Indigenous Health Skaabe

**GENERAL**

**Description**:

- Indigenous Health Skaabe**Competition #**:

- SEL AC 2305/24**Posting Date**:

- 11/21/2024**Status**:

- Active**Type**:

- External**DESCRIPTION**

**The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority**
Our Vision
We will be recognized as a trusted health-care partner, providing sustainable, accessible, integrated, evidence-based care to improve health status and outcomes in all of our communities and achieve health equity across the region.
Our Mission
We work in partnership with all stakeholders, contributing to the health and well-being of our communities, by providing timely access to reliable care in a culturally safe manner that respects diversity.
Our Values
Always with compassion, Success in collaboration, Accountability in everything we do, Acting with integrity, Respectful of each other

**Collaboration | Accessibility | Respect | Excellence | Innovation | Quality Customer Service**

**Indigenous Health Skaabe**
**Indigenous Hlth Skaabe_05**

**Closing Date**:

- 11/28/2024

**Facility / Site**:

- Selkirk Regional Health Centre

**Posting Type**:

- Permanent

**Position Type**:

- Part-Time

**Hours of Work**:

- Days Evenings

**Term Dates**:
**FTE**:

- 0.7000

**Union Group**:

- MGEU Facility Support**Wage / Salary**:

- As per applicable collective agreement**Position Summary**:To provide Indigenous patients/ residents of the Interlake-Eastern RHA a comprehensive service rooted in the 7 sacred teachings and guided by the medicine wheel teachings. The Skaabe will have an understanding of Indigenous ways to be well, walking along side patients and families during their health care experience and providing support during times of transition, with a major emphasis given to language and cultural ways of knowing, being, and healing; facilitating knowledge translation of Indigenous worldviews of health and wellness between client and staff; acting as a liaison and advocate between Indigenous clients, families, communities and the broader multidisciplinary team. This position is based in Selkirk, but travel to various sites in the Interlake-Eastern RHA may be required.

The position of Indigenous Health Skaabe functions in a manner consistent with, and supports the mission, vision and values of the Interlake - Eastern Regional Health Authority.

**Qualifications**:

- Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
- Indigenous traditional teachings and knowledge.
- Any experience in the Healthcare setting would be an asset.
- Counseling or mediation training would be an asset.
- Knowledge of Indigenous culture and worldviews.
- Knowledge of medicine wheel and 7 sacred teachings.
- Knowledge of the impacts of colonization on Indigenous people’s health, including barriers to receiving culturally appropriate and safe care along the health care continuum.
- Knowledge of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, Calls to Justice and The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.
- Good understanding of medical terminology.
- Ability to accurately translate and communicate in English/ Ojibway/ Cree an asset.
- Knowledge of Indigenous communities, provincial and federal services/policies ie: Health Canada (FNIH), NPTP, NIHB.
- Experience working with the Indigenous communities in a health-related field would be an asset.
- Working knowledge of Windows based programs (Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook) and Internet.
- Good understanding of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of Rural Programs & Services within Acute Care Sites.
- Ability to work effectively independently and in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to inter-relate constructively with staff, physicians, clients, residents and their families and communities.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational problem-solving skills.
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Completes and maintains a satisfactory pre-employment security check.
- Valid driver’s license is mandatory.
- Satisfactory employment record.

**As a condition of employment, all successful applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal record check (with vulnerable sector screening), adult abuse and child abuse registry checks prior to commencing employment.**

Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to communicate in more than one language would be considered an asset. Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.

All health care workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with the Interlake-Eastern RHA Policy (GA-13-P-110 Required Immunizations for Health Care Workers).

The Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority delivers health-care services on First Nation Treaty Territories 1, 2, 3 and 5 and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We respect that First Nations treaties were made on these territories, acknowledge harms and mistakes, and we dedicate ourselves to coll