sector has heightened my awareness of the need to foster partnerships across sectors to advance public health goals. In fact, it has become my professional passion. I developed and teach an upper-year course on Sustainable Management in order to bring concepts such as social responsibility, social innovation, determinants of health, health equity and sustainable development goals into the classroom to positively influence the thinking of future business leaders. As well, I have been enabled to pursue opportunities to share business knowledge and business/health collaboration insights with public health practitioners via presentations, workshops and symposia at provincial, national and international public health and health promotion conferences.
In closing, I wish to acknowledge my colleagues on the Board of the Public Health Association of BC (PHABC), who have often expressed their appreciation for my business perspective and governance skills as I fulfil my role as Treasurer of the Board. It is very rewarding volunteer work, and I wish to further my contributions in the field of public health by taking on a governance role at the national level with CPHA. I believe that I have the capacity to add value to the organization, its mission, and its membership.
To read more about my PH research and presentations please follow the link below:
Background: With almost six university degrees from across four continents, I have travelled to some 20 countries, teaching, researching, consulting and speaking at conferences. I am completing my PhD in Law at Australian National University with focus on “systematic violence and the rule of law in Indigenous Liberia and Australia.”
Experience: I am a board member of the Public Health Association of British Columbia. I also sit on the Board of the World Computer Exchange (Canada). I am an active member of the Law Section and International Health Section of the American Public Health Association. I regularly volunteer at the Seattle/King County Clinic. In Australia, I am an active member of the Indigenous Health Network, Refugee Action, ANU Gender Institute and the RECOGNISE Movement. In the past, I sat on the board of the African Peace Festival (Vancouver) and the Winnipeg Refugee Education Network (Manitoba); chaired the Centre for Refugee Studies’ Student Caucus (Toronto) and was a student board member of the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration (Toronto). Between 2002 and 2005, I founded and chaired Africa Awareness at the University of British Columbia. In 2006, I worked with the International Organisation of Migration (Switzerland) on Migrant Health and Human Trafficking. I was appointed a Research Analyst of the BC’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons 2007-2008. In 2008, I founded the Journal of Internal Displacement and have served as the Editor–in-Chief since. I am a peer-reviewer of the Journals of Human Trafficking, Health and Human Rights, Public Health Reviews and CPHA Conference abstracts. In 2014, I contributed toward drafting the Mental Health Law and domesticating the African Union Convention on Internally Displaced Persons (Liberia). Between 2011-2015 I taught Public Health Law at the School of Population and Public Health (UBC). Currently, I am an Adjunct Professor at Seattle University School of Law, a Director of Flower School of Health Sciences and a Senior Researcher at the Liberia’s Centre for Policy Studies. Last year, I founded the “Displaced Peoples” Law and Society Association Collaborative Research Network.
Skills: I bring over 15 years of experience in advocacy, administration and management. As an international research scholar, I embrace interdisciplinary learning exchange. My passion for social justice affords me a broader perspective into cross-cutting intersections of law and public health. The strong sense of responsibility, attention to detail, and negotiation skills I have developed, is a reflection of several years of advocating for public health law and policy reform. I am confident that my cross-cultural communication skills, collaborative leadership and affable personality will ensure my success as a director of CPHA. Since community engagement and good governance require eloquence and respectful representation, I believe that my unique academic and practical expertise will legitimise CPHA’s commitment to equity and diversity as the voice of the public’s health.
Goals: If elected, I will work toward: 1) strengthening interest in public health law research; 2) expanding advocacy for migrant health; and 3) promoting Aboriginal health through cross-cultural exchange
Senior Tele-Dietitian – Pediatric Nutrition Service Area
Ministry of Health
Burnaby
Salary $66,200.03 – $75,658.71annually
HealthLink BC’s (HLBC) telehealth platform delivers high quality telehealth services across the continuum of care to health care providers and the public that positively impact the health care experience, health outcomes and the availability and use of health human resources in a way that will improve the affordability and sustainability of health care in British Columbia. HLBC’s comprehensive self-care and health system navigation services focus on quality client services to consumers and health care professionals. Core services include Navigation Services, Nursing Services, Dietitian Services, www.HealthLinkBC.ca, HealthLinkBC Files, Directory Services, and the BC HealthGuide Handbook.
The Specialized Nutrition Service Area Dietitian delivers advanced practice nutrition services to the public, health professionals and the media across British Columbia. The service provides medical and preventative nutrition advice through a variety of channels including telephone, public and professional print resources, web, email and approved social media channels. Services include: comprehensive therapeutic nutrition recommendations and care planning, case management, community resource cost data information, advanced practice nutrition consultation to other care professionals, and development of relevant nutrition policy recommendations and resources for the public and health professionals. Specialized service area nutrition services include an Allergy Nutrition Service, Oncology Nutrition Service and a Pediatric Nutrition Service which includes multiple areas of specialization.
As the Senior Tele-Dietitian, Pediatric Nutrition, your experience and training in pediatric nutrition, collaborative practice and interest in research, will support families to develop healthy feeding and eating practices, healthy growth and development and healthy weights, and to readily access pediatric nutrition care. Working in collaboration with service advisory committees, stakeholders and other HealthLinkBC service areas, you support evidence based best practices in telehealth nutrition. A skilled researcher, you develop Nutrition Service standard indicators and ensure the continuous improvement of Dietitian Services nutrition resources
Qualifications for this role include:
Registered Dietitian, registered in good standing with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia. Restricted Activity A is required for the Pediatric Nutrition Service.
Minimum of five (5) years recent relevant clinical, nutrition education and nutrition counselling and acute care experience including a minimum of two (2) years recent clinical nutrition practice relevant to the designated specialized nutrition services area.
Experience in applied research and critical appraisal of scientific literature.
Computer skills and experience with relevant software.
Experience in program planning and policy development is an asset.
Experience collaborating with community partners and stakeholders an asset.
Experience developing practice guidelines and consumer education resources, and writing for public and health professionals an asset.
HealthLink BC’s (HLBC) telehealth platform delivers high quality telehealth services across the continuum of care to health care providers and the public that positively impact the health care experience, health outcomes and the availability and use of health human resources in a way that will improve the affordability and sustainability of health care in British Columbia. HLBC’s comprehensive self-care and health system navigation services focus on quality client services to consumers and health care professionals. Core services include Navigation Services, Nursing Services, Dietitian & Physical Activity Services, www.HealthLinkBC.ca, HealthLinkBC Files, Directory Services, and the BC HealthGuide Handbook.
Provincial Food & Nutrition Policy Service Dietitians deliver nutrition and food science expertise and advanced practice consultation to food and food services industry representatives, health providers and the public, to develop awareness and adoption of food and nutrition regulations, policies and best practices related to a healthier food environment, healthy eating promotion and primary care nutrition across British Columbia. Service delivery channels include a combination of telephone, print, web, email, in person and approved social media channels. There are two positions in this service, each with a separate and distinct provincial policy service area of focus. The Provincial Food Policy Service Area Dietitian position focuses on provincial food policy and the Provincial Nutrition Policy Service Area focuses on provincial primary care nutrition policy. These positions report to the Director, Dietitian & Physical Activity Services.
Qualifications for this role include:
Registered Dietitian, registered in good standing with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia.
Minimum of five (5) years recent experience relevant to the Provincial Food & Nutrition Policy Service Area: the Provincial Food Policy Service Area, or the Provincial Nutrition Policy Service Area, including a minimum of two (2) years recent relevant experience as a Registered Dietitian, including by telephone.
Provincial Nutrition Policy Service Area
Work experience in the area of clinical nutrition practice in primary care, acute care, and ambulatory care is required for the Provincial Nutrition Policy Service.
Significant experience in applied research and in critical appraisal of scientific literature and in writing practice guidelines, reports and public and professional resources in the relevant service area.
Computer experience with relevant software, i.e. electronic health records, nutrient analysis applications, MS Office, etc.
Salary
$41,803.67 – $47,295.99 annually / $22.84 – $25.89 hourly (based on a 35 hour work week)
2 positions available.
An excellent opportunity in the pharmacy industry
The Pharmacy Services Unit of the Product Distribution Centre, a full-service inventory management and distribution facility, processes and supplies all medications to correctional centres throughout the province. The Regulated Pharmacy Technicians dispense and distribute prescription drugs, narcotics and controlled drugs, O.T.C. drugs and sundries and have independent authority, responsibility and liability to sign off on dispensed prescriptions.
As Pharmacy Technician, you reliably dispense and distribute pharmaceuticals to fill medication orders and prescriptions. Detail oriented, you verify orders to ensure accuracy, maintain paperwork and report discrepancies to your supervisor. As a graduate of a pharmacy technical program, you utilize your experience and knowledge to complete tasks while ensuring a high degree of confidentially is preserved. In a fast paced environment, you work efficiently as a part of a team to compete a high volume of orders. An effective communicator, you respond to telephone enquiries and requests from other departments. In this role, you are required to count, label and separate medication into containers, monitor medications, ensure work areas are sterilized and retrieve stocks from storage. If you are a detail oriented individual with prior experience in the pharmaceutical industry, we look forward to your application.
Qualifications for this role include:
Current Registration as a Pharmacy Technician with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia; operates in accordance with the competency guidelines and scope and standards of practice as outlined by the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia and relevant legislation, and according to organizational policies, procedures, standards and unit specific protocols.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a pharmacy environment.
Experience working with an electronic pharmacy operating software (such as Kroll).
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