Decision Support Analyst

2 weeks ago


Halifax, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company**: IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:173756
**Department/Program**:Performance & Decision Support, Strategy and Performance
**Location**: Flexible within the Province
**Type of Employment**:Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) ending April 15, 2025 x 1 position(s)
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Union Status**: Non-union, Management/Non Union Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $30.3213**:

- **$37.9018 /hour
**Closing Date**: February 5, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
**Hours of Work**:
37.5 hours/week, Monday - Friday

**Your Qualifications**:

- Bachelor Degree required or equivalent experience in Health Information Management position will be considered.
- Canadian Health Information Management Association (CHIMA) Health Information Management (HIM) Professional certification preferred.
- Minimum three (3) to five (5) years experience in a health care organization in a data analyses and information management type role required.
- Experience coding and abstracting in an inpatient setting
- Must have experiencing collecting and analyzing information from various data sources to paint a picture of care and service delivery for internal and external decision makers.
- Proficiency with report writing and sound knowledge of IWK information systems. Expertise with a number of the following systems will be required: Assist workload and provincial data base, Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia, Med Assets Alliance Case Costing System, Meditech Compiler, Meditech Community Wide Scheduling, Meditech Executive Support System (ESS), 3M Health Data Management Report Writer (advanced summary level and record level reporting), NS Department of Health and Wellness Discharge Abstract Database Cubes, Management Information System, Emerald Workload Measurement, PICIS Operating Room system, Med 2020, DHW Primary Health Care Population Based Planning Framework and Tool
- Proficient in the use of information systems for statistical analysis and graphics, including advanced Excel spreadsheets, creating pivot tables, and word processing
- Understanding of organizational performance indicators, key performance indicators, strategic performance indicators, and wait times reporting indicators and processes.
- Expert knowledge of Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) and National Ambulatory Care Reporting System standards, guidelines and methodologies, Case Mix Groups (CMGs) methodology, Resource Intensity Weights (RIW’s) and relevant CIHI Reports (Canadian Institute for Health Information).
- Understanding of Management Information System (MIS) guidelines
- Ability to create and extract data using external Systems (CIHI Portal, Benchmarking and Annual reports, Statistics Canada, NS Community Counts and the Canadian Hospital Reporting Project (CHRP).
- Understanding of the interrelationships of all hospital departments and services in program delivery.
- Excellent leadership, presentation and oral/written communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize multiple high priority projects with tight timelines.
- Understanding of relevant privacy legislations and processes (e.g. FOIPOP, Youth Justice Act, Personal Health Information Act (PHIA) and the Patriot Act.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exc



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