Indigenous Health Integration Lead - SFU School of Medicine

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

Reporting to the Director, Indigenous Health or assigned delegate, the Indigenous Health Integration Lead plays a key enabling and enhancing role, aligning priorities between Fraser Health and the Simon Fraser University (SFU) School of Medicine. This position strengthens alignment, coordination, and relationship-building between Fraser Health, the Indigenous Health Medical Program Director, and SFU faculty and program leaders to support culturally safe, respectful, and racism-free medical education and health services.

The Indigenous Health Integration Lead supports health system transformation by embedding Indigenous cultural safety, humility, Indigenous-specific anti-racism, and trauma-informed approaches into practice, policy, and clinical learning environments. This includes preparing Fraser Health teams for medical student placements, and ensuring teaching environments reflect two-eyed seeing, Indigenous methods and approaches to teaching and learning, and Indigenous ways of knowing and being.

The individual in this role brings a high degree of cultural credibility, lived experience, and grounding in Indigenous knowledge systems. As a cultural guide and knowledge translator, the Lead shares teachings appropriately, fosters cultural understanding, and upholds relational accountability with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities. This position works collaboratively with community partners, clinical teams, and SFU School of Medicine leadership to ensure Indigenous perspectives and priorities are respectfully embedded across medical education and service delivery within Fraser Health.

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Allied Health, or another relevant clinical discipline, with training and/or experience in health service delivery, research, and knowledge translation/exchange. A minimum of five years’ recent clinical experience in health services, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Experience working respectfully with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, navigating cultural protocols, ceremony, and distinctions-based approaches, while maintaining humility, relational care, and a commitment to Indigenous-led, community-guided practice.

Valid BC Driver’s License and access to a personal vehicle for business-related purposes.

COMPETENCIES:

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Demonstrated cultural credibility and grounding through lived experience, community engagement, cultural practice, or mentorship/teachings from Elders and Knowledge Keepers, with the ability to share Indigenous teachings, frameworks, and ways of knowing in alignment with community protocols and relational accountability.
• Strong understanding of Indigenous methods and approaches to teaching and learnings, including two-eyed seeing, land-based learning, circle facilitation, and culturally grounded approaches that support medical education and the creation of culturally safe learning environments.
• Ability to design and lead with cultural safety and humility and through a lens of trauma informed care/practice.
• Working knowledge of change methodologies and tools coupled with a strong understanding of the health system.
• Ability to influence leaders, physicians and staff at all levels to embrace and take action on change management initiatives.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels internally and externally, including within health care, government and Indigenous Communities.
• Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples in the Fraser Health region and an understanding of colonial impacts on health, wellness, public policy, and engagement.
• Knowledge of traditional and current Indigenous practices and approaches related to governance and decision-making.
• Demonstrated awareness of social determinants of health, Anti-Racism and equity, diversity, and inclusion principles/issues/trends.
• Knowledge and experience in development of Knowledge Translation and evaluation theories, principles and practice.
• Applies exceptional problem-solving abilities; independently resolve issues both efficiently and resourcefully.
• Proficiency in the use of personal computers and applicable computer software applications. Excellent working knowledge of current spreadsheet, graphics and word processing programs.
• Demonstrated willingness to take initiative, and commitment to the value of continuous learning.
• Demonstrated understanding and commitment to client focused care.
• High degree of flexibility in a changing environment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of interdisciplinary teams.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands to meet deadlines.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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