Clinical Informatics Specialist Jobs

Status: Regular Full-Time (1.0 FTE)

Department: Finance

Union: NON-UNION

Hours of Position: Monday-Friday (Hours of work subject to change)

Hourly Rate: $41.58-$51.97

ABOUT JOSEPH BRANT HOSPITAL:

Joseph Brant Hospital (JBH) is a full-service community teaching hospital located in the growing and thriving community of Burlington, Ontario, serving more than 185,000 residents in Halton, Hamilton, Waterdown, Flamborough, Milton and Stoney Creek. JBH is honoured to be recognized as one of Hamilton Niagara’s Top Employers for eight (8) consecutive years, with a skilled staff of 194 physicians, 1,911 full- and part-time staff and more than 700 volunteers.

JBH is a Clinical Education site in conjunction with McMaster University, and designated as an Academic Community Teaching Hospital. Its expanded campus includes the state-of-the-art Michael Lee-Chin & Family Patient Tower, featuring a new Emergency Department, 172 acute inpatient beds, 9 new Operating Rooms and post-anaesthetic care unit to support expanded medical, surgical and outpatient services. JBH is also a partner member of the Burlington Ontario Health Team (OHT).

JBH inspires and empowers a culture of caring and this is demonstrated in many ways including our commitment to the health, safety and wellbeing of our people.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Manager of Clinical Information Systems and IT Applications, the Clinical Informatics Specialist plays an instrumental role in interacting with and supporting various clinical areas and implementing clinical applications. The Clinical Informatics Specialist applies principles of health informatics, clinical practice standards, data modelling, information systems, and computational thinking in the identification, collection, analysis, management and evaluation of data and information to support clinical practice automation in alignment with the hospitals digital health strategy.

The Clinical Informatics Specialist acts as a liaison for Patient Care Services (PCS), Physicians and/or Allied Health departments on all aspects of computerization and related reporting support. S/he utilizes knowledge health informatics and clinical practice to determine clinical functions suitable for automation using digital solutions and to ensure that deployed solutions meet clinical practice standards. S/he also assist in the design and development of new, or enhancements of existing hospital information system (HIS) functionality. Key aspects of this role include providing advice and support on the best use of clinical applications and liaising with our software vendors.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Use informatics principles and methods to design or implement health information technology applications to resolve clinical or health care administrative problems.
• Translate nursing practice information requirements between nurses and systems engineers, application developer, and or other technical or clinical resources using a variety of requirements modeling and specification methodologies.
• Analyze application problems and recommend modifications
• Provide front line support to the Hospital Information Systems (HIS) and related applications. Facilitate educational training to ensure the clinical service area applications are utilized for maximum efficiency and users are informed of updates and revisions.
• Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality or security of patient information.
• Assess customer needs, analyze work flows, identify gaps/areas of concern, and provide recommendations for improvements in the format of business case type recommendations, from manual to the optimal use of technology solutions.
• Collaborate with other members of the Clinical Informatics, Technical Services and Data Management teams in Health Information Technology to maintain, manage, modify and monitor systems.
• Collaborate with health care professionals using automation to ensure appropriate, effective usage and understanding of the system that is in accordance with the organizational strategic goals.
• Develop, implement or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes or structures to assist nurses, physicians and other providers with technology and informatics best practices.
• Apply project management discipline and skills to move approved projects towards success and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Design, develop, select, test, implement and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures and decision mechanisms to support patients and healthcare professionals.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of the Meditech (preferably Client Server version) Clinical Modules and related components
• Minimum of three years working experience in a healthcare setting in clinical informatics or related discipline
• Registration in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario or an equivalent allied health professional is an asset.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and consultation skills to function within a complex interdisciplinary environment.
• Demonstrated ability in project management, change management knowledge and experience, conceptual and analytical skills.
• University degree in Health Informatics or related field, Master’s preferred, alternatively minimum of five years of clinical experience required, coupled with in-depth knowledge of clinical disciplines and certification in Clinical informatics
• Knowledge and training in adult education and/or demonstrated skill in teaching/facilitating is as asset.

We ask that you please include the posting number # 203875 in the subject line of any email correspondence. No phone calls please. We thank all applicants and only those selected for interview will be contacted.

Joseph Brant Hospital prioritizes the health and wellbeing of our patients, employees, credentialed staff, volunteers and learners. As a condition of employment, all successful candidates are required to provide proof of two COVID‑19 vaccines authorized by Health Canada within 24-48 hours of receiving an offer of employment, or proof of a documented exemption pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.

Any information obtained during the recruitment process will be used for employment recruitment only, and not for any other purpose.

At Joseph Brant Hospital, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as we continue and expand our efforts to become a more inclusive, safe and respectful place for everyone to visit, work and receive care. HR will accommodate any needs under the Ontario Human Right Code (OHRC) and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Recruitment processes will be modified to remove barriers to accommodate those with disabilities, if requested.

Should you require accommodation through the application and/or recruitment process, please contact HR for assistance at [email protected] or at Ext. 4129 to allow opportunity for appropriate accommodations to be made.