Public Health Harm Reduction Specialist - Flexible Hours

City of Toronto; Toronto; Sur place; CAD 72 000 - 79 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

City of Toronto is seeking a Health Promotion Specialist to join Harm Reduction and Treatment Services in Toronto. Reporting to the Manager, you will help develop policies and procedures for opioid agonist treatment, nursing services, Hepatitis screening, HIV screening, vaccination, overdose response, infection prevention, wound care and related services.

The role requires a strong background in harm reduction, public health, and program planning, with the ability to work in a high-profile

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing, Health administration, public/community health, or related field, or an equivalent combination of a baccalaureate degree and considerable experience relevant to the primary duties of the position.
• A licensed Registered Nurse in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Considerable experience working in the harm reduction, addiction, outreach and/or homelessness field(s).
• Considerable experience in program planning, and continuous quality improvement.
• Experience in the development of policies and procedures.

Responsabilités

• Provides expert advice and consultation to Toronto Public Health front line staff, the Board of Health, external groups and the general public on health issues.
• Assesses community needs and analyzes information with respect to public health issues.
• Develops, plans, implements and evaluates community-based initiatives by applying health promotion strategies such as community mobilization, advocacy, healthy public policy and health education.
• Collaborates with Public Health program staff in strategic and operational planning for Public Health programs.
• Analyzes information and provides advice to staff in the review and analysis of programs, projects and new priorities in setting goals and objectives. Drafts and revises related program plans, policies and procedures.
• Develops, implements and evaluates divisional programs and projects.
• Promotes the implementation of municipal, provincial and federal legislation and strategies.
• Develops public health issues-related policy recommendations, e.g. by-laws, legislation for consideration at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.
• Develops and facilitates in-service training, staff orientation and staff development programs. Drafts, revises and/or recommends medical directives, nursing policies and procedures, teaching manuals and resource materials for the public and divisional staff.
• Makes presentations to the public, community and media, and answers inquiries from the public. Liaises with interested external groups.
• Develops and coordinates communication plans and social marketing strategies for programs and services including issues management, media relations and advertising campaigns.
• Plans, develops, implements, coordinates and evaluates programs and services as directed, e.g. Community forum workshops, press conferences, in-house newsletters, media campaigns, Annual Report, press releases.
• Researches and writes reports and correspondence for the division.
• Collaborates on applied public health research and field study.
• Attends workshops, conferences, seminars, etc.

Connaissances

Harm reduction

Public health

Program planning

Quality improvement

Policy development

Data analysis

Communication

Organizational skills

Nursing license

Formation

Master's degree in Nursing, Health administration, public/community health, or related field

Description du poste

City of Toronto is seeking a Health Promotion Specialist to join Harm Reduction and Treatment Services in Toronto. Reporting to the Manager, you will help develop policies and procedures for opioid agonist treatment, nursing services, Hepatitis screening, HIV screening, vaccination, overdose response, infection prevention, wound care and related services.

The role requires a strong background in harm reduction, public health, and program planning, with the ability to work in a high-profile