Clinical Informatics Specialist - Vancouver, Canada - PHSA

PHSA

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Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

Clinical Informatics Specialist

PHSA Corporate Vancouver, BC

Reporting to the Director, Clinical Informatics, or designate, the Specialist, the subspecialty of all medical specialties transforms health care by analyzing, designing, implementing, and evaluating information and communication systems to improve patient care, enhance access to care, advance individual and population health outcomes, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship.

Clinical Informatics sits at the intersection of information science, information systems, workflow and processes, leadership and management and clinical care.

It is how data is acquired, structured, stored, processed, retrieved, analyzed, presented, and communicated.

The Specialist leads and promotes the integration of computer and communications technologies and clinical change initiatives that automate and/or enhance evidence based clinical practices, access to patient/client information and clinical documentation via the Electronic Health Record (EHR) in collaboration with clinical leaders, service and program managers and directors, physicians and staff.

As an integral site/service/program/organization based member of a multi-disciplinary leadership team, the Specialist works to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and sustainability of clinical initiatives that assist in the successful transitioning to a fully integrated EHR throughout PHSA programs and services.

What you'll do

Provide clinical informatics leadership when participating in business and clinical systems reviews and needs assessments for assigned areas, projects and departments in PHSA; serves as a consulting resource to information technology leadership, project teams, other members of the organization and peer health authorities regarding requirements for nursing/providers and clinical information, electronic documentation practice, and electronic health information.
Provide leadership and support to the clinical systems training team, participating in the planning, coordination, scheduling, implementation and evaluation of education programs to meet the learning needs of electronic health information system users.
Observe and evaluate clinical practice to determine staff/provider education needs related to the use of technology in practice and process redesign.
Assess end user competency assessment and intervention, including developing corrective learning plans in partnership with management and front line leadership.
Collaborate with members of the IMITS department and other organizational programs/departments and partner affiliates related to system wide practice and workflow change initiatives, practice innovation and redesign, documentation/nomenclature standards and the electronic health record.
Document and communicates clinical informatics standards to information technology leadership, staff, providers, project directors, project managers and the appropriate user community representatives such as staff from other portfolios within PHSA, colleagues from peer health authorities and vendors.
Lead, research, define and create documentation related to the effectiveness of clinical information systems to further the development of clinical tools that support care practices and information capture and are compatible with standards of practice for all health care disciplines.
Maintain familiarity with health care industry developments in clinical informatics and participates in advising on implementation of related standards, tools and processes within PHSA.

What you bring

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in a related health discipline such as Nursing, Allied Health or patient care/clinical related specialty and a minimum of three (3) years' experience in a health care environment, including extensive experience using related computer technology, clinical change management, and/or project leadership.
Experience implementing/supporting integrated clinical system environments an asset. Current full practicing registration with the applicable provincial College or Association is required.

You will also have:

Demonstrates change management orientation in their work and possesses an attitude of continuous improvement.
Demonstrated ability to effectively coach, facilitate and lead others.
Demonstrates strong research and evaluation skills.
Demonstrated knowledge regarding new trends in clinical practice and information systems.
Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action (2015), In Plain Sight Report (2020), BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (2019), and other related reports.
Commitment to upholding the shared responsibility of creating lasting and meaningful reconciliation in Canada as per TRC and BC's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act

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