Imit Director, Digital Solutions

**Req ID**:190323**
**Location**:Provincial** Zone, **Westway 1**
**Department**:OPOR DIR Technology & Integration**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%**) x **1**
**Management/Non Union** P**osition**
**Posting Closing Date**:15-Nov-24**

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.

**About the Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Senior Director of the One Person One Record Program, the Director Digital Solutions and Technology is the primary lead and strategic advisor on all business and technology solution matters for the OPOR program supporting NS Health and IWK Health. This position will lead the design, development, delivery and evaluation of comprehensive strategies that will support overall OPOR mandate delivery.

The Director Digital Solutions is accountable for providing strategic direction as related to the advancement of technology products including the development of innovative digital solutions in partnership with associated stakeholders. They will lead and support the development and maintenance of digital solutions and will provide guidance to ensure client requirements and solutions are aligned with portfolio and government wide plans, priorities and fiscal responsibilities.

The Director Digital Solutions must have a strong understanding of not only the technical aspects of digital solutions and technology, their design, maintenance and management, but also an intimate understanding for how they correlate to the support the delivery of organizational decision-making processes within a transformative environment. Experience with large scale CIS/EHR implementations preferred, particularly the Oracle Health/Cerner suite of tools. With a focus on digital strategy, the Director Digital Solutions will be responsible for overseeing program specific data analytics initiatives, contract management, and Project Management related to digital transformation, modernization and support.

The Director Digital Solutions ensures continuous improvement to advance a vision of excellence within the provision of IMIT, and is responsible for the development, maintenance and monitoring of quality programs, and compliance with relevant legislation, standards and accreditation requirements. The Director Digital Solutions facilitates and champions a learning and research environment that aligns with the current and proposed future state of the Nova Scotia Health and works closely with government and other partners on planning current and future digital transformation.

**About You**:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

- Bachelor’s degree in a related field with significant leadership experience
- Minimum of 5 years’ mid-level IT or related management experience in health care specifically related to directing and overseeing a broad spectrum of Technology services and IT Strategy
- Master’s degree in business administration, public administration considered an asset
- Medical and/or Health Sciences background considered an asset
- Certified Health Executive and/or Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) designation considered an asset
- Project Management Professional (PMP) designation, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and/or organizational change management certification considered an asset
- Demonstrated progressive experience planning and delivering comprehensive IMIT strategy and services within a complex, integrated service model provided throughout several locations with multiple partners and stakeholders.
- Significant progressive management experience and knowledge of all aspects information technology. This includes planning and policy development, as well as IMIT service delivery and operations
- Experience as a strategic leader within a complex organization, enabling change and leading large, IMIT transformational projects
- Experience serving as a strategic advisor on IMIT matters to senior leadership
- Expert knowledge to critically analyze evidence-based practices to inform strategy and organizational planning

**About You Continued**:

- Experience in engaging, mentoring and empowering teams and stakeholders in a collaborative, participative manner to respond to the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the organization
- Knowledge of health care organizati