Senior Advisor - Central Health Corridor

Your Opportunity:

The Indigenous Wellness Core (IWC) collaborates across Primary Care Alberta (PCA) and with external partners to advance health equity for Indigenous peoples and communities. The Indigenous Wellness Core is seeking a Senior Advisor to play a key role in implementing PCA programs and services in partnership with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities across Alberta. The Senior Advisor will act as a first point of contact, strengthening relationships with Indigenous communities/organizations through engagement with individuals, community leadership or other stakeholders to support community driven approaches to primary care and wellness. The Senior Advisor works closely with PCA Programs and other partners to support trauma informed, culturally grounded responses that align with community identified priorities. The Senior Advisor contributes to improved access to culturally safe primary health care and wellness supports while honouring Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The role champions collaborative approaches that respect Indigenous knowledge, sovereignty, and self-determined pathways to wellness. Raise awareness of existing/potential Indigenous and stakeholder questions/concerns. Play a key role in mitigating/managing stakeholder/Indigenous complaints/issues by proactively identifying and resolving challenges. Provide expert advice when incorporating new processes and program delivery through the lens of cultural knowledge. Assist PCA staff/physicians so they better understand the complex jurisdictional issues affecting Indigenous health care services and programs while ensuring continuity of care within a multi-jurisdictional system. Engage FNMI communities, developing trust and collaboration with PCA. Represent the IWC with the Central Health Corridor senior leadership and medical leadership.

Description:

The Senior Advisor Central (SAC) works in partnership with Primary Care Alberta (PCA) programs to support Indigenous community specific implementation of PCA initiatives and programs. The SAC will establish/maintain strong relationships with Indigenous Health leaders/stakeholders to understand their primary health care concerns, raising awareness of Indigenous community needs and identifying relevant community primary health care and wellness priorities and gaps in services. The SAC works collaboratively, utilizing diverse Indigenous perspectives to identify challenges and opportunities to inform quality improvement across PCA programs and services. The SAC works with Primary Care Networks and Indigenous communities in assigned geographic areas to identify and support community implementation of appropriate PCA initiatives, programs, and services. The SAC supports emergency management with rural/urban Indigenous communities, as required, and evaluation and implementation of culturally appropriate Indigenous Primary Care programs/services. The SAC works with IWC Project teams and Scientific Office to support meaningful local Indigenous health research and increased educational opportunities for the Indigenous community. As a bona fide occupational requirement, and under Section 11 of the Alberta Human Rights Act, only Indigenous applicants will be considered. Please ensure you are identifying as Indigenous.