Specialist, Data Acquisition - Toronto, Canada - Ontario Health

Ontario Health

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Toronto, Canada

4 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

At Ontario Health, we are committed to developing a strong organizational culture that connects and inspires all team members across the province.

Our vision is that together, we will be a leader in health and wellness for all. Our mission is to connect the health system to drive improved and equitable health outcomes, experiences and value.

How we work together is reflected through our five values:
integrity, inspiration, tenacity, humility and care.

What Ontario Health offers:
Achieving your career goals is a priority to us.

Benefits of working at Ontario Health may include the following based on employment type:

Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage from your first day
Health care spending account
Premium defined benefit pension plan
3 personal days and 2 float days annually
Individual contributors start at 3 weeks' vacation with 4 weeks at 2 yrs.
Career development opportunities
A collaborative valuesbased team culture
Wellness programs
A hybrid working model
Participation in

Communities of Inclusion

Want to make a difference in your career? Consider this opportunity.

The Data Services team builds and shares the definitive source of high-quality data to support Ontario Health mandate.

The Specialist is a key member of the Data Acquisition Team and is responsible for supporting three key areas of work:

acquisition of new data for the enterprise therein working with internal and external stakeholders; intake of all requests for new data or new uses of existing data, analytic support, or business intelligence support from across the enterprise; and strategic data sourcing.

The Specialist's primary focus will be to support the data needs of the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence.

The Specialist, Acquisition will collaborate primarily with the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence to identify and effectively document business and data requirements and will support the Senior Specialist, Acquisition to act as a liaison with OH's data partners, helping to build and maintain effective relationships.

This role partners with the Legal and Privacy Team to support the development and execution of data sharing agreements as well as with the review of new uses of existing data.

This role also partners with the Digital Excellence in Health team to assess work required to support new acquisitions of data.

The Specialist also assists in the development of tools and templates that align with and inform strategic priorities.

This role requires knowledge and experience with healthcare administrative data; and collaborative approaches to conducting end-to-end acquisition of data in complex healthcare environments.

Here is what you will be doing:

Works collaboratively with internal stakeholders, primarily the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence, to gather business and data requirements through meetings, interviews, needs assessments and other techniques
Supports the Senior Specialist, Acquisition with the intake of internal requests to access existing OH data for a new/unapproved purpose
Works closely with the Legal and Privacy Team and Digital Excellence in Health to support the acquisition of data assets required to support the Mental Health and Addictions Centre of Excellence deliver on its mandate
Works closely with the Legal and Privacy Team in the development and execution of data sharing agreements
Acts as the SME for OH on the process to acquire data and the process by which OH employees may access data for a new purpose
Ensures data access and use processes adhere to Ontario Health's data protection and privacy procedures
Assists in the development and continual improvement of tools, templates and business processes required to execute on data acquisitions and requests for new uses of data-
Works proactively across the organization to identify data sources, data users, and data processes.
Works with business and IT partners to remediate identified gaps using both manual and automated solutions
Ensures sound data management practices and policies are consistently applied to OH's data assets
Supports knowledge transfer of data assets to other Ontario Health program areas and external partners where required
Provides project support, assisting with the data acquisition process and fact checking activities
Assists in the development of project plans, sequencing activities and inter-dependencies; proactively identifying, managing and escalating issues and risks as needed

Here is what you will need to be successful:
Education and Experience- Minimum completion of a bachelor's degree in public administration, health administration, health informatics or recognized equivalent- Master's degree in a related field is preferred- At minimum, 3-5 years of related experience as an analyst or related role and experience in the healthcare industry is preferred

Knowledge and Skills- Exceptional interpersonal and stakeholder rela