Interface Integration Specialist

Job Number: JR107340 Job Title: Interface Integration Specialist - OCINet Department: OCINET - Integration Services Job Category: Professional Hospital Location: Ontario Clinical Imaging Network Job Type: Permanent, Full time Number of Positions: 1 Minimum - Maximum Hourly Rate: $66.071 - $78.269 Hours: Days

Job Description

The Ontario Clinical Imaging Network (OCINet) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation and a delivery partner of Ontario Health. OCINet enables the secure storage and retrieval of imaging exams, supports hospitals and integrated community health services centres, and connects radiologists, referring physicians, and specialists with their patients’ clinical images province-wide. For more information about OCINet, please visit: ocinet.ca

Location

Ontario. Working mainly remote with some in-person meetings

Opportunity

OCINet is currently recruiting for the position of Interface Integration Specialist. Reporting to the Manager of Integration Services, the Interface Integration Specialist will be primarily responsible for enabling seamless data interoperability across a variety of healthcare systems, including HIS, RIS, PACS, VNA, Provincial services and related platforms. The team plays a critical role in supporting patient safety and quality of care by maintaining, enhancing, and evolving key diagnostic imaging repository programs, including HDIRS, NEODIN, and SWODIN and in enabling clinicians access to the right information at the right time. Our team vision is to advance and modernize diagnostic imaging across the province by strengthening integration capabilities, improving data quality, and supporting a more connected healthcare ecosystem. As part of this team, you will have the opportunity to work with integration engines and cutting-edge technologies and cloud hosted services to connect diverse clinical systems, support provincial initiatives, and contribute to the future of digital health transformation.

Interface Design and Development

• Design, build, test and maintain healthcare data interfaces using HL7, FHIR, CDA, XML, and JSON standards.
• Develop interface specifications, data mappings, and workflow documentation.
• Configure and maintain integration engines
• Develop scripts and automation tools to streamline integration processes and reduce manual effort.
• Work with databases such as SQL Server, and PostgreSQL or other relational databases, including writing queries and stored procedures.
• Analyze integration requirements between HIS, RIS, and PACS systems, supporting onboarding and upgrade initiatives.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and efficient data exchange across systems.

Issue Resolution & Operational Support

• Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve integration issues to minimize disruption, while supporting and enhancing integration infrastructure through performance optimization, interface validation, and system upgrade activities.
• Monitor interface performance and throughput.
• Manage interface lifecycle and version control.
• Implement interface monitoring and alerting processes

Stakeholder Collaboration & Consulting

• Support interface architect in enterprise integration strategy planning across multiple projects
• Work cross-functionally with Interface architect, clinical, technical, and vendor teams to deliver integration solutions.
• Maintain clear and effective communication with internal stakeholders regarding integration updates, issues and risks.

Project Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentoring Interface Analysts
• Leading troubleshooting sessions
• Supporting knowledge transfer activities
• Lead integration workstreams for healthcare projects.
• Develop interface test plans and test scripts.
• Coordinate unit, integration and user acceptance testing and go-live activities

Administration

• Research and evaluate new technologies to enhance interoperability and system performance.
• Attend in-person meetings as required (primarily within the GTA and across Ontario).
• Perform other duties as assigned to support operational and project needs.

Qualifications Required

• Successful completion of a College diploma or Bachelor’s degree (preferred) in Computer Science, Health Informatics, or related field, or equivalent education and experience
• Minimum ten (10) years of recent healthcare interface integration experience
• Minimum five (5) years of experience leading integration project
• Rhapsody interface engine expertise is required.
• Expert HL7 v2 knowledge and strong understanding of other healthcare messaging standard (XML, FHIR, DICOM)
• Extensive integration experience in diagnost