New Engagement Opportunities - Week of January 7

Engagement Opportunities - Week of January 7

Hello !

Here are this week's new engagement opportunities.

If you don’t see opportunities in your region, it could just be that none were posted in the past seven days. Check the Engagement Opportunities page to see all 20 current opportunities, or contact the Engagement Leader in your region to learn more.

Click on a link below to go directly to the opportunities in your region:

Provincial Opportunities
Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland Region
Interior Region
Northern Region
Vancouver Island Region
External Opportunities

Or click on the button below to see all currently open opportunities:

Provincial Opportunities

Attendee, San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
The BC Patient Safety & Quality Council, which administers PVN, is committed to cultural safety and humility. As part of that commitment, the Council is sponsoring an opportunity for 13 patient partners to participate in San’yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training! Attendees will learn about Indigenous history, cultural safety, and strategies for empathy through a series of online modules and discussions to increase cultural understanding and diversity in our network.
Open to: Patient partners across the province.
Deadline: January 14
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland Region

Patient Advisor, Elective Surgical Journey – Seniors’ Health Clinic Development Team
Improving the elective surgical journey for older adults is part of a new seniors’ health clinic in Fraser Health. The development team is looking for two patient partners who have experience with elective surgery to ensure the clinic includes what matters to patients during their journey.
Open to: Patient partners in Fraser Health communities
Deadline: January 15
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Workshop Participant, Putting Health Care Processes on the Map
Mapping is a powerful tool that allows people to visually represent the current state of a health care process or journey and used often as a first step to health care improvements. We are seeking two patient partners to join us as we explore these important tools in our “Putting Health Care Processes on the Map” Workshop.
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
Deadline: January 22
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Member, Family Presence and Respectful Clinical Areas Working Group
Balancing a supportive family presence policy while ensuring a safe, respectful work and clinical care area is an ongoing challenge at St Paul’s Hospital. We are seeking four patient partners to join us in a working group designed to create safe and respectful work flows and guidelines, that are person- and family-centred, to ensure a safe space to work and receive care and treatments.
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley
Deadline: January 22
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Interior Region

Workshop Participant, Inspiring a Better Health Care System Through the Patient & Provider Voice
The Thompson Medical Alliance is hosting a physician engagement event at Sun Peaks. One of the sessions will focus on how to better engage patients and providers in driving health care system changes. Having a diverse patient voice at the session is essential to our learning as we support providers to explore this opportunity in projects that affect change.
Open to: Patient partners in the Kamloops area
Deadline: January 12
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

*Updated*
Member, North Shore Primary and Community Care Patient Advisory Council
Patient partners are needed to help advise and support operational decisions for Kamloops North Shore Primary and Community Care. This newly forming committee will consist of care providers, additional relevant Interior Health employees, patient partners and leadership members to bring a well-rounded perspective to this important work.
Open to: Patient partners in the Kamloops area
Deadline: January 20
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Member, Patient Family Advisory Counsel, Royal Inland Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
You can make an impact and improve the patient experience in the neonatal intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hospital!
Open to: Patient partners in the Interior region
Deadline: January 20
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Northern Region

Member, Perinatal Program Council
Have you given birth within the last five years? Do you have an interest in helping to improve the quality of perinatal – prenatal, delivery and postpartum – services as part of an ongoing advisory council?
Open to: Patient partners in the Northern region
Deadline: January 22
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Vancouver Island Region

Member, Capital Plan Prioritization Committee
Help us review our capital planning prioritization process! As part of the annual budget process, Island Health is prioritizing its 2020/2021 Capital Plan for minor projects and equipment. We are looking for a patient partner to provide advice regarding our annual process and make recommendations.
Open to: Patient partners in the Island Health region
Deadline: January 17
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

External Opportunities

Survey and Focus Group Participant, Exploring Cultural Responsiveness in Technology-Delivered Mental Health Resources
Do you have suggestions to improve online mental health resources for those that come from culturally diverse backgrounds? We want to hear from you!
Open to: Patient partners in Metro Vancouver
Deadline: January 24
Read more about the opportunity and RSVP

Questions or Suggestions?

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