Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator

Position Summary
Who are we looking for?

Interior Health is looking for a permanent full time Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator to join our team.

The worksite location for this position is flexible and can be located anywhere within the Interior Health region. Travel is a requirement of the position.

Some of the Benefits of Joining Interior Health:

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training/education
• Employer paid vacation
• Medical Service Plan
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Work-life balance

Salary Range:

Salary range for the position is $74618 to $107264. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How will you create an impact?

The Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator participates in the development of an Interior Health (IH) wide education plan and leads the facilitation of cultural safety education and training. As a resource to IH staff, the Educator provides consultation and direction to address specific cultural safety issues; participates in the development of guidelines, systems, and instruments to support the achievement and maintenance of cultural safety throughout the continuum of health services; collaborates with colleagues in other disciplines to ensure appropriate staff development and participation in education and cultural safety initiatives.

The Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator works collaboratively with the Indigenous Partnerships team, the First Nations, Metis and Inuit community partners and host Nation partners, to lead the organization to meet its goal of enhancing First Nations, Metis, and Inuit peoples’ access to IH services. Patient and staff safety is a priority and responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator will be expected to understand the portfolio’s “big picture” by:
• Keeping pace with changes by scanning the environment for the relevant trends and developments affecting the portfolio’s programs.
• Demonstrating the ability to identify strategic issues and collaborate with colleagues within the Indigenous Partnerships umbrella to assess the situation and identify alternatives.
• Being updated on current IH, Provincial and Federal initiatives.
• Building collaborative integrative partnerships across IH that can champion and build momentum for strategic change.

Some Key Duties may include:

• Participates in the education planning and reporting, and the development of systems, curriculum, educational tools, instruments, and guidelines for achieving and maintaining cultural safety throughout the continuum of health services.
• Provides organization-wide training that supports IH’s commitment to deliver services in a manner that is perceived by Indigenous recipients and their families as being culturally safe.
• Organizes and facilitates cultural safety education events in collaboration with local, internal and
external partners. Effectively facilitates dialogue, identifies potential crisis responses, assesses situations, and manages conflict within an emotionally-charged and cross-racial dynamic utilizing specialized skills and knowledge. Supports in the identification of needs and development of resource material to ensure appropriate staff development and participation in the education and cultural safety initiatives within IH portfolios.
• Acts as a resource to IH staff, providing coaching, mentoring, subject matter expertise, and recommendations on specific questions or issues that arise relating to cultural safety.
• Collaborates with IH colleagues in other programs, other provincial Health Authorities, government partners, Host Nations, Metis Chartered Communities, and the Urban and Away Indigenous peoples.
• Develops, implements, and supports strategies to address IH’s strategic direction and priorities of the Indigenous Health program’s strategic plan.
• Fosters and maintains effective relationships with a broad range of internal partners, Host Nations, Metis Chartered Communities, and the Urban and Away Indigenous peoples service providers, to further the achievement of Nation, Interior Health, and Ministry of Health goals, objectives, and performance measures including:
• Liaising with internal partners, interested parties, programs, and portfolios.
• Representing the Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility program, vision, or direction on internal committees.
• Liaising with First Nation, Métis, and urban and away Indigenous health leaders regarding current and emerging program direction, as needed.
• Mentoring, educating, community capacity building, and increasing understanding, support, and acceptance of future directions.
• Assists in providing guidance for Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility-related initiatives within the Indigenous Partnerships portfolio and across the organization.
• Provides progress updates related to organizational targets for staff training and education.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training. Employees are responsible to report any identified hazards, unsafe conditions or incidents to the manager or supervisor immediately.

Interior Health strives to create an environment where you enjoy the work you do, the place where you work, and the people around you. Together, we create great workplaces. Apply today!

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Qualfications
Education, Training, and Experience:

• A Bachelors Degree in Adult Learning or a related discipline.
• Three to five years of recent, related experience in coaching, mentoring, training, conflict resolution, and the facilitation of Indigenous Cultural Safety education, including education plans, evaluation, and reporting. These experiences will include working for an Indigenous organization that included interacting and developing relationships with Indigenous peoples and Indigenous communities as well as government agencies and Ministries, along with extensive understanding and knowledge of the interior Host Nations, Metis Chartered Communities, and the Urban and Away Indigenous peoples.
• Lived or living experience and/or cultural expertise or knowledge of First Nations, Metis, or Inuit peoples.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.