Member, BC Mental Health and & Substance Use Services Policy Review Team

Each day, health care providers rely on policies to provide safe, equitable, quality health care. In order to ensure that those poilicies are consistent with what matters to patients and families, BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services are seeking two patient partners to assist in making these policies stronger.

Open to: Patient partners across the province

Lead Organization or Department

BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS) Policy Office, a branch of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)

Aim

To ensure policies align with person- and family-centred care principles across BCMHSUS. Patient partners will ask questions and provide feedback to the policy office team to ensure that what matters to patient and families is reflected in the policies and guidelines developed and enhanced.

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of consult on the spectrum of engagement. The promise to you is that the health care partner will listen to and acknowledge your ideas and concerns, and provide feedback on how your input affected the decision.

Eligibility

• Have a strong desire to ensure the experiences of patients and families are a key priority within BCMHSU
• Preference will be given to those with experience as a client or family with the mental health or substance use care in BC
• Prepared to review and analyze documents, and provide recommendations in a rigorous and comprehensive manner
• Comfortable with receiving requests for participation with short notice (1-3 weeks)
• Must have email access

Patient Partners should have previously attended a PVN orientation session.  If you have not attended an orientation and volunteer agreement but are interested, please contact Jami Brown directly to see if accommodations may be possible.

Logistics

• Vacancies: 2
• Location: Teleconference and email
• Date/time: As soon as possible
• Commitment: To be determined, in consultation with patient partners, approximately, 1-6 documents per month to review

Reimbursement

To be discussed with interested patient partners.

Background

BCMHSUS is on a journey to engage with patients and families. Our policies and guidelines need to reflect person- and family-centred care as a priority and are an important part of that journey.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Jami Brown
Engagement Leader, Patient and Public Engagement | Fraser Valley
604.510.0449
jbrown@bcpsqc.ca