Family Advisor

The Practice Family Advisor role will provide the parent/caregiver perspective to quality improvement efforts to the practice. This advisor is a father, mother, guardian, or family member typically with personal experience with difficulty accessing health care and/or insurance coverage, and has used or currently uses community resources/services. This advisor has a strong interest in improving services for children, particularly those with limited resources, and has a belief that collaboration with pediatricians and other professionals is essential to quality child health care. Family advocacy experience is recommended but not required. This advisor will devote consistent time to the quality improvement project (approximately 1-2 hours a week). It is recommended that this be a paid position. 

Roles and responsibilities will include: 

• Shares experiences utilizing community resources and assists in developing appropriate recommendations that are meaningful for families
• Attends and participates in team meetings 
• Actively participates on periodic conference calls to provide family perspective 
• Reviews provided materials in advance of meetings
• Other: _________________________________________________________________________________