Director, Practice Education, Adoption, and

Salary range: The salary range for this position is CAD $65.54 - $94.22 / hour Why Fraser Health?:
Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities.

We are seeking an innovative and results-driven **Director, Practice Education, Adoption, and Transformation **to join the Clinical Informatics and Provider Experience leadership team. With an in-depth understanding of clinical processes and educational requirements for clinical and medical staff, the Director will strategically advance the adoption of pivotal initiatives across the Fraser Health region.
- Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner. _

Detailed Overview:
**Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families**:
The Director, Practice Education, Adoption, and Transformation is a member of the Clinical Informatics and Provider Experience leadership team and is accountable to lead the development of the strategies for practice education, adoption and transformation. This role provides advice and direction to drive the adoption of tools to ensure a seamless, digitally enabled patient and provider experience. The Director works in close collaboration with key partners across FHA (Fraser Health Authority), provides leadership and expert advice on the planning, coordination, scheduling, implementation and evaluation of education programs to meet the learning needs of clinical and medical staff related to the use of CIS (Clinical Information System) and digital health solutions. The Director is responsible for the development and leadership of a regional education and adoption program and team and provides oversight and coordination with other teams and programs in FHA. The role provides advice and recommendations to the VP/ED on a range of areas and issues.

**Responsibilities**:

- Accountable to determine clinical staff/provider education needs related to the use of technology in practice and process redesign utilizing evidence informed education theory to inform curriculum development and delivery across specialties.
- Responsible for providing leadership and consultation and for ensuring the implementation of a competency-based framework and evaluation strategy across specialties to ensure training results in end users proficiency and ultimately adoption of the CIS.
- Provides leadership to nursing and clinical staff and/or coaching to providers to incorporate advances in clinical informatics and the development of electronic health records into practice.
- Drives best practice and best clinical outcomes for the program(s)/services by collaborating with stakeholders, based on best evidence and professional standards, meets organizational requirements, and evaluates and monitors success to ensure effective implementation of quality and system improvements.
- Directs and enables the execution of large-scale initiatives to advance clinical adoption and integration of technology enabled care with the purpose of transforming care delivery models including identifying opportunities and leading cross-functional and cross-organizational teams to design and implement complex service system re-design and process improvement.
- Negotiates and facilitates consensus for the adoption of training strategies specific to FH systems amongst external partners such as Nursing, Allied Health and Medicine schools, third-party vendors and other health authorities.
- Provides strategic leadership to ensure inter-professional models of practice are advanced, integrated, and supported in the education for clinical information systems and digital health solutions.
- In collaboration with Advance Program leadership and others oversees development of the long-range strategic plans, goals, and annual objectives and work plans to guide the implementation and sustainment of Meditech Expanse. Manages and advocates for required budget and supports.
- Advises the VP / ED on the strategic objectives and implementation of major projects; recommends current and future program/service adjustments; makes timely business decisions and recommendations regarding project budgets and use of resources; ensures legal, financial, and operational activities are consistent and compatible with FH standards.
- Defines, leads, and oversees an overall change management approach and me