Executive Director, Clinical Informatics

Salary Range :

Salary range for the position $150,803 to $226,205. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

Who are we looking for :

Are you looking for a new and rewarding senior leadership challenge in healthcare? Interior Health has an exciting opportunity for Executive Director, Clinical Informatics.

We are looking for people who want to make a difference in the communities in which they live, work and play. Relocation allowance for those who live outside of the Interior Region may be provided, apply today to join our amazing team.

Some of the benefits of joining Interior Health :

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employer paid training / education
• Employer paid vacation
• Medical Service Plan
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Municipal Pension Plan
• Work-life balance
• Relocation Allowance

How will you create an impact :

The Executive Director, Clinical Informatics position is responsible for planning, directing and implementing a major digital health transformation project encompassing advanced clinical information systems modules across Interior Health’s hospitals and long-term care facilities.

As part of the VP Digital Health leadership team, the Executive Director develops strategies and plans to digitally enable healthcare delivery.

The Executive Director will work in a dyad leadership with the Medical Director, Digital Health and Informatics. The dyad partnership works to advance the development and adoption of a fully interoperable electronic health record and digital workflows.

The Executive Director position will utilize strong project management, partner engagement, and change management competencies to successfully oversee and manage this key transformation initiative.

In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, maintain a healthy and safe work environment through complying with and implementing applicable Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, responding to requests from WSBC, identifying hazards and communicating risks, ensuring compliance with employee training, conducting effective incident investigations and implementing required corrective actions.

What will you work on :

• Directs and oversees project strategy and deliverables for major digital health projects through a multi-disciplinary project team, project governance, and project management office to ensure the project management plan is implemented to deliver project objectives within the approved schedule and budget.
• Directs overall project management office functions for all aspects of the Advancing Care Electronically major capital project across Interior Health : planning, partner engagement, secretariat for project governance, clinical content design and build, technical readiness, and site activation.
• Develops and manages the relationship with MEDITECH, contracted resources, and technology providers for the implementation advanced clinical digital solutions.
• Manages and mitigates risk during all project phases through the development of contingency plans and mitigating strategies.

Responsible for all financial, legal and operational aspects of the project.

Maintains strong relationships with IH clinical leaders, and provincial colleagues to collaborate, leverage knowledge and tools, and apply lessons learned from other projects.

Participates on provincial committees as required.

• Reports on project status and issues pertaining to Clinical Informatics governance to IH Senior Executive, IH Board, and Ministry of Health.
• Manages multi-disciplinary project teams with diverse expertise and competing interests to build cohesion, consensus, and commitment for achieving project objectives.

Transparently makes decisions and manages trade-offs. Oversees large implementation teams at sites to ensure readiness for go-live and ongoing operations.

• Keep abreast of clinical informatics, digital health, technology, and project management trends to improve and adapt methods and approaches for the further deployment of clinical informatics technologies.
• Determines the staff complement for work groups and project functions to meet key project objectives and deliverables. Evaluates staff work performance.

Responsible for the selection, evaluation, disciplining and, if necessary, terminations of staff.

• Mentors staff to optimize performance. Establishes and monitors work targets for team members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and / or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).