Lead, Medical Device Integration, Clinical Ancillary Solutions

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour
Job Summary

Do you have a passion for leadership?  Do you want to be part of an initiative that will help transform important healthcare systems (medical imaging, cardiology, laboratory, pharmacy, surgical, health information management, other clinical and diagnostic systems)? If you answered YES to those questions then we have the opportunity for you to succeed in! READ ON! 

 

We have an exciting Full Time opportunity for a Lead, Health Informatics to join our Clinical Ancillary Solutions (CAS) team at Central City Tower located in Surrey, BC. This role supports Digital Patient and Provider Experience portfolio within Fraser Health.

  

About the Position:

 

You can be part of the solution to help enhance the patient journey from admission to discharge and through recovery! You’ll be part of the bridge between clinical teams and technology; optimizing patient care.

 

 

What do you need?

 

Expertise with clinical applications used in hospitals, experience with HL7 integration, management of complex projects involving several integrated systems, and demonstrated experience with clinical stakeholder engagement. You’ll manage clinical ancillary solutions projects including medical imaging, cardiology, laboratory, pharmacy, surgical, health information management as well as other clinical and diagnostic systems. Specific assets are knowledge of Fraser Health processes, downstream clinical applications, and end-to-end clinical and system workflows.

 

 

What will you do?

 

In this key role, you will be responsible for leading and managing assigned projects, providing leadership to team members and applying appropriate change management strategies as a part of projects.  You will be closely aligned with the Meditech Advance Program providing advice, guidance and support as Fraser Health transitions to the new Meditech Expanse system transforming clinical workflows and integrations with clinical systems.   

 

Specifically, you will be responsible for coordinating and supporting teams through the design, build and test phases by preparing project documentation including design documents, work plans, and test plans/scripts.   This includes working with teams and vendors to prepare for and to go-live in alignment with the project schedule (deliverables may include cut-over plans, go-live plans, and operational transition plans).

 

 

Be part of a dynamic leadership team as you:

  

• Lead and manage projects in the Health Care Information Systems in clinical areas.
• Provide leadership to team members and applying appropriate change management strategies as part of a project. 
• Provide support with medical device integration and manage server system administration
• Provide advice, guidance, and direction to an assigned portfolio in the areas of knowledge management, and decision support in clinical and corporate business areas
• Provide expertise on enterprise-wide projects
• Serve as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership.

 

 

Here is what we would like you to have: 

 

• Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering or other relevant discipline.
• Five (5) years' recent related experience including business and systems analysis, and project leadership within a medium to large sized organization.
• Minimum two (2) years in a clinical informatics role, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Experience with medical device integration management (e.g. Capsule, Telemetry, Alaris Pump, Welch Allyn Connex Vital signs monitor, Phillips Vital signs machine, etc.)
• Experience with an electronic clinical information system, such as the integration of downstream systems with MEDITECH is preferred.
• Experience with vendor management.

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience is acceptable.

 

 

Do you take responsibility for your own performance and seek to model integrity, resilience and confidence? Are you passionate about building an engaging environment that supports and challenges others to achieve their goals? We encourage to take the next step and apply and continue the conversation about you joining Fraser

 

Take the next step and apply so we can continue the conversation with you.

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

The Lead, Health Informatics is responsible for leading and managing assigned projects, providing leadership to team members and applying appropriate change management strategies as part of a project.  Provides advice, guidance, and direction to an assigned portfolio in the areas of knowledge management, and decision support; in clinical and corporate business areas which includes the development and implementation of application architecture. Provides expertise on enterprise-wide projects, serves as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership.
ResponsibilitiesQualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science or Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Five (5) years of recent experience with business and systems analysis including experience as a project manager. Experience with health and corporate information systems.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Ability to provide leadership to a variety of project teams in an environment that constantly changes and that has fluctuating priorities.
• Knowledge of information management, health informatics, business processes, technologies and applications.
• Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture.
• Ability to translate business and/or clinical needs into application architecture requirements.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the project management process and the systems development life cycle.
• Demonstrated decision making ability within complex and diverse issues.
• Demonstrated superior skills in data research, gathering, modeling, and business and systems analysis.
• Ability to organize work, problem solve, multitask and meet deadlines.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

 

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

 

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

 

Together, we are the heart of health care.

 

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