Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Internal/External Posting
Full-time, Part-time, Casual Positions Available
Location: SLFNHA First Nations Communities
Salary Range $33.733 – $45.309 per hour
Reference Number: HEALT001209
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Job Summary:
The Approaches to Community Wellbeing provides expertise, support, services, and programming in public health to the region. The program also supports communities in the development, implementation, and monitoring of their own Approaches to Community Wellbeing.
The Health Promoter – Community Vaccination is responsible for facilitating the delivery of health promotion programming to support vaccination in First Nations individuals and communities supported by Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority.
The Health Promoter – Community Vaccination is directly accountable to the Preventing Infectious Diseases Vaccine Preventable Diseases Coordinator.
Qualifications:
• College diploma in a health-related field
• A minimum of two years’ experience in a First Nations health setting
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong organizational and facilitation skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office, graphic design software, and other computer software
• Knowledge of the culture, history, geographical location, and health priorities of the First Nations people in the Sioux Lookout region
• Valid Ontario G driver’s licence.
• The ability to speak in one of the Sioux Lookout area First Nations dialects, and/or write in syllabics are definite assets.
• The ability to perform the requirements of the position on a regular basis.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Work with communities to identify and monitor community priorities around vaccination and other public health issues.
2. Collaborate with communities to recognize barriers to behavioral change, develop solutions, and establish supportive environments to promote behavior change, increase vaccine uptake, and address vaccine hesitancy.
3. In collaboration with other Preventing Infectious Diseases staff, develop, implement, monitor, and support the evaluation of a health promotion strategy for vaccination and other public health concerns.
4. Ensure that the program incorporates community feedback into future regional and community-based programs and initiatives.
5. Support and enable communities to develop and implement their health promotion strategy/approaches to promote vaccination and support other public health initiatives.
6. In collaboration with other Approaches to Community Wellbeing teams, provide education and health promotion on vaccination and other public health issues to various community members and leaders through radio shows, local newsletters, school programs, community workshops, presentations, webinars, videoconferences, social media, etc.
7. Develop and share best practices for health promotion and education for vaccination and other public health concerns.
8. Use health promotion expertise and experience to advocate for communities and the Sioux Lookout area to promote vaccination and other public health priorities.
9. Represent SLFNHA and Approaches to Community Wellbeing on related community working groups or committees, as needed.
10. Assist other SLFNHA and ACW teams when required, and any other duties assigned.
Apply online at https://www.slfnha.com/careers/
Human Resource Department
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
P.O. Box 1300, 61 Queen Street
Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B8
Phone: (807) 737-1802
Fax: (807) 737-2969
Email: Human.Resources@slfnha.com
SLFNHA currently “Strongly Recommends” COVID-19 immunizations and requests your immunization status to be sent to our staff health department if successful in the recruitment process.
Closing Date: Until Filled
The Health Authority wishes to thank all applicants in advance. However, only those granted an interview will be contacted.
For additional information regarding the Health Authority, please visit our website at www.slfnha.com
SLFNHA is a proud supporter of Mikinakoos Children’s Fund. To find out more, visit www.mikinakoos.com
To apply for this job email your details to human.resources@slfnha.com.