Health Care Director - Systems & Innovation (1103)

Health Care DIRECTOR - SYSTEMS & INNOVATION

THE OPPORTUNITY

Total Systems Solutions Consulting Inc. https://totalsystems.ca is seeking a Director, Systems & Innovation to work for our public sector client at the Provincial Health Services Authority(PHSA) in Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia. You must be available to work 50% work remote full-time 40 hours per week with availability Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm in the Pacific Time Zone. The consultant is expected to start ASAP and the contract length is 2 years.

Department

The New St. Paul’s Hospital and Health Campus Project

Project Description

The new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will be the most innovative approach to the delivery of integrated care in B.C. and Canada, designed to appropriately address the future health needs of patients, families and our communities. From hospital care to primary and community health solutions, the new St. Paul’s Hospital and health campus will continue to lead innovations in care, research and teaching.

The vision of the IT Program is to be a national healthcare reference center for best practice information technology solutions that enable patients & families, clinical professionals, academics, and research partners to improve the patient-care experience. The mission is focused on patient and family-centered care to deliver technology solutions that empower patients and service providers to achieve positive outcomes.

Equally important to the project’s delivery objectives is aligning with and helping to advance the broader IT objectives and mandates established from the Ministry of Health, Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, Research & Academic entities, and other stakeholder groups.

Services Required

The Director, Systems & Innovation will be responsible for overseeing the deployment of a number of new clinical solutions (Innovation portfolio), as well as the migration of all existing clinical and business solutions currently used within the existing St. Paul’s Hospital (Clinical and Business Systems portfolios). This role will be required to provide senior level management and leadership, be accountable for planning and implementation of the strategic approach, manage operating and capital budgets, and liaise with PHC (and other regional) leadership to manage the intersection of NSPH initiatives with other strategic efforts.

The Systems and Innovation portfolios consist of a variety of projects and initiatives including:

• eReferrals and Patient Notifications
• Patient Self-Scheduling and Self-Check in
• Patient Wayfinding
• Care Coordination Centre
• Patient Connected Device
• Wireless Staff Communications
• Digital Patient Status Boards
• Digital Rooms Displays
• Clinical Information Systems, including:
• Cerner
• Intelerad (PACS)
• Sunquest and CoPath (LIS)
• Intrahealth Profile
• PROMIS (Renal)
• and dozens of other specialty solutions

The Director, Systems & Innovation provides leadership, budget management, contract negotiation, dispute resolution, and oversight of teams from design through to construction and commissioning, including directing and managing internal and consultant teams. This position ensures the delivery of services to meet the goals, objectives, and strategic directions of the NSPH Project and Providence Health Care. This position also leads and participates in a variety of committees as required and establishes positive working relationships with stakeholders and project team members. Upon successful delivery of IT projects at facility opening, this position will oversee the transition and handover of projects within the Systems & Innovation portfolio to Operations.

Consultant Qualifications

• A level of education, training, and experience equivalent to a Master’s Degree in a relevant subject matter field with more than ten (10) years of experience managing medium to large projects in a complex Health Care environment in progressively more responsible leadership/administration roles, including experience in complex clinical service re-design and delivery planning, project management, research, issues management and process development, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Experience with leading teams and engaging stakeholders in a healthcare setting.
• Experience with electronic health record systems, clinical application planning, and data analytics, in a healthcare setting.
• Experience leading system deployments in acute healthcare facility projects.
• Experience with workforce planning including contributing recruitment and retention recommendations, supporting career progression within the team, and identifying ways to balance generalization and specialization within teams.
• Have very strong communication skills with the ability to clearly convey and negotiate complex ideas or contractual interpretations.
• Project Management Professional preferred.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: Up to $120.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Where on your resume have you managed Clinical Information Systems Projects or Teams.
• Have you worked with Healthcare in the past ? If so where and when?
• Please identify which companies, on your resume, you have managed large scale Clinical Information Systems Projects.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Experience:

• Health Sector: 3 years (required)
• Electronic Health Records, Clinical Applications: 3 years (preferred)
• managing medium to large projects: 10 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• PMP or Prince2 Certification or equivalent (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Victoria, BC V8Z 2H7

Application deadline: 2024-03-11