Indigenous Lead

**Job Number**:
J0924-0961

**Job Title**:
Indigenous Lead - Primary Care Provider - Couchiching Ontario Health Team (COHT)

**Department**:
Affiliated Opportunity

**Job Type**:
Temporary Full Time

**Approximate End Date**:
May 31, 2025

**Job Category**:
Credentialed Staff

**Open Positions**:
1

**Date Posted**:
October 3, 2024

**Closing Date**:
October 20, 2024
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People have always been OSMH’s greatest strength. Our committed team has helped our community for over a century. We offer an environment where each individual works interdependently towards common goals: we value _Trust, Courage and Teamwork_. We are an organization where individuals’ contributions are valued and there are many opportunities for personal growth and development.

Position Summary
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The Couchiching Ontario Health Team, approved in the first wave of OHTs in Ontario and recently accelerated as one of twelve OHTs at a high level of maturity to move forward with specific initiatives, requires ongoing clinically informed leadership to meet the objectives laid out by Ontario Health in the Path Forward. The COHT Joint Executive Team (JET) on behalf of the OHT members, is seeking a clinical leader to develop and grow the engagement of primary health care providers across all disciplines (Family Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Midwives and others) and Specialist Physicians.

As part of this process, COHT Lead Indigenous Primary Care Provider will work effectively with the COHT Primary Care Network, the local Communities of Practice, and with peers and other clinicians, to clinically represent the consensus of the whole, during the planning and implementation of initiatives that improve integrated care, providing leadership for mutually agreed upon accountabilities.

The Indigenous Lead will be supported by the OHT Support Team.

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The COHT Lead Indigenous Primary Care Provider has a key role in representing the interests of the Indigenous community at the PCN-LC level and ensuring that there is dialogue with the community about the work of the PCN-LC and, in particular, matters affecting the Indigenous community.
The COHT Lead Indigenous Primary Care Provider has the responsibility of:

- Governing in a manner that is responsive to the Indigenous community
- Acting in the interests of Indigenous community members within the Couchiching region
- Contributing to OHT priority projects as required
- Advocating actively for the Indigenous community
- Incorporating feedback from patients, families and caregivers
- Championing primary care related initiatives in a framework of mutually agreed upon accountabilities with the COHT membership and JET
- Regularly attending at Primary Care Leadership Council Meetings and Primary Care Network Summit Events
- Advising on appropriate events and programs to focus on Truth and Reconciliation
- Facilitating the establishment of appropriate partnerships with Indigenous organizations, leaders, and communities.
- Ensure fulsome engagement with COHT Patient Family & Advisory Network

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Integrated System Design
- Provide leadership and support to the design and implementation of the Couchiching Ontario Health Team in alignment with the purpose of the COHT
- Follow guidance from the COHT Collaboration Table, actively collaborate with the COHT Primary Care and physician specialist representatives, the Primary Care Transformation Lead for Ontario Health, the Ontario Health Central Clinical Leads, and all COHT Collaboration Table representatives from all sectors/clusters (Patients/Clients/Care Partners, Mental Health & Addictions, Hospital, Community Support Services, Primary Care, Home & Community Care, EMS, Long-Term Care, Indigenous Health, Public Health, City/Municipal partners etc).

Operational Clinical Leadership
- Provide leadership, represent the consensus of health care providers for the full COHT region, and collaborate effectively as a member of the COHT PCN-LC..
- Collaborate with the COHT in the development and implementation of priority initiatives as identified and approved by OH and operationalized by COHT JET
- Work with members and member organizations to co-develop new clinical population pathways and work to consistently measure and improve existing clinical pathways with a population health approach.
- Support clinical change management and communication initiatives to inform OHT partners and the broader community as clinical population pathways are implemented.

Clinical Leadership Excellence
The Clinical Lead shall demonstrate excellence in their servant leadership role and