DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DISCIPLINE, HEALTH DISCIPLINE TRIBUNAL (BC)

May 12

Salary: $171,965 - $195,610 (Treasure Board Directive 1-24, Level 4 Vice-Chair)
Deadline: May 23, 2025

The Health Professions Discipline Tribunal (Discipline Tribunal) is an independent body that resolves, hears, and decides misconduct and incompetence allegations against healthcare professionals fairly, effectively and in the public interest, is looking for a Deputy Director.

The Discipline Tribunal is led by the Director of Discipline and operates under the Health Professions and Occupations Act. While the individual regulatory colleges are responsible for conducting investigations into complaints about the conduct and competence of regulated health professionals, it is the Discipline Tribunal’s role to issue citations, hold disciplinary hearings, and determine appropriate disciplinary orders for health professional regulatory colleges to enforce.

The Discipline Tribunal comprises a full-time Director, a full-time Deputy Director, and part-time members which include members of regulated health professions.

Responsibilities

There is currently one vacancy on the Tribunal for a Deputy Director of Discipline. The following experience and qualifications are being sought for the position currently under consideration:

Basic requirements:

BC resident.
Eligible to work in Canada.
Must be a current or former member of the Law Society of British Columbia or a law society of another province of Canada and have an LL.B. or J.D. degree.

Specific experience and qualifications:

Experience in organisational leadership.
Experience in the tribunal sector or with administrative law.
Experience as a legal writer of administrative decisions, legal submissions, or other complex legal documents.
Experience in developing and leading training and education programes.
Experience developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with a variety of interested parties on divisive issues.
Experience dealing with challenging demands, priorities, and situations in a public sector or corporate environment.
Experience providing organizational leadership and participating in strategic planning, the development and execution of strategic plans, business plans and service plans.
Demonstrated team leadership expertise to create a positive environment that embraces innovation and change.
Demonstrated excellence in interpersonal and organizational skills.
Superior ability to analyze and solve problems and to lead multiple projects or tasks and multi-disciplinary teams.
Exceptional liaison and conflict-resolution skills to effectively address situations or circumstances involving differing or conflicting views and opinions.
Demonstrated skills in conceptual and strategic thinking.
Demonstrated track record in exercising the utmost discretion with highly sensitive and confidential issues.
Successful completion of security screening requirements of the BC Public Service, which may include a criminal records check, and/or Criminal Records Review Act (CRRA) check, and/or enhanced security screening checks as required by the ministry.

Preference may be given to applicants with:

Ten or more years of legal experience
Three or more years of leadership and management experience
Experience related to regulatory oversight and/or professional discipline.
Experience in leading a new work unit, organization, or business area.
Experience working collaboratively with Indigenous communities in support of reconciliation and the implementation of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Knowledge of health professional legislation and regulation in B.C., including duties of regulated health professionals and the standards and bylaws of regulatory health colleges.
Expert understanding of best practices in administrative law.

Note: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

The Deputy Director of Discipline is responsible for the oversight of the Tribunal’s hearing process and the hearing panel members. The Deputy sits on hearing panels regularly and has a leadership role in the recruitment and selection of Tribunal members. The Deputy oversees the training, evaluation, and support of the hearing panel members.

The Deputy is responsible for leading the development of training and education for hearing panel members and staff in best practices for administrative law, hearing management, decision writing, trauma-informed adjudication, and anti-discrimination practices. The Deputy plays a leadership role in the development of the policies and procedures of the Tribunal. The Deputy also plays a leadership role in policy development, engaging and consulting stakeholders, the Ministry, regulatory colleges, and the other groups where necessary and appropriate. The Deputy is also required to act in the Director of Discipline’s absence or in circumstances in which the Director of Discipline has a conflict.

The Deputy adheres to the guiding principles of the HPOA, and must protect the public from harm and discrimination, support awareness of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, promote anti-discrimination measures, and act respectfully of the privacy of persons who participate in regulatory processes. They must also act in a manner that is transparent, including by providing opportunities for meaningful public engagement.

The Deputy Director of Discipline:

Oversees the Tribunal’s hearing process, ensuring activities align with the processes established and the HPOA.
Assists the Director of Discipline in building and maintaining a comprehensive and modern framework for health professional discipline including practice standards, and function as a leading tribunal in Canada for independent professional disciplinary proceedings.
Support the Director of Discipline by executing strategic planning, implementing policy, and program development; finance; human resources; labour relations; information technology; internal and external communications; media relations; and working with the Legal Services Branch of the BC Attorney General.
Provides leadership and support to a diverse team of hearing panel members.
Leads the development of training and education programs for staff and hearing panel members.
Provides leadership to a team of administration, management, and senior management staff, including directing workload planning, recruitment, training and supervision of staff, conducting performance reviews, and leading staff development initiatives.
Liaises with and communicates with stakeholders and partners including regulatory colleges, health professional associations, health professionals, the public, and the Ministry of Health on matters relating to the Discipline Tribunal.
Sits as the chair or a member of Discipline Tribunal hearings and conducts hearings in a procedurally fair, impartial, independent, and unbiased manner.
Performs such other functions or responsibilities as the Director of Discipline may delegate.
Promotes awareness among health profession regulatory bodies to support reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in B.C. by supporting implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

For more details on how to apply visit this link.

Racquel Fraser