Here are the engagement opportunities that are currently open:
In addition to the engagement opportunities offered by our health care partners, we list opportunities administered and supported by other organizations that are also looking for deeply committed patient partners to improve BC’s health system:
To RSVP for opportunities, and to receive newsletters that will notify you of new ones, sign up as a patient partner with the Patient Voices Network. For tips on how to fill up the RSVP forms, make sure to read this brief list.
Learn more about what it’s like to be involved in PVN, in the words of a patient partner.
Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland Region
Member, Quality Of Life Measurement Working Group For Mandarin-Speaking People With Thyroid Disease
Are you a thyroid patient? Have you taken care of a loved one with a thyroid diagnosis? Do you have an interest in helping to improve the quality of life of patients with thyroid disease who speak Mandarin? We need you!
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
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Deadline: January 10, 2020
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
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Deadline: January 22, 2020
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
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Deadline: January 22, 2020
Patient Partner, Abbotsford Regional Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit Nutrition Study
Are you interested in improving how nutrition is provided to patients in Intensive Care Units, and would you like to be part of a research team exploring how many calories certain patients use? If yes, complete the RSVP form to collaborate with our team!
Open to: Patient partners in Fraser Health communities
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Deadline: January 24, 2020
Member, Regional Primary and Community Care Working Group
Having primary and community care meet the needs of patients and families with consistency and coordination across the region is the goal of the Regional Primary and Community Care Working Group. They are seeking two patient partners to assist with developing partnerships and identifying opportunities to improve how community members can access good quality health care in their community, across all ages and needs.
Open to: Patient partners in Fraser Health communities
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Deadline: January 28, 2020
Reviewer, Clinician Online Learning Module: Patient Rights under the BC Mental Health Act
Online learning modules provide an opportunity for clinicians to understand patient rights under the Mental Health Act so that they can better inform patients and families. Providence Health Care seeks two patient partners to review the content and test the modules.
Open to: Patient partners in the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley
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Deadline: January 29, 2020
Interior RegionMember, 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
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Deadline: January 20, 2020
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
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Deadline: January 20, 2020
Collaborator, Patient Care Quality Office/Patient Safety Investigations
Interior Health’s Patient Care Quality Office is working to ensure our processes are patient-centred and informed by patient perspectives. We are seeking patient voices to help us build compassion, empathy, and acceptable outcomes into our concern resolution program for patients and families. In addition, there is an opportunity to collaborate on our process to review and revise the way we respond to harm (manage incidents) in Interior Health.
Open to: Patient partners in the Interior region
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Deadline: February 3, 2020
Vancouver Island RegionParticipant, Cowichan Valley Health & Care Plan Focus Groups
Island Health is looking to engage patient partners and family caregivers to learn how we can improve services and care for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, frail individuals, and people needing palliative or end-of-life care.
Open to: Patient partners in the Cowichan Valley area
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Deadline: Open until filled
Member, Medicine Sepsis Working Group
Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body’s response to an infection. If Sepsis isn’t recognized early and treated right away, a patient’s condition can quickly worsen and they may die. We’re looking for a patient partner who has lived experience of sepsis to join the Medicine Sepsis Working Group!
Open to: Patient partners in the Island Health region
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Deadline: January 17, 2020
Reviewer, Victoria Hospice Family-Centred Information for Caregivers
Victoria Hospice is developing new ways for distributing information about end-of-life issues for patients and their caregivers. They are looking for up to two patient partners from the region to review the content!
Open to: Patient partners in the Greater Victoria area
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Deadline: January 31, 2020
Patient Advisor, The Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic – Frailty, Linkages and Improved Outcomes for Seniors
As a patient advisor, you will be instrumental in redesigning how older adults with frailty are communicated with, assessed and connected to community resource supports in the Ladysmith area!
Open to: Patient partners in Ladysmith or Cowichan area
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Deadline: February 20, 2020