Indigenous Navigator (Emergency Department)

Principal Duties:

– Engage with patients early through Indigenous identification, care team and/or community referrals.
– Provide support, information and advocacy for the patient while attending the Emergency Department
– In consultation with the patient, family, and health care team, individualize the care path to reflect interventions to meet identified needs and goals while promoting cultural appropriateness, safety, privacy and confidentiality for patients
– Develop a patient centred plan of care that incorporates traditional healing/culturally safe practices, community connection, and preventative health services based on client choice
– Facilitate individual and group education sessions, assist in health promotion events and preventative health events
– Collaborate with other Indigenous Navigators
– Support discharge plans with recommendations to enhance patient care working in collaboration and in partnership with hospital health care teams, and the patient’s circle of care
– Maintain collaborative working relationships with other members of the health care team
– Liaise with community partners as it relates to effective client care
– Support patients and their families to understand the plan of care in hospital and community-based services
– Liaise with NIHB and local community services for any equipment, medication or transportation needs
– Provide support and consultation to healthcare providers to facilitate access to care, services or resources for Indigenous patients, their families and caregivers
– Support the building of relationships between hospital, community partners and Indigenous communities based on mutual trust, respect, open communication, creative thinking, and cohesive team effort
– Foster an environment of cultural safety for all patients, caregivers, and their families.
– Attends and supports multidisciplinary rounds, clinical and staff meetings as needed
– Support communication between patient/families and various members of the health care team, community services, Traditional Healers, Elders, and Knowledge Keepers
– Maintain documentation of patient interactions: assessments, plans and actions in the electronic medical record system and prevention plan records

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