Health Information Services, Im/It-His Director - Clinical Documentation, Audit & Reporting

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Req ID: 153050
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Central Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII Department: IMIT HIS Clinical Doc, Audit & Reporting
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 30-May-23
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About The Opportunity
T h e HIS Director reports to the Senior Director, IM/IT and oversees a large, diverse NSHA provincial team responsible for strategic and program-level leadership of Health Information Services including, health records management, clinical coding/abstracting, transcription services, data analysis, data reporting, quality assurance and integration of technological solutions. The HIS Director must have a strong understanding and experience of not only the health information management functions, their design, privacy and access management, information management technology but also an intimate understanding for how they correlate to the support and delivery of patient care decision-making processes.
The HIS Director Will

• Ensure data governance is in place for all systems and tools for internal and external stakeholders, programs, divisions, care teams, service teams and staff enabling the provision of the most comprehensive data through technology for decision making including CIHI data, ICD-10-CA and CCI data, and data available through our various health information applications (e.g. Meditech, STAR, EDIS etc.).
• Accountable for the continuous assessment, improvement, and coordination of all health information services.
• Overseeing the management team requires travel to remote locations, in order to support the managers and strengthen a large provincial HIS team.
• Support the NSHA mission and vision by being a strategic leader in the development, implementation and evaluation of all required health information and technology for decision making.
• Contribute to the leadership of strategies and operational plans consistent with legislation, accountability frameworks and the mission, vision and values of the organization. The position supports a provincially integrated process and enables realization of business plans through effective information technology enablement in support of effective, efficient and sustainable delivery of services and programs.
• Establish direction for all hospital and physician coding activities, audits, education and productivity standards to achieve reciprocal billing deadlines.
• Ensure accurate and timely capture of inpatient and outpatient records according to national, provincial and internal policies and procedures.

About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Strong understanding of the complexities in the delivery of health care across the continuum of care.
• Knowledge of the Health Care Industry across the Country in terms of funding formulas and methodologies for capturing mandated and other key performance indicator data.
• Master’s degree an asset, preferably in a health or leadership field
• Minimum of 7 to 10 years’ progressive senior leadership experience with health information management in an organization of significant size and/or complexity.
• Knowledge of e-health strategies and its role in information management and technology
• Thorough knowledge and experience of the CIHI Management Information System (MIS).
• Thorough knowledge of the ICD-10-CA and CCI coding classification and analysis.
• Thorough knowledge of the roles within the health care system and the emerging trends in the management of health care delivery.
• Certified Health Executive and/or Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) designation an asset.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
• Health Law / Risk Management Course Work and Experience.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or organizational change management certification an asset.
• Current registration with the Canadian College of Health Information Management (CHIMA) is required.
• CCHSA Accreditation knowledge and experience.

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours

• Permanent Full-time Position; 75 Hours Bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives
$52.08 - $65.10 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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