Sault Tribe - Sault Sainte Marie, MI
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About the position
The Traditional Practitioner under the direction of the Medical Director, Assistant Health Director and/or Clinic Manager, is responsible for providing direct patient care services at our Sault Tribe Health Clinics located in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The position assists in maintaining the daily operations of the clinical settings to meet patient medical needs or expectations of the program. The position is responsible in providing traditional healing and doctoring to community members visiting or residing in service areas. The Traditional Practitioner will provide Traditional Anishinaabek methods for treating illness and/or problems of all types. The Traditional Practitioner is to help synchronize services so that Western and Traditional Anishinaabek medicine can work together.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct services to clients by doctoring and counseling through ceremony, healing and traditional teachings.
- Ensure that appropriate delivery and integration of traditional healing practices are facilitated and encourage throughout Sault Tribe Health Division.
- Prescribe needed traditional treatment for patients.
- Provide ceremonies to patients.
- Conduct Sweat Lodge ceremonies.
- Identify, process, and harvest traditional medicines.
- Oversee ceremony preparation.
- Act as a spiritual and cultural role model.
Requirements
- High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Advanced knowledge of traditional medicine practices used by Anishnaabek Communities, traditional plants, herbs, traditional teas, ointments, and medicines which are commonly used by Anishnaabek required.
- Advanced knowledge of traditional healing practices and customs of the Anishnaabek required.
- Minimum of 3 years of formal practicing of Traditional Medicine for a tribal community required.
- Must be able to provide references from respected medicine people and/or communities worked in.
- Will be required to undergo and successfully pass a background check.
- Must maintain a good moral character standing.
- Must have a valid driver's license and be insurable by the Sault Tribe Insurance Department.
- Must comply with annual driver's license review and insurability standards with the Sault Tribe Insurance Department.
- Will be required to complete and pass pre-employment drug testing.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience and working knowledge of the traditional medicine practices and ceremonies.
- Sufficient knowledge to provide primary medical care within scope of traditional practices.
- Advanced knowledge and experiences in working with Native Communities.
- Basic computer skills and word processing preferred.
- Knowledge of westernized clinical operations preferred.
- Health Division, Tribal Organization structure, programs and services preferred.
- Ability to effectively communicate in Anishinaabemowin.
- Strong interpersonal, public speaking, and written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage time effectively.
- Ability to act as a cultural role model.
- Strong problem-solving skills, work ethic, organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Decision making skills and ability to work with others and independently.
- Awareness of and ability to abide by HIPAA regulations related to patient care in the Health Division clinics.
- Knowledge and experience with conducting and leading sweat lodges, identifying and processing traditional medicines and overseeing ceremonies.
- Maintain strict confidentiality.
- Native American preferred.
