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Senior Practice Leader, Indigenous Health - BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
PHSAVancouver, British ColumbiaSenior Practice Leader, Indigenous Health - BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
PHSAVancouver, British ColumbiaSenior Practice Leader, Indigenous Health
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre
Vancouver, BC
The Senior Practice Leader (SPL) reports to the Director, Indigenous Health, and is accountable for promoting excellence in Indigenous health practice and quality of patient care. The SPL is a leader, innovator, knowledge translator, and change agent who is accountable for promoting excellence in nursing practice and quality of patient care. The scope of practice of the SPL is both broad and complex, encompassing complex patient care planning, consultation, education, dissemination of research and administration across Health Authorities and the province. The SPL builds effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and negotiates and facilitates provincial collaboration, advisors senior leadership, and consults on planning. The SPL advances knowledge creation and uptake by engaging in or supporting the use of current research, evidence / best practice standards in order to address professional, program and patient problems and concerns. The SPL assists educators in reviewing policies / education along with building capacity for educating, training, and facilitating Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility. The SPL liaises and develops partnerships with Community and Public Health organizations and practitioners throughout BC and consults, advises, organizes and provides provincial Indigenous health education programs in partnership with other care providers. The SPL supports professional practice, program and organizational goals in alignment with Indigenous Health direction in collaboration with the Program Directors, Professional Practice Leaders and community partners. The SPL is an advanced practitioner who is responsible for provincial Indigenous health programs, surveillance, investigation, policy and procedure, consultation, education, and research.
What you’ll do
- Consults internally and for local, provincial and national planning in the area of Indigenous Health at the program, organizational, community, provincial, national and international levels.
- Advises the senior leadership physicians, nursing and other providers across and beyond the boundaries of the organization about issues related to Indigenous children and women care to promote optimum and effective resource allocation. Partners in the development, implementation and evaluation of provincial guidelines and standards of practices for the delivery of Indigenous health programs, patient care standards, and professional practice standards in collaboration with leadership, team members, and stakeholders.
- Promotes and advances the implementation of relevant evidenced-based practice and shares knowledge about current research and literature, including innovation in practice as it relates to Indigenous health. Establishes opportunities to support staff in implementing evidence-based practice, participates in clinical research endeavors, promotes and advances best practice through publications, presentations, and conferences.
- Plans, implements and evaluates appropriate educational programs based on ongoing needs assessment, in collaboration with educators and other professional staff.
- Builds effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and negotiates and facilitates provincial collaboration. This includes collaboration with Health Authorities, First Nations Health Authority and health practitioners, as well as with the 203 First Nations communities in BC.
What you bring
Qualifications
Pursuant to section 41 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, preference will be given to applicants of Indigenous Ancestry. Please self-identify in your cover letter / resume.
Skills & Knowledge
What we bring
Every PHSA employee enables the best possible patient care for our patients and their families. Whether you are providing direct care, conducting research, or making it possible for others to do their work, you impact the lives of British Columbians today and in the future. That’s why we’re focused on your care too – offering health, wellness, development programs to support you – at work and at home.
What we do
The Provincial Health Services Authority () plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include : Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Cultivate partnerships – Serve with purpose.
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BCW) is dedicated to improving the health of women, newborns and families through a comprehensive range of services, research and education.
BCW is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA).
PHSA plans, manages and evaluates specialized health services with the BC health authorities to provide equitable and cost-effective health care for people throughout the province. Our values reflect our commitment to excellence and include : Respect people – Be compassionate – Dare to innovate – Cultivate partnerships – Serve with purpose.
PHSA and BCW are committed to employment equity, encouraging all qualified individuals to apply. We recognize that our ability to provide the best care for our diverse patient populations relies on a rich diversity of skills, knowledge, background and experience, and value a safe, inclusive and welcoming environment.
One of PHSA’s North Star priorities is to eradicate Indigenous-specific racism, which includes dismantling barriers to health care employment at every level. We welcome Indigenous individuals to apply and / or contact the Sanya'kula Team (Indigenous Recruitment & Employee Experience) for support at .
Indigenous-specific anti-racism initiatives are rooted in addressing the unique forms of discrimination, historical and ongoing injustices, and marginalization faced by Indigenous peoples. These initiatives align with an Indigenous rights-based approach, recognizing the inherent rights and self-determination of Indigenous communities. PHSA must uphold legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents such as including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan : A First Nations Case Study.