Clinical Informatics Specialist, Bc Mental Health - Vancouver, Canada - PHSA

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Clinical Informatics Specialist
BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services

Vancouver, BC

Do you have a clinical background, and are keen to exercise your IT and project management expertise as part of a large-scale, multi-year project projected to transform the future of health care? As a Clinical Informatics Specialist with BC Mental Health & Substance Use Services, you will lead and support clinical work flow design and change initiatives in support of the strategic roadmap of the Clinical & Systems Transformation (CST) implementation.

Due to the nature of this role extended hours may be scheduled during go live periods.

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; serve 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. Provide leadership to nursing and clinical staff and/or coaching to providers to incorporate advances in clinical informatics and the development of electronic health records into practice. 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. Lead and participate in steering committees and taskforces for PHSA clinical informatics and information technology initiatives. Lead and coordinate a collaborative teambased framework that incorporates resources from other departments, programs, and vendor partners as it related to clinical systems implementations.

What you bring

Qualifications

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 is an asset.
Current full practicing registration with the applicable provincial College or Association is required.

Skills and Knowledge

Policy and procedure development and/or clinical documentation standards, business process analysis and reengineering techniques.
New trends in clinical practice and information systems.
Project management practices, methodologies and principles.
Excellent interpersonal, presentation, oral and written communication skills.
Strong organizational and time management skills.
Awareness of and commitment to learning and understanding the Truth & Reconciliat