Member, Fraser Health Patient Care Coordinator Advisory Council

Posted November 7, 2017 • Last updated November 20, 2017

Closed December 04, 2017

Open to Fraser – Vancouver Coastal, Patient partners in Abbotsford and Mission communities

Last updated November 20, 2017

Patient Care Coordinators (PCCs) play an important role in leading and supporting health care teams, patients and families. To ensure PCCs are prepared for this vital point of care leadership position, Fraser Health offers a two-day orientation workshop. Bring in your voice to help them design the type of workshop that gets people excited to further support patients and families!

Open to: Patient partners in Abbotsford and Mission communities

Lead Organization or Department

Fraser Health, Professional Practice

Aim

To integrate the patients’ voice into the design, development, implementation and evaluation of the two-day workshop
Patient partners will be an equal partner at the table, sharing their experience and ideas to improve the quality of patient- and family-centred care

Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of collaborate on the spectrum of engagement. The promise to you is that the research partner will work together with you to formulate solutions and incorporate your advice and recommendations into the decisions to the maximum extent possible.

Eligibility

Fraser Health patients with the following (but not limited to) experience with care:

in hospitals
transitions from hospital to community
dealing with quality and/or care concerns

If you have a strong interest in this work but have not yet completed a PVN orientation and Volunteer Agreement, are unsure if your experience is a good fit or feel another format of engagement would work better with your availability, please contact the engagement leader directly.

Logistics

Vacancies: 1-2
Commitment: A total of three meetings over the next six months; one near the end of November (1.5 hours); one in January (45 minutes); and one follow-up/evaluation meeting in June (45 minutes), both in person and via teleconference. To be confirmed once patient partners are confirmed.
Location: Central City, Surrey

Reimbursement

Preapproved expenses related to travel to in person meetings will be reimbursed according to the Fraser Health Travel policy (including mileage, parking, tolls and/or public transit).

Health Care Partner Contact Information

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