• FULL-TIME
• Temporary

The Chatham-Kent Ontario Health Team (CKOHT) is a collaborative group of 22 local health care providers working together to improve health care for patients, families and caregivers. The goal of the CKOHT is to bring together health care partners from all sectors, including hospital, home and community care, primary care, long-term care and community support agencies to provide seamless, fully coordinated care for patients, while creating a more efficient system.

The CKOHT’s vision is: “Achieving the best health and well-being together.” CKOHT partners are committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and justice, and to advance Indigenous health in a culturally safe, and appropriate manner.

THE POSITION

Dual reporting to CKOHT’s Executive Transformation Lead and the Manager of Clinical and Client Services,  Chatham-Kent Community Health Centres’ Walpole Island site (CKCHC) , the Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator will work across partners to facilitate and support Indigenous Cultural Safety Education. Building on the work of Indigenous Leaders and partners across the region, this position will help CKOHT achieve its Strategic Plan action to “Provide opportunities for cultural sensitivity education for health care workers and commit to policy changes to ensure culturally safe practices across the CKOHT” under the goal of “Support First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and communities in improving Indigenous health”. The Indigenous Cultural Safety Educator will also work under the guidance of the CKOHT Diversity and Equity Working Group.

Specifically, this position will leverage the local Indigenous Cultural Safety Training, to develop Lunch and Learn, team training and staff workshops, and other training tools (such as information boards, team huddle messages, eLearning, etc.) to support cultural safety training in the Chatham-Kent region. The educator will work with a network of Indigenous patient navigators, and educators within the Erie St. Clair region to support initiatives that will lead to better care and culturally safe experiences for Indigenous persons in the region.