Lead, Health Informatics

Why Fraser Health?:
We are proud of the innovation, dedication, partnership and tenacity of our physicians, employees and volunteers. More than any building or technology, it's our people who make Fraser Health distinct.

Do you want to utilize your technical skills, information systems knowledge and develop as a leader in Fraser Health’s
**Health Informatics and Clinical Solutions Team**? If so, then keep on reading.

As a
** **to support clinical downstream systems in the areas
**of Cardiology, Renal, Emergency, Critical care and Forensic Nursing** programs.

You are a self starter, you can work with mínimal instruction, and you have the ability to ‘find your way around’

You have the ability and a determined mind to get to the root cause of challenges using innovative approaches.

**Repsonsibilities**:

- Provides guidance and expertise by consulting 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.
- Lead the design and integration of various systems under the Cardiology, Renal and Emergency portfolios, ensuring they meet the specific requirements. This involves collaborating with stakeholders, analyzing needs, and architecting secure, scalable, and interoperable solutions.
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to a team of developers on health informatics projects. Mentor team members, conduct code reviews, Architecture design reviews and ensure adherence to health Authority standards and best practices.
- Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, frameworks, and platforms for health informatics projects. Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends. Assess their suitability for addressing project requirements and aligning with organizational goals.
- Oversee the design and implementation of data management strategies. Ensure proper storage, integration, and retrieval of health data. Consider data security, privacy, and compliance requirements, and implement appropriate data governance practices.
- Serves as a consultant participating in enterprise-wide projects under the leadership of the Portfolio Manager; serves as a backup to the Portfolio Manager in team leadership or project management. Prepares status reports and meets with clients, and provides reports back to the Portfolio Manager as required.
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks in health informatics systems. Optimize database queries, system workflows, and data processing to improve system responsiveness and efficiency.
- Define and implement system monitoring and maintenance processes. Establish appropriate monitoring tools and techniques to identify and resolve system issues proactively. Ensure the availability and reliability of health informatics systems.
- Responsible for establishing and leading 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 the assigned budget, and provides reports or raises concerns as necessary. Participates in the hiring process for staff and coordinates and guides team members.
- Performs complex business and/or clinical process analysis, including conducting workflow analysis and developing business information requirements and models. Defines business and/or health information scope and objectives; plans, designs and modifies practical manual and automated business procedures.
- Serves on a variety of Fraser Health-wide health service delivery area and departmental committees, task groups, internal working teams and corporate projects.
- Maintains knowledge of infrastructure and technologies by remaining aware of current and new technologies

You will excel as you work with all levels of the business, ensuring information technology deliverable align with the business requirements.

You are an excellent communicator. You know the right tool to convey technical message to audience of different background.

You have the ability to lead cross team, cross organization projects, investigations, and initiatives.

You can handle production crisis without supervision.

**Build your career experience as you**:

- Provide mentorship, support and system administration of an interoperable solution that enables integration of clinical and business workflows across core clinical systems at Fraser Health, numerous other regional and pr