Business Systems Analyst, Better Outcomes Registry

Compensation Pay Range:
$39.82-$48.40

Job Description:
Ottawa is built on un-ceded Algonquin Anishinabek territory. The peoples of the Algonquin Anishinabek Nation have lived on this territory for millennia and we honour them and this land. Their culture and presence have nurtured and continue to nurture this land. CHEO also honours all First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and their valuable past and present contributions to this land.

CHEO is one of the few stand-alone, global leaders in pediatric health and is home to more than 6,500 staff, clinicians, scientists and researchers, as well as volunteers - all of whom work together to help children and youth achieve their best lives. Within its own walls and through partnerships with community providers, CHEO has transformed from a 20th century acute care hospital into a 21st century integrated child and youth health system. Ranked in the top 1% of Canadian hospitals for the digitization of its clinical infrastructure, CHEO combines excellence in clinical care, research, and education to advance seamless care that’s provided where, when, and how it is needed. CHEO’s Research Institute is dedicated to world-class clinical, translational, and basic science research covering a wide range of children’s health concerns. CHEO has been named Canada’s best health-care employer by Forbes in 2024 and 2025 and is ranked second among Canadian hospitals on its list of Canada’s Best Employers for multiple consecutive years. For the 14th consecutive year in a row, the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers has recognized CHEO as a top employer in the National Capital Region. Every year CHEO helps more than 500,000 children and youth from Eastern Ontario, western Quebec, Nunavut and Northern Ontario.

Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) Ontario

Funded by the Government of Ontario and administered by CHEO, the Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN) is Ontario's prescribed perinatal, newborn, and child registry with the role of facilitating quality care for families across the province. BORN collects, interprets, shares, and rigorously protects high-quality data essential to making Ontario one of the safest places in the world to have a baby. BORN also manages Prenatal Screening Ontario, whose mandate is to coordinate and oversee the operations of prenatal screening services in Ontario, supporting a cohesive and high-quality screening system.

Are you ready to revolutionize Ontario’s digital health landscape? Are you passionate about health data, interoperability, and optimizing information sharing across the perinatal and child health continuum? Join BORN Ontario as a Business Systems Analyst (BSA) and be a trailblazer in transforming how clinical data is captured, integrated, and used to improve maternal and child health outcomes.

The BSA plays a pivotal role in the implementation and continuous enhancement of the BORN Information System (BIS), with a focus on seamless clinical data integration, digital transformation initiatives and data capture that span a wide range of data providers, such as birthing hospitals, midwifery practice groups, fertility clinics, prenatal and newborn screening laboratories, specialized antenatal clinics, and pediatric follow-up programs. This role engages internal and external system users, supports technical enhancements, develops and maintains system documentation, and contributes to strategic data and infrastructure initiatives that drive innovation and impact across Ontario’s healthcare system.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead and support initiatives for seamless clinical data integration, ensuring interoperability between the BORN Information System (BIS) and Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.
- Facilitate integration with provincial data assets, particularly OLIS, by coordinating with technical teams and external partners to ensure accurate and timely data exchange.
- Stays aware of and ensure compliance with provincial health data exchange standards, including Health Level Seven (HL7) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) protocols.
- Participate in data governance and quality assurance activities to maintain the integrity and ability of integrated data sources.
- Lead the development of functional requirements documentation, translating business needs into clear technical specifications
- Recommend scalable, future-proof solutions that align with strategic goals, modernization efforts and evolving digital health standards.
- Translate data management and data engineering business needs into technical and data architecture requirements and support the development of analytics and reporting tools.
- Develop and document system specifications to ensure smooth interaction between BIS and other systems.
- Design and supervise comprehensive testing plans to validate system functionality and performance.
- Act as a resource for troubleshooting support, and solutions to software and technical infrastructure rel