Want to become a Patient Family Advisor?

The Pictou County Collaborative Learning and Health Home Centre will be designed in Pictou County to improve training opportunities and collaboration among doctors, Nurse Practitioners, nurses, and other health professionals to better serve residents of Pictou County. . Nova Scotia Health (NSH) is looking for a PFA to represent their community by providing feedback, shared experiences, and to attend meetings as we move through construction and development of this new facility to find how NSH can improve patient experience through having clear and meaningful discussions.

Activities/Tasks:

Examples of activities and tasks may include: 

• Serve as the voice of patient/family, representing not only themselves as an individual but all of those who may be connected to our health care system
• To partner with staff to ensure patient and family-centered care is at the core of all decision-making 
• Attend Quality Improvement Working Groups, Projects, and Pilot Programs
• Share stories 
• Review Patient Engagement Surveys- Language/ distribution techniques 
• Review feedback on the Patient Engagement Survey
• Give feedback on the Patient Engagement Survey’s  data to improve any challenges
• Active member on teams, councils and committees
• Can assist with interviewing other PFAs  

Skills Required:

Qualities: 

• A passion for enhancing the health care experience for patients and families. 
• Good communication skills. 
• Non-judgmental.  
• Respects other people's opinions and perspectives.   
• Able to share thoughts and opinions in a group setting.  
• Interact well with a diverse group of people. 
• Open to see beyond their own personal experience and speak to the broader needs of patients and families who are a part of our health care system. 

Qualifications: 

• Patient Family Advisors for this project must be a patient, family member or caregiver of a patient living in Pictou County, who has received care within Nova Scotia Health.

Training:

The Patient Family Advisor will go through a general orientation provided by Volunteer Services. A team-specific orientation process will be provided by the Team Lead or Manager. Other training opportunities may exist through the health authority. The Patient Family Advisor may wish to participate in these additional training opportunities as desired. 

Please Note:

These are volunteer positions. Current Nova Scotia Health employees, Foundation members, Community Health Board members and elected officials are not eligible to apply.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.

Our health care system learns from your experience. Help us shape the future.

Nova Scotia Health has made a commitment to involve people in establishing priorities and making decisions that matter to them and impact their lives, our community and the sustainability of our health care system.

We are looking for Patient and Family Advisors to provide input as active members on the Diagnostic Imaging Renewal Project at Aberdeen Regional Hospital. We are seeking 1-2 community-minded individuals to bring a patient and/or family/caregiver point of view and voice. No special knowledge or skills are needed. The ideal person is someone who can use their experience as a patient or family/caregiver to help shape the care we provide.  

Those selected will have the following qualifications:

• Recent personal or family/caregiver experience with Diagnostic Imaging within the Aberdeen Hospital, Northern Zone 
• Be 18 years of age or older. 
• Can look at issues from more than one point of view. 
• Can share honest points of view in a respectful way. 
• Be reflective of diverse populations and perspectives in our community.
• Interested in making a positive contribution to health care services.
• Previous volunteer experience is an asset.

Additional requirements:

• Sign a confidentiality agreement.
• Have or be willing to obtain a Criminal Background Check.
• Declare any potential conflicts of interest. 
• Be able to commit to attend at least 3 meetings per year. Meetings are typically held during mornings or afternoons Monday to Friday at Aberdeen Regional Hospital or virtually. 
• Be able to commit to a term of the life of the project  

Please Note:

These are volunteer positions. Current Nova Scotia Health employees, Foundation members, Community Health Board members and elected officials are not eligible to apply.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. Our priority groups are Aboriginal People, African Nova Scotians, Persons with Disabilities and Recent Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.

Nova Scotia Health's Primary Health Care team is recruiting 1 or more PFAs to this opportunity. 

 A new clinic in Millbrook is being built, the goal is to have a PFA sit in on meetings, share stories and use their voice to represent their community. The goal is helping health care professionals understand the needs of the patients in the community through surveys, brochures etc. Working together we create a better experience for all. 

Activities/Tasks:

Examples of activities and tasks may include: 

• Serve as the voice of patient/family, representing not only themselves as an individual but all of those who may be connected to our health care system
• To partner with staff to ensure patient and family-centered care is at the core of all decision-making 
• Attend Quality Improvement Working Groups, Projects, and Pilot Programs
• Share stories 
• Active member on teams, councils and committees
• Can assist with interviewing other PFAs 

Skills Required:

Qualities: 

• A passion for enhancing the health care experience for patients and families. 
• Respects other people's opinions and perspectives.   

Central Zone Infection Prevention and Control (CZ IPAC) Quality Improvement & Safety is recriuting for 2 PFAs

 Location of Program: Commitment includes attendance at quarterly meetings (meetings occur typically in September, December, March, and June). Meetings held in person in Halifax (1.5 hrs from 1230-2pm with lunch provided). May be the occasional request to review program materials such as patient teaching pamphlets. Can be done by email.

 Overview of Program: IPAC is a Nova Scotia Health provincial program and is an important part of patient safety.

The Infection Prevention and Control team is a group of health care providers within Nova Scotia Health (NSH) who focus on preventing and controlling infections. The team includes several Infection Control Practitioners (ICPs), Infectious Disease Physicians, as well as support personnel. All NSH facilities work with one or more ICPs. Our role is to help other health care providers prevent and control infections by:

☑ Tracking infections

☑ Promoting good hand hygiene and other infection control practices

☑ Managing outbreaks

☑ Providing education to all health care providers and volunteers                                                                                                                                           

 IF interested reach out to: Lori Jessome-Croteau,   Lori.Jessome-Croteau@nshealth.ca(External link) 902-717-3299

Patient and Family Advisors wanted to help improve surgery and endoscopy care

Have you or a loved one been referred for or had a surgery or endoscopy procedure in the last two years?

Nova Scotia Health’s Perioperative Services Network would like your help. The network leads effort to help improve care for patients and is seeking Patient Family Advisors to ensure that patient / family centred care is at the core of planning and decision making.

No resume or health care training required! Your care experience is all you need.

The information you provide in this form will be kept confidential and will only be shared with the NSH staff member(s) helping to find you a PFA opportunity. 

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The information you provide in this form will be kept confidential and will only be shared with the NSH staff member(s) helping to find you a PFA opportunity.