Manager, Data and Information Requests - St. John's, Canada - Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information

Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information

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St. John's, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Location:
St. John's, NL

Salary Scale:
HL-23 ($78,830 - $102,479)

Closing Date:
February 4, 2024

About Us

As part of the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services, the Digital Health division provides quality information to health professionals, the public, researchers, and health system decision makers.

Through collaboration with the health system, we support the development of data and technical standards, maintain key health databases, carry out analytics and evaluation, and support health research.

We support healthcare within Newfoundland and Labrador, including patients and communities through the delivery of information technology (IT) and digital health services applied in the healthcare system to provide quality care.

Our mandate includes the development and implementation of a confidential and secure provincial electronic health record as well as other provincial clinical information programs, including the change management required to support adoption by end user clinicians.

About the Role

Leading the planning, implementation and management of data access and information request activities from health system stakeholders and the public.
Planning and managing the daily data access and information request activities by identifying required resources and assigning staff, accordingly, managing timelines and budgets to ensure data and information requests are completed on time and of highest quality.
Implementing policies and procedures for the department in collaboration with the departmental management team and is responsible for ensuring that staff work within this framework.
Ensuring information released in response to requests for information is correct and meets privacy and confidentiality guidelines.
Participating in budget development, forecasting, and monitoring for the Division.

About You

Your education and experience include:

Master's Degree in health information services or related field supplemented by relevant work experience.
Minimum of 3 years working in a progressively responsible health care management role, of which, at least 1 year of experience working in a people management role is preferred. This experience would include leading work teams and assigning resources to support the achievement of organizational objectives.
Direct experience would include:
Analytical initiatives
Epidemiological initiatives
Interpretation of federal and provincial privacy legislation
Project management systems and practices
Leadership and management training preferred
Privacy certification preferred

You have the following skills and abilities:

Extensive knowledge of current trends and practices in data access, secondary use of data, research study design and methodology, and appropriate use and disclosure of data and information.
Ability to coach and mentor staff for optimal performance and professional growth.
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
Superior communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
Ability to build and maintain effective professional working relationships.
Demonstrate good judgment and an ability to build consensus among groups with differing priorities.
Ability to function independently in a high pressure, diverse, and changing environment.
Selfmotivated and possess excellent time management and organizational skills.
Knowledge of provincial health care environment; specifically in relation to appropriate use of data for secondary use, data access and information requests.
Demonstrated equivalencies may be considered. _

Other Information
We can offer you a respectful and engaging workplace that provides:

Meaningful work
Medical and dental benefits
A defined benefit pension plan
Flexible work arrangements (flex time; compressed; remote (within NL))
Worklife balance
A generous paid leave program (six weeks)
An active social club
An employee and family assistance program
An innovative, energetic, and forwardthinking workplace culture

Any offer of employment will be conditional upon completion of required background checks including acceptable professional reference checks, provision of a satisfactory certificate of conduct, confirmation of educational credentials, and validation of legal entitlement to work in Canada, if applicable.

Applicants agree that by providing personal information in response to this ad, they consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information required for the purposes of recruitment.

Personal information will be used solely for the purpose of recruitment considerations for a period of one year following closing date of this competition, unless otherwise noted by the applicant.