Lead, Health Informatics

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $46.37 - $66.66 / hour
Job Summary

We are proud of the innovation, dedication, partnership and tenacity of our physicians, employees, and volunteers. More than any building or technology, it's our people who make Fraser Health distinct.

Do you want to utilize your technical skills, information systems knowledge and develop as a leader in Fraser Health’s Digital Enablement Team in the areas of Application Integration Services? If so, then keep on reading.

 

As an Integration Lead you will provide application services consultation to the business area at all levels, system architecture, solution architecture, security, database, and technical design etc.

 

You will be working on various technical artifacts in accordance with the best practise.

You enjoy spending time on R&D to solve system challenges.

You will excel as you work with all levels of the business, ensuring technology deliverable align with the business requirements.

You are an excellent communicator. You know the how to convey message to different audience of different background.

You have the project management skill set to lead small to medium scale projects.

 

Build your career experience as you:

• Provide consulting support for all phases of project initiation, requirements, development, implementation, and system operations management.
• Provide mentorship, support and system administration of an interoperable solution that enables integration of clinical and business workflows across core clinical systems at Fraser Health, numerous other regional and provincial integration initiatives.
• Participate in all aspect of SDLC, from requirement gathering to creating specification, from development to unit testing, from conformance test to production deployment.
• Provider mentorship to team members

Are you motivated to join us? We will be looking for you to have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in health information Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related
• At least seven (7) years of recent related experience in a technical role or software development role with three (3) to five (5) years of project management experience.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience with enterprise integration technologies, such as Azure API Management (APIM), Functions, Logic Apps, and event/message-based integration.
• Hands-on experience designing, developing, and consuming RESTful APIs and Web Services.
• Solid understanding of integration patterns (e.g. event-driven, message-based, service-oriented).
• Experience developing frameworks and services using .NET (C#).
• Working knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).
• Experience with IIS configuration, SSL/TL certificates, and secure application hosting.
• Familiarity with health data standards and formats, such as FHIR, HL7, XML, and JSON.
• Proficiency in SQL and strong experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including performance tuning and ad-hoc queries.
• Experience with reporting and analytics tools such as SSRS or SAP BusinessObjects (SAP BOE).
• Experience with Azure DevOps for source control, CI/CD pipelines, and work tracking.
• Understanding of IT infrastructure and networking concepts, such as firewalls, load balancers, DNS, and secure connectivity.
• Familiarity with project management best practices, methodologies, and artifacts (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, hybrid).
• Experience leading or mentoring integration and development teams.
• Ability to collaborate with architects, business stakeholders, vendors, and operations teams.
• Experience producing briefing notes, business cases, and technical design documentation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and research & development (R&D) skills.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proven ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

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Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

The Lead, Health Informatics is responsible for leading and managing assigned projects, providing leadership to team members and applying appropriate change management strategies as part of a project.  Provides advice, guidance, and direction to an assigned portfolio in the areas of knowledge management, and decision support; in clinical and corporate business areas which includes the development and implementation of application architecture. Provides expertise on enterprise-wide projects, serves as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership.
ResponsibilitiesQualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science or Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Five (5) years of recent experience with business and systems analysis including experience as a project manager. Experience with health and corporate information systems.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Ability to provide leadership to a variety of project teams in an environment that constantly changes and that has fluctuating priorities.
• Knowledge of information management, health informatics, business processes, technologies and applications.
• Knowledge of all components of a technical architecture.
• Ability to translate business and/or clinical needs into application architecture requirements.
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the project management process and the systems development life cycle.
• Demonstrated decision making ability within complex and diverse issues.
• Demonstrated superior skills in data research, gathering, modeling, and business and systems analysis.
• Ability to organize work, problem solve, multitask and meet deadlines.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.
 
People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.
 
We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.
 
Together, we are the heart of health care.
 
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