Lead, Health Informatics

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $44.14 - $63.45 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
Are you passionate about leveraging knowledge to drive organizational performance? Do you thrive in a dynamic environment where you can make a meaningful impact on how information is shared and utilized? If so, then we have an exciting opportunity for you to join Fraser Health as a **Lead in Knowledge Management**

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations, and is home to six Métis Chartered Communities.

Our team of 45,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

As the Lead in Knowledge Management, you will play a crucial role in supporting Fraser Health's knowledge management strategy by collaborating with various departments, including HR Consulting, Benefits, Workforce Optimization, and Finance and Payroll. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that the right knowledge reaches the right people at the right time, ultimately enhancing organizational performance.

**Here's what you'll be doing**:

- Consulting and Technical Support: You will provide consulting and technical resources to Employee Experience and Finance areas, assessing, developing, and compiling information and processes that support our knowledge management strategy.
- Assessment and Strategy Development: Working within assigned portfolios, you'll assess information needs, project objectives, and avenues to facilitate the exchange and access to information.
- Vendor Management: You'll establish service contracts with external programming resources, review project timelines and costs, monitor processes, and assess the quality of deliverables from external vendors.
- Information Exchange: Facilitating the exchange of information between Fraser Health and external sources, you'll ensure timely access to relevant data for informed decision-making.
- Reporting and Analysis: You'll compile reports from various sources, including payroll and finance systems, to assess organizational structures and prepare cost impact assessments.
- Training and Leadership: As a leader, you'll supervise and provide guidance to assigned staff, ensuring quality work, conducting performance appraisals, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.

**To qualify for this role, you'll need**:

- Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science or Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Five (5) years of recent experience with business and systems analysis including experience as a project manager. Experience with health and corporate information systems.

Effective October 26, 2021, all new hires to Fraser Health will need to have full COVID 19 vaccination (have received a full series of a World Health Organization “WHO” approved vaccine against infection by SARS-COV-2, or a combination of approved WHO vaccines). Please note this applies to all postings, and individual medical exemptions must be approved by the Provincial Health Officer.

Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:

- Provides guidance and expertise by consulting to all disciplines and stakeholders within an assigned portfolio by performing functions such as coordinating and performing feasibility studies, conducting workload efficiency analysis using formal data gathering techniques, analyzing, designing and implementing appropriate information systems, and identifying system deficiencies, user department operational inefficiencies and recommending ways of improving business efficiency functions.
- Serves as a consultant participating on enterprise-wide projects which are under the leadership of the Portfolio Manager; serves as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership or project management. Prepares status reports and meets with clients and provide reports back to the Portfolio Manager as required.
- Responsible to establish and lead assigned information system projects by adhering to project management and support structure methodologies, managing project timelines, monitoring expenditures and variance analysis, facilitating change management strategies, defining tasks, identifying resource needs, and reporting on project status to the Portfolio Manager or Manager. Provides strategic guidance in the project design phases and works within assigned budget and provides reports or raises concerns as necessary. Participates in the hiring process for staff, and coordinates and provides guidance to team members.
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