Senior Specialist, Privacy Operations

The University Health Network, where “above all else the needs of patients come first”, encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, West Park Healthcare Centre and the Michener Institute of Education. The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education. With a long tradition of ground breaking firsts and a purpose of “Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning”, the University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 17,000 employees, more than 1,250 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers. UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

Position Summary

The Enterprise Privacy Office is committed to protecting the privacy of patients’ personal health information and promoting a culture of privacy. As a member of the privacy team, the Privacy Operations Specialist supports the Manager, Privacy and Access Operations in ensuring organizational compliance with relevant privacy legislation, specifically the Health Information Custodian and Health Information Network Provider requirements of the Personal Health Information Protection Act. The Privacy Operations Specialist enhances UHN’s credibility and engenders trust in UHN’s services from a privacy perspective.

The Privacy Operations Specialist assists in the day-to-day monitoring of a comprehensive and legally compliant privacy program in a complex healthcare environment, promoting privacy practices and standards through managing privacy-related projects on behalf of the Privacy Office, building and conducting, audits, departmental compliance reviews, and developing and delivering privacy and access training.

The Privacy Operations Specialist must be able to respond to complex situations and understand complex program, system and relationship configurations. The Specialist must have extensive technical knowledge and must be able to use existing analytic tools and also independently identify risks and gaps as new information is presented. The Specialist must be able to effectively communicate complex requirements to a variety of stakeholders and ensure that risks are appropriately mitigated or assumed.

Duties

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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UHN is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants need to make their requirements known.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.