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Safe Care Transitions Required Safety Practices (RSP) Working Group

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Closed

Commitment: Long-term

Connection method: Virtual

Open to Vancouver Island Region

Posted

Role description
We are seeking two patient partners to join this working group to support the priority work (i.e., Policy), and implementation activities. Priority work means any submissions we will need to provide our leadership and Accreditation Canada. As of now our priority work includes ensuring we have an Island Health wide policy that covers all elements of Safe Care Transitions. This will be done in partnership with all of our Clinical Governance committees (i.e., LTC, Community Health Services, Regulatory Scope of Practice).

Implementation activities are not defined as of now but will include the creation and development of education for staff, patients and families, local site procedures, working with external partner such as BC Emergency Services (i.e., Ambulance) on what workflows should be.

Commitment: 6-8 Months

Connection method: MS Teams

Open to: Patient partners from Vancouver Island – participants do not need to be PVN member

Level of engagement: Involve

Number of positions available: 2

RSVP: If you’re a member of the Patient & Public Partnership Program, submit your expression of interest here.

Not a member yet? Visit our website here to join our program or email us at patient.experience@islandhealth.ca for more details.

 

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Layton Engwer

Patient Partner, Sooke

Layton Engwer

PVN helped empower me to make meaningful contributions to Primary Care (PC) locally and provincially.  It also facilitated creation of PC Patient Voices which is focused on PC and provides education support and building on shared experiences.