Hospital seeking advisory program members

Sault Area Hospital is seeking patients, family members, and caregivers for its Patient, Family and Advisory Program.

Applications are being accepted online until July 29 and can be found here.

Further details on the program are available in the following release:

Sault Area Hospital is seeking patients, family members, and caregivers to join our Patient, Family and Caregiver Advisory Program. Working alongside local health and social service professionals, patient, family and caregiver partners contribute to an organization’s ability to achieve the highest quality patient outcomes by representing the voice of the patient, addressing patient experience, and helping to implement positive change across programs and services. By working together, we can achieve better health outcomes, wiser allocation of resources, and greater patient satisfaction. At the heart is the belief that health system staff and patients are working as partners in care.

"Being a patient advisor is an incredibly meaningful experience. It feels great to be providing the patient voice to hospital projects and teams. I always feel my perspective is welcome and valued, and I believe there are better outcomes with the patient voice at the table. I highly recommend this experience to any Algoma resident. It's a great way to be part of improving local healthcare." – Abby Obenchain, SAH Advisor

Sault Area Hospital is seeking applications from individuals who have recent experience accessing health or social services and are interested in participating in partnership work, including but not limited to:

• Sitting on a monthly Patient, Family and Caregiver Advisory Committee (PFAC)
• Participating on other organizational committees representing to community voice
• Participating in projects and/or process improvements
• Sharing your story and personal health experiences in order to improve the local health system
• Reviewing documents, reports, and communications for patients, families, and caregivers
• Setting organizational priorities to ensure they are aligned with the needs of the community

Candidates should have had recent interaction with health or social services (ideally within the past one to two years) as either an inpatient, outpatient, client, caregiver, family member, or loved one of a patient. We are seeking individuals who are willing to be open, honest, and committed to providing meaningful and thoughtful input to improving the patient experience.

Effective engagement reflects the diversity of the people served by Sault Area Hospital and the broader community we share. To ensure that decisions being made reflect, and respond to, a broad range of lived experience, we welcome and encourage applications from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.

To learn more about the Sault Area Hospital Patient, Family and Caregiver Advisory Program and apply, please click here

Applications can be submitted electronically here.

Applications will be accepted until July 29, 2022.