Come work as a Occupational Hygienist with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

Vancouver Coastal Health is looking for a Occupational Hygienist to join the Safety and Prevention Team. Apply today to join our team!  

As a Occupational Hygienist with Vancouver Coastal Health you will:

• Promote a positive safety culture to eliminate occupational exposures, injuries and illness.
• Consult and advise partners on the interpretation of applicable occupational hygiene regulations and standards of practice; and appropriate mitigation and/or prevention measures.
• Provide content expertise and leadership in the development of VCH Occupational Hygiene programs, including written program manuals, education/training materials, and standard operating procedures.
• Develop implementation plans, in consultation with OHS Advisors, including communication plans.
• Monitor and maintain programs, in consultation with OHS Advisors and Operations stakeholders, by identifying metrics, developing audit plans, conducting regular program review/revision and conducting or facilitating sampling/monitoring of environmental contaminants and physicals hazards.
• Collaborate with OHS Advisors to investigate occupational hygiene issues arising from operational activities.
• Engage staff, managers and senior leaders in the analysis of staff safety data and supports them in the development of action plans to address issues.
• Prevent and reduce the occurrence of workplace injuries by supporting effective investigation of accidents/exposures, and providing analysis and interpretation of unusual conditions/safety concerns and recommendations to prevent future occurrences (education, discipline, etc).
• Collaborate with OHS Advisors to review safety reports and achievement of indicators with entity managers, and in areas where concerns are identified, assist managers to develop action plans to address those issues.
• Represent VCH’s interests in dealing with stakeholder groups such as WorkSafeBC or other Health Authorities on matters related to Occupational Hygiene.
• Promote safety awareness through on-going education and training throughout the health authority to enable staff to safely carry out their responsibilities.
• Coordinate and maintains the department’s hygiene equipment.

Education & Experience

• Master’s Degree in Occupational Hygiene from a recognized institution plus five (5) years’ professional experience in a unionized healthcare environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Knowledge & Abilities

• Facilitation.
• Education and training.
• Verbal and written communication and engagement.
• Systems thinking.
• Influence.
• Current computer literacy in Excel, Power Point, Word.
• Applicable legislation and regulations.
• Workplace health and hygiene theory and techniques.
• Safety theory and techniques.
• Hazardous materials.
• WSBC claims process.
  
  
  

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

Why Join Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH):

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and 'going first' when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health and dental and municipal pension plan
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams and inclusive environments, which are vital to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2025.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.


***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.