Im IT Business Systems Analyst

**Req ID**:131508**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Provincial** Zone, **Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII**
**Department**:IMIT**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **3** position(s)**
**Status**:Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:Open Until Filled**

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

**Responsibilities**:
The IM/IT Business Analyst/ System Analyst reports to an IM/IT Manager, and is responsible for the evaluation, testing, implementation, maintenance, and support of information management and technology solutions, projects and services across NSHA, IWK and its many external clients. The IM/IT BA/SA collaborates with key clinical and business stakeholders throughout the province as the organization, in partnership with the province’s Internal Services Department and the Department of Health and Wellness, moves towards the rationalization of disparate systems and the OPOR strategy.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

- Information gathering and documentation of business requirements and end user workflow impacts as they relate to IT systems and processes
- Ensures IT systems and processes are implemented and maintained to support the effective and safe delivery of patient information to care providers in a variety of settings
- Establish and maintain working relationships between the Clinical and Business stakeholders and IM/IT to determine appropriate IT solutions
- Collaborate with other team members, vendors and clinical stakeholders
- Participate in clinical IM IT projects
- Complete other duties as assigned in relation to the position description

**Qualifications**:

- Degree or diploma in a Health Related discipline, or Information Technology, Consideration may be given to those with equivalent training and relevant experience
- 1-3 years’ experience in System Analysis, Business Analysis with Clinical Applications an asset
- Experience and/or training with healthcare information systems and terminology an asset
- Certification in IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Project Management (PMP) and/or organizational change management an asset.
- Ability to relay or explain issues or difficult scenarios to clinical and business staff
- Working knowledge of basic systems principles, theories and concepts within healthcare
- Ability to troubleshoot and document issues and problems and implement resolution using clinical best practice knowledge of internal and/or external business issues to improve service
- Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills
- Experience creating summary documentation based on evaluation and analysis
- Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to document and solve issues
- Experience in transformational or process analysis to support change management principles
- Organizational Skills, high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

**Hours of Work**:

- Permanent full time position; 75 hours biweekly

**Salary Information**:
$31.08 - $38.85 hourly

**Once You've Applied**

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. 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.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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