Rvh Regional Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

**Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH)** and ‘Team RVH’ provides a safe and supportive Regional Hospital and community to grow your career. RVH is nationally recognized for its commitment to patient safety and is Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest rating a Canadian hospital can receive. As a Regional Health Centre, and home to one of the fastest growing areas in Canada, RVH serves the residents of Barrie, Simcoe County, and surrounding communities. Guided by our accomplished senior leadership team, together we are driving our vision of becoming a regional academic health sciences centre, that provides world-class compassionate care close to home - making a seamless ecosystem of care possible. The RVH - Regional Digital Health team is at the forefront of transforming healthcare in our Region through innovative digital solutions. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and data-driven insights, the RVH - Regional Digital Health team supports RVH and a growing list of healthcare service providers, ensuring seamless integration of digital health solutions to improve clinician experience and patient outcomes. One of our keystone partnerships is our CARE4 group of four hospitals (Collingwood, Orangeville, Midland, Barrie) that share a single instance of our EMRAM 6 (Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model) accredited solutions. **Program & Department**: Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre -> Reg Digital Health Operations -> Digital Health Admin **Regular / Temporary**: Regular **Full / Part Time**: Full-Time **Union**: Leader Non Union **Requisition Close Date**: 17 October 2024 **Salary Plan / Job Grade**: $84.32 - $99.22 ( MG_12 ) **Role Overview**: The **Regional Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (RCNIO)** will engage clinical leadership across RVH and its partner organizations through the strategic planning, implementation, optimization, and operations of digital health solutions. They are ultimately responsible for guiding and mentoring of the team of clinical analysts. This role will leverage clinical workflow knowledge to establish long term strategies in digital health, utilizing technology, data, and evidence-based information systems to support high-quality patient care and professional practice. The RCNIO will foster a culture of relationships, innovation and adaptability, motivating clinical programs to embrace change to improve care at the bedside. The RCNIO is a nursing leader with both clinical and healthcare management experience, and who has knowledge and skill in implementing and managing digital health solutions. Job Requirements: **Qualifications**: - Master’s degree in nursing or equivalent combination of education and experience. - 10+ years of clinical experience in a complex healthcare service delivery environment with expertise in scaling and spreading change in healthcare delivery. - 5+ years of management experience in a digitally enabled healthcare service delivery environment. - Member in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario. - Clinical Informatics or Health Informatics certificate preferred. - Experience with the implementation and management of clinical information systems. - Demonstrated understanding of major trends in healthcare, especially in acute care digital health. - Experience with implementing evidence-based practice models in clinical settings, working with diverse interprofessional care teams. - Proven ability to lead in a complex environment. - Strong business acumen - Strong Customer Relation skills, interpersonal skills, and networking abilities - Problem resolution, communication, interpersonal and team building **Key Responsibilities**: - **Leadership and Oversight**: - Partner with the VP Digital Health & Regional CIO, CNEs, and CMIOs to lead the governance committees to develop, and adopt clinical information systems and associated digital tools at RVH and at partner health services provider organizations across the region. - Lead a large team of clinical informatics professionals to implement, operate and continuously improve on the clinical information systems. - Act as a change agent in identifying, developing, planning, implementing, and measuring the value of informatics strategies to support high-quality patient care and professional practice. - **Strategic Liaison**: - Serve as the strategic liaison, articulating and translating the clinical needs of nursing and allied health for the Regional Digital Health - technical teams. - Collaborate with our partner CMIOs and CNEs to combine knowledge of patient care, clinical workflows, evidence-based practice, informatics concepts, and change management to address the information and knowledge needs of healthcare professionals and patients. - **Vendor Collaboration**: - Work with vendors to proactively strategize on the development and enhancement of clinical information solutions to meet organizational and patient care needs. - **Relationship Management**: