Informatics Specialist

**JR101332**

**Informatics Specialist**

**Location**: Toronto-661 University

**Department**:Continuous Control Monitoring

**The Role**:
**Key Responsibilities-**
- Conducts analysis of various public health data and information management programs.
- Monitors and utilizes informatics best practices with respect to data and information management, performance measurement and evaluation, and system design and deployment.
- Provides leadership and co-ordination in the conceptualization, development and assessment of innovative knowledge based public health plans and data standards for best business.
- Develops, reviews and edits training materials, communication materials and strategic plans to ensure consistency of business practice advice provided to internal and external stakeholders.
- Serves as a resource for system design and deployment and analytic tool support and maintenance, including the gathering of data element requirements and business process design for system configuration.
- Supports the implementation of open data initiatives and facilitates compliance with relevant privacy legislation.
- Consults with the Ministry of Health, public health units and other jurisdictions for public health policy development and analysis.
- Conducts the analysis and documentation of internal and external change requests and document versions to determine validity and recommend impact and feasibility in alignment with the principles of the software development lifecycle.
- Leads, coordinates and/or participates on applicable boards, committees or task groups to represent the interests of PHO regarding data and information management and/or business practice related issues
- Develops documentation to support information needs and related processes.
- Leads projects, including project management documentation, facilitates problem/issue resolution and reports on results/lessons learned.
- Contributes to PHO-wide data and information management initiatives and strategies in close collaboration with other portfolios.
- Contributes to the development and implementation of a comprehensive data quality improvement plan, including a suite of services for program areas across PHO.
- Leads/participates on working groups of managers, nurses, epidemiologists, health inspectors, representatives from public health units and other professionals and stakeholders (e.g., Emergency Management, Ministry of Health, Ontario Health, FPT involvement and international groups and public health professionals from other jurisdictions) to ensure consistency in direction and processes.
- Liaises with Information Technology specialists at PHO, in the Ministry of Health HSC I&IT Cluster, and/or public health unit Leads/PRCs, and Ontario Health representatives, in order to define public health business needs, ensure appropriate timing and quality of all project activities, and to respond to inquiries and resolve problems.
- Develops stakeholder profiles and contributes to stakeholder management across informatics.
- Provides after hours support during important public health events (e.g. public health emergencies, systems outages).
- Analyzes and synthesizes research and other material; in formulating recommendations, strategies and policy options for senior management to effectively respond to public health issues.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Education and Experience-**
- Master’s Degree of Science or Public Health or Health Informatics or Policy or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Minimum 2-4 years of experience in business analysis and/or IT project management in a public health unit, provincial agency and/or ministry in public health.

**Knowledge and Skills-**
- In-depth understanding of the diverse public health and data and information management needs of PHO and the public health units, in order to provide advice, business analysis, expertise and project leadership in business process improvements and the development of plans, standards and best practices.
- Knowledge of business analysis and improvement, process development and public health data and information management methods and techniques to analyze and document business processes and programs and to identify and recommend business process improvements to address gaps and issues to ensure public health data and business needs are met through applicable information systems.
- Knowledge of relevant public health programs, legislative authorities (e.g., _Health Protection and Promotion Act, Ontario Regulations 569, 135/18, etc._), Ontario Public Health Standards and Protocols required to lead the conceptualization, development and assessment of innovative knowledge based strategic health policies and standards.
- Knowledge of the implications associated with implementing policies, procedures and business practices and how this impacts configuration and systems development, disease investigation, epidemiology, and infection control.
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