Remote Psychological Health and Safety Lead

SWITCH BC is a collaborative organization that influences, invests in, and supports provincewide activities to improve occupational health and safety. Our organizational model, unique in Canada, brings together health employers, unions, physicians, the Ministry of Health, and WorkSafeBC on SWITCH BC’s Board of Directors making consensus, strategic decisions. 

Our purpose is to:  

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• Promote safe and healthy workplaces throughout British Columbia’s healthcare sector.
  

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• Collaborate with unions, employers, and Doctors of BC to develop and pursue a provincial framework, systems and programs aimed at improving the health, safety, and wellbeing of B.C.’s health care workers.  
  

SWITCH BC is an inclusive organization, focused on advancing Indigenous cultural safety, anti-racism, diversity, equity, and inclusion in our policies and practices. We are helping create an environment that addresses systemic barriers, biases and inequities that exist for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, racialized individuals, individuals with disabilities and complex health conditions, immigrants, 2SLGBTQIA+, and other underrepresented groups. 

Job Summary

Reporting to the Manager, Psychological Health and Safety, the Psychological Health and Safety Lead serves as SWITCH BC's technical subject matter expert in psychological health and safety, psychosocial hazard prevention, and related occupational health and safety approaches. The Lead develops, implements, evaluates, and continually improves evidence-informed provincial resources, tools, frameworks, guides, learning supports, and implementation approaches that address shared psychological health and safety priorities across British Columbia's healthcare sector.

Working collaboratively with internal teams and external partners, the Lead applies subject matter expertise, partner feedback, system input, leading practices, and continual improvement approaches to develop practical, scalable resources and supports that strengthen psychological health and safety across diverse healthcare settings. 

Key Responsibilities

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2. Provides subject matter expertise and technical guidance regarding psychological health and safety, psychosocial hazards, occupational health and safety principles, safety management systems, workplace wellbeing, prevention strategies, and the National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.
   
3. Translates complex concepts, evidence, and technical information into accessible, practical learning resources, tools, and supports that promote understanding and application across diverse healthcare settings.
   
4. Develops and continually improves evidence-informed resources, frameworks, tools, guides, learning supports, and implementation materials that address identified needs and support psychological health and safety across diverse healthcare settings.
   
5. Ensures resources and supports are practical, accurate, accessible, aligned with applicable standards and leading practices, and informed by partner feedback, evaluation findings, and lessons learned.
   
6. Incorporates partner feedback, evaluation findings, lessons learned, and leading practices into the continual improvement of psychological health and safety resources, tools, frameworks, and implementation supports.
   
7. Prepares materials and facilitates meetings, workshops, engagement activities, partner tables, or collaborative planning processes to gather input, support shared learning, and inform psychological health and safety program initiatives.
   
8. Collaborates with healthcare partners, committees, working groups, and subject matter experts to identify needs, gather input, test approaches, and inform resource and program development.
   
9. Develops high-quality reports, briefing materials, presentations, guidance documents, and knowledge products that communicate complex information clearly and are suitable for senior leaders, provincial partners, committees, and diverse audiences.
   
10. Applies occupational health and safety, safety management system, change management, adult learning, and continuous improvement principles to support practical and sustainable psychological health and safety approaches.
    
11. Collaborates with project, evaluation, implementation, and subject matter experts to ensure psychological health and safety resources, tools, and supports are practical, scalable, and responsive to partner needs across diverse healthcare settings.
    
12. Develops and supports learning, engagement, and capacity-building activities that strengthen knowledge, awareness, and application of psychological he