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We are proud, honoured and humbled to be acknowledged as a 2023 BC Top Employer for the ninth time. And, for the first time, Interior Health is a recipient of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People award.
What makes IH a top employer?
It’s all thanks to our people. Our employees and medical staff are innovative, dedicated and compassionate. Their commitment to serving communities across the southern Interior is what makes us a Top 100 B.C. Employer.
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Our Vision, Mission and Values
Our vision is health and well-being for all, by working together to improve quality of life for individuals and communities, inspired by innovation and partnership. Through living out our values – Quality, Integrity, Compassion, Safety – we are committed to providing the highest quality care and services to those in the southern B.C. Interior.
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We provide many mental health and substance use services. We strive to ensure our services are welcoming to all people, gender identities, cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds.
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Community & Culture
Have you ever wondered who helps ensure food establishments are serving your food safely, or the water you’re swimming in is safe? How boil water advisories are issued? Or what happens when someone comes into contact with a bat?
That’s your Interior Health environmental health officers (EHOs) at work.
Water quality, health inspections and animal encounters are just some of the many responsibilities EHOs have. Working closely with our medical health officers, our environmental health team also offers guidance when the air is smoky from wildfires, provides resources to make sure your indoor air quality is safe, and shares information on how to protect yourself from common diseases from animals and insects.
Our EHOs cover 215,000 square kilometers of the southern Interior region. Some work in our urban centres. Others have to jump into a helicopter or hop onto a boat to visit an operation in a remote part of our region.
We sat down with four of our EHOs to ask them about their jobs and what gets them excited about the work they do.
After you read their profiles, learn more about environmental public health profession and explore our careers.
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Name: Emily Larochelle (she/her/hers)Job Title: Registered Nurse, Clinical Care EducatorYears of Service: 13Worksite: Kootenay Boundary Regional HospitalCommunity: Trail, West KootenaysAncestral Territory: Ktunaxa and Syilx NationsFavourite Quote / Advice to live by: "There is a light somewhere. It may not be much light but it beats the darkness." – Charles Bukowski
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Community & Culture
When long-term care residents throughout the region had to evacuate this summer due to wildfires, Interior Health team members stepped up repeatedly to help. Nearly 1,000 long-term care residents were evacuated over the summer at various times due to wildfire threats, and have since been able to return home.
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Community & Culture
Nestled in the heart of the Nicola Valley, the City of Merritt is a beautiful place to call home and explore a career in health care. With its wide array of outdoor recreation activities and more laid back lifestyle, the rural centre has something for everyone.
The Country Music Capital of Canada, located about two hours north of Metro Vancouver, is exponentially more affordable than many places in B.C. While the average sale price for a home in Metro Vancouver hit $1.27 million in July 2023, the average prices in Merritt sit around $575,000.
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