Clinical Informatics Specialist, Generic Health

7 months ago


Vancouver, Canada PHSA Full time

**Clinical Informatics Specialist, Generic Health Sciences**
BC Cancer

Vancouver, BC

Clinical Informatics transforms health care by designing, implementing, and evaluating information and communication systems to improve patient care, enhance access to care, advance individual and population health outcomes, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship.

The CIS is the liaison between Professional Practice, Digital Health/Information Management, clinical operations leaders, users (staff and clinicians) and other groups and utilizes their clinical expertise and information systems/computer science experience to enhance the effectiveness, validity and sustainability of clinical initiatives that support the transition to a fully integrated EHR.

**What you’ll do**
- Execute the system design life cycle in the areas of design, content development, validation, implementation, stabilization and evaluation of electronic health information systems and their associated data dictionaries, databases, tables, reports and related standards, protocols and procedures to support clinical uptake of electronic health and information records. Participate in custom report development and data analysis for decision-making.
- Liaise with the Digital Health department, organizational programs/departments and partner affiliates as the role and informatics specialty specific expert and resource on system wide practice and workflow change initiatives, practice innovation and redesign, documentation/nomenclature standards and the electronic health record.
- Champion a collaborative team-based framework that incorporates resources from other departments, programs, and vendor partners as it relates to clinical systems implementations. Lead and participate in steering committees and taskforces for PHSA clinical informatics and information technology initiatives.
- Influence and participate in the development and revision of organization and/or departmental clinical policies and procedures as they relate to the electronic health record and clinical practice process redesign. Lead the identification and assists in the development of new and changing role and specialty specific functions and processes in the department/organization as they relate to the use of clinical information systems.
- Provide leadership and/or coaching to clinical staff based on knowledge and informatics experience on incorporating clinical informatics advances and electronic health records developments into practice.

**What you bring**

**Qualifications**:

- Graduation from a recognized health science degree program or equivalent.
- Three (3) years’ experience in a health care environment, including extensive experience with related computer technology, clinical informatics, clinical workflow and clinical change management or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Current full registration with applicable regulatory College or eligibility for registration with the appropriate professional body or association, as applicable.
- May require the use of a vehicle for which mileage is reimbursed in accordance with the current Collective Agreement.
- May be required to travel, work different shift hours and weekends/STATs in accordance with the current Collective Agreement.

You will also have
- Maintains clinical competency, practice standards of care, and knowledge and supports the integration of evidence-based practice in the delivery of quality care/services.
- Demonstrated experience in policy and procedure development and/or clinical documentation standards, business process analysis and reengineering techniques.
- Demonstrated knowledge regarding new trends in clinical practice and information systems.
- Demonstrated knowledge of project management practices, methodologies, and principles.
- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge and practice in effective problem-solving techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with technical, operational and vendor staff.
- Commitment to develop knowledge and understanding of legislative obligations and provincial commitments found in the foundational documents - including Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), Reclaiming Power and Place Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Calls for Justice (2019), the Declaration Act Action Plan and Remembering Keegan: A First Nations Case Study - and how they intersect across the health care system.
- Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC (2015) and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou



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