A Patient and Caregiver Partner is a patient, a caregiver, a patient’s family member or community member who has experienced care at any of the four sites of the HPHA. They serve in a partnership capacity, voting on specific decisions or making recommendations based on their diverse lived-experiences on matters that affect the experience of patients, family/caregiver & community members at HPHA.
Patient & Caregiver Partners:
- Provide input and influence on the policies, programs and practices that affect the quality of care and services that individuals and their families receive at HPHA
- Promote opportunities for dialogue among patients, families and staff at HPHA by providing a forum for patients and families to share their lived-experiences and identify opportunities to improve the quality of care and to participate in quality improvement initiatives at HPHA
- Collaborate, consult and explore with healthcare providers ways to find and apply solutions together on meeting the needs of patients/families with healthcare decisions; program and service design; policy, strategy and governance
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- The Potential
Patient & Caregiver Partner (PCP) candidate completes and submits an application form
- A member of the PCP Program Steering Committee together with the Corporate Lead, Patient Experience / Engagement contacts potential candidate and conducts interview.
- Successful candidates:
- must complete a Vulnerable Sector Police Check and forward to the Corporate Lead Patient Experience/Engagement
- must complete and sign
a declaration of understanding of the HPHA policies, review/sign Code of
Conduct, Confidentiality Agreement and Statement of Understanding of the Terms
of Reference and the Conflict Resolution Process.
- receives an orientation and added to the PCP contact mailing list.
- invited to the next scheduled Patient & Caregiver Partner Program Meeting for introduction. It is at this point that they will commence engagement. i.e. receive orientation,
email information and invitations to meetings to access engagement
opportunities.
- PCP must sign COVID-19 Volunteer Declaration Form and have proof of full vaccination to attend any on-site hospital meetings
Who Do I contact if I have questions about the Patient & Caregiver Partner Role?
Corporate Patient Experience & Caregiver Resource Office:
- Corporate Lead, Patient Experience/Engagement & Privacy - Michelle Jones
- 519-272-8210 Ext. 2423 or email michelle.jones@hpha.ca
Engaging our Patient & Caregiver Partners comes in different forms and the way in which we partner will look different based on the individuals preference
Patient & Caregiver Partner
Engagement Specialty Options:
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Specialty
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Role & Expectation
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Level of Commitment
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Communications
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Co-writing, reading, and reviewing
organizational guidelines, brochures, pamphlets, patient information,
policies, practices & procedures
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Commit to reviewing hospital materials.
Partner flexibility – virtual participation
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Operations
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Active members on hospital committees and councils etc.
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Commit
to be an active participating member on a hospital Committee / Board /
Council.
Frequent in-person or virtual meetings
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Projects
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Active participators in experience-based
co-design initiatives and decision-making projects with care providers*
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Commit to be an active participate
on special projects
Frequent in-person or virtual meetings
Can be a “one-time”
commitment
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Interested in becoming a Patient & Caregiver Partner? Apply today!
If you are interested in applying, you may do so by completing
the form below or by sending in a print version.
Click here to apply!
Printed applications can be dropped off at your nearest HPHA hospital
site at the COVID-19 Screening Centre to the attention of the Corporate Patient Experience
Office at the Stratford General Hospital site (Room W1-210). You may
also mail your application form to the address:
HPHA Corporate Patient Experience Office
46 General Hospital Drive
Stratford, ON N5A 2Y6
If you have any questions regarding this program please connect with Michelle Jones, CPXP Corporate Lead Patient Experience/Engagement & Privacy 519-272-8210 Ext. 2423 or email michelle.jones@hpha.ca