Indigenous Wellness Liaison

Summary:
**Providence Health Care’s Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation team is hiring**

**To learn more about the Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation team, **check us out here.
- We acknowledge that Providence Health Care & the new St. Paul’s Hospital site is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations._

**“We are here to support and advocate for Indigenous folks to ensure that their healthcare is inclusive and that it is just as important as anyone else’s.” - Jaye Currie, Indigenous Wellness Liaison**

**What you will do**:
On a day-to-day basis, the Indigenous Wellness Liaison (IWL) will work to establish continuous, safe, and meaningful engagement processes with self-identified Indigenous patients and their families. Through their strong knowledge and lived experience, the IWL will assist to guide the patient and the health care providers to access cultural practices, traditional medicines, ceremony, and access to the All Nations Sacred Space.

IWLs will make available connections to community supports, including Elders. They support the patient journey by acting as a liaison. This includes working closely with interdisciplinary teams and attending daily patient rounds, coordinating referrals to and from Indigenous organizations and other health programs and services.

Bring your whole self, life experiences and cultural learnings, to this role and make a tangible impact on the health care services provided to Indigenous patient populations at Providence Health Care. We are committed to treating those we serve — and each other — with compassion and respect.

**Meet the Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation (IWR) team and what they do**:
The IWR team guides Providence Health Care in its commitment to advance Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, informed by seminal reports like In Plain Sight (2021) and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. All of us at Providence are responsible for advancing Indigenous human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples, through processes underpinned by mutual respect and dignity. We also continually seek to maximize our capacity to deliver exceptional, culturally safe care to the Indigenous patients that we serve. The Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation team is an integral part of guiding and leading this work.

Implementing innovative solutions to challenges is a key part of advancing culturally safe, identify-affirming care. The implementation of innovative solutions often involves multiple teams and services, and requires coordination and respectful collaboration.

In this position, you will report to Neil Fowler, Manager, and be joining an exceptional, hardworking team balanced with unwavering support for one another and a great sense of humour: Fancy Poitras, Lindsay Beck, and Sheri Hundseth. The Vice-President of Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation, Harmony Johnson, leads the team through a strong vision and provides flexibility and autonomy.

Read more about the impact IWR is making at Providence Health Care:
**About Providence Health Care**:
Driven by compassion and social justice, we are at the forefront of exceptional care and innovation. Our organization, Providence Health Care, is a proud winner of three prestigious awards:

- 2022 Canada’s Best Diversity Employers
- 2022 BC’s Top Employers
- 2022 Canada’s Top Employers for Young People

**What we offer**:

- The salary range for this role is $65,884 - $94,708 per year, depending on experience.
- A comprehensive health benefit package, including dental, vision, and life coverage.
- An orientation session and comprehensive onboarding to all new hires.
- A chance to grow professionally and personally, as part of a supportive team driven by innovation and the desire to address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities.
- This position will be required to be on site at St. Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver.
- Application:_

Qualifications / Skills and Education:
**About you**:

- They will be able to work collaboratively and decisively to support the goals of the Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation Action Plan.
- They will be able to work under pressure, be solutions focused, deescalate, resolve conflict, and practice cultural humility to address cultural concerns.
- Demonstrated knowledge, experience, and understanding of Indigenous Peoples and cultures and history, an understanding of the roots of harm (colonization and racism) and ongoing harms experienced by Indigenous Peoples, UNDRIP, and the TRC Calls to Action.
- Completion of a Bachelor Degree in social work, health care nursing or related discipline is an asset but we will consider all learning through non-traditional avenues.

Duties and Responsibilities:
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