Emr Project Manager, E-health - Metro Vancouver Regional District, Canada - First Nations Health Authority

First Nations Health Authority

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Metro Vancouver Regional District, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Description

FNHA Overview:

About us

The First Nations Health Authority is a diverse and transformational health organization of professional, innovative, and dedicated team members and leaders.

The first of its kind in Canada, FNHA works as a health-and-wellness partner with BC First Nations to support self-determination and decision-making to improve health outcomes.

Title:
EMR Project Manager, eHealth

Contract:
Term until March 31, 2025

Location:
Alberni Office - Hybrid

About the role

As EMR Project Manager, eHealth, you will be responsible for managing adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and related technologies for First Nations primary care clinics and community health centres.

This position works closely with the eHealth & Virtual Care Innovation Team to build and support stakeholder relationships to successfully implement an EMR solution to 44 + rural and remote First Nations communities throughout BC.

The position will work closely with regional and primary care centres to improve healthcare services between health care providers and patients, to positively impact health outcomes and patient safety.

About you

Education

A Bachelor's degree in a related discipline (Computer Science/Business/Health Informatics) or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Proven supervisory and management experience
Proven experience in managing large scale health care projects, especially eHealth/Health Informatics projects
Proven experience in managing agile projects, hybrid projects and waterfall projects through full project lifecycle
Proven experience with commercial, offtheshelf (COTS) systems, custom development, business architecture, and operations.
Proven experience in risk management and change management
Proven experience in creating project documents, such as project charter and project management plan, including preparation of briefing documents for the senior executives
Proven experience in strategic planning
Proven experience in RFP, vendor selection, contract management, and vendor management
Previous experience in managing business driven or business transformation projects
Previous experience in one or more Canadian Healthcare projects
Advanced experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) including Visio and SharePoint

Occupational Certification

Certificate in Project Management Institute's (PMI), Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred.

Knowledge

Depth of knowledge of First Nations traditions and communication protocols.
Versed in the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is required
Knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management methodology and best practices including agile/scrum, waterfall and hybrid
Knowledge of project management techniques and tools
Knowledge of health informatics and health information technologies
Knowledge of BC and Canadian healthcare system and primary care processes is an asset
Knowledge of First Nations healthcare and/or culture is an asset
Knowledge of privacy legislations in BC is an asset

Working at FNHA
As a member of the team, you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits from day one, including:

Municipal Pension plan with an employer contribution of 9.31% (after 3 months)
3 weeks' vacation, which increases with service to 4 weeks, plus 5 personal days, 1 volunteer day, and 14 public holidays including National Indigenous People's Day and National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Access to group health benefits and a Health Care Spending Account through Canada Life on day 1 of employment
And more

The First Nations Health Authority is committed to respecting diversity within our workforce; preference will be given to individuals with Indigenous ancestry (First Nations, Inuit, Métis).

Leading with culture, all FNHA employees complete San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training.

We support our family to be leaders in wellness and all staff members develop a yearly wellness plan as part of their performance partnership and goal-setting.

As a health and wellness organization, the FNHA has aligned with the Provincial Public Health Order released on October 14, 2021.

We have a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all employees at First Nations Health Authority. This policy requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

If selected for employment, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination by providing a copy of your BC Vaccination Card Passport with the QR code.

How to apply

Closing date:
March 31, 2023 (at 23:59)

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