Specialized IT Consultant Senior for DHIEX

Must Haves:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital health standards including but not limited to HL7 FHIR clinical terminologies (e.g. SNOMED-CT LOINC) and their application.
• Healthcare experience within Canada in acute care primary care and/or community care settings.
• Hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR tooling including but not limited to Simplifier HL7 Validator Forge or FHIR Shorthand.
• Hands-on experience with JSON and XML.
• Hands-on experience implementing HL7 FHIR standards and solutions.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital health standards and tooling.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and strong partner engagement skills.
• Time management skills with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects.

Description

Background Information:

• As part of the refreshed digital health and data strategy Agency will make a concerted effort to leverage new and existing digital solutions as part of a clinically led change program to make tangible improvements to how frontline providers work and contribute to bringing joy back to clinical practice.
• Support is required to advance standards based interoperability by developing and maintaining HL7 FHIR and terminology specifications for DHS priority projects.

Deliverables:

• The purpose of this request is to acquire a resource with expertise in FHIR standards and applicable Terminology standards who will work with others in support of the Digital Health Standards (DHS) Program to deliver standards components of projects in the following capacity and other relevant deliverables as required.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct requirements gathering develops documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conduct partner engagement.
• Work with different partners and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical business and technical).
• Interact with the business partners and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Develop and document HL7 FHIR artifacts and supporting documentation.
• Validate troubleshoot and problem solve the HL7 FHIR artifacts.

Desired Skills:

• Hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR Structured Data Capture (SDC).
• Familiarity with Microsoft Products with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g. Microsoft Office 365).
• Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario.
• Ability to readily identify assess and mitigate implementation and adoption issues.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

Required Skills:

• FHIR standards assessment selection development and maintenance processes
• Research and analysis
• Communication and collaboration
• Partner engagement and management

Evaluation Criteria: 100 Points

• Knowledge and experience designing and implementing HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard by demonstrating experience and processes for conducting detailed standards research gap analysis and recommendations. 20 Points
• Knowledge and experience of the development and implementation of HL7 FHIR and terminology standards including use in electronic forms referrals and other solutions that reduce the use of paper faxing. 25 Points
• Knowledge and experience of HL7 FHIR tooling including but not limited to Simplifier HL7 Validator Forge or FHIR Shorthand. 15 Points
• Experience in implementing interoperable digital health solutions including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standards-based clinical information to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and consider effective workflow. 15 Points
• Knowledge and understanding of the standards lifecycle and the Digital Health standards landscape (Canadian/pan-Canadian and international standards) and Digital Health initiatives in other jurisdictions (local regional provincial) is an asset. 15 Points
• Knowledge and strong understanding of jurisdictional Electronic Health Record (EHR) projects interoperability services and integration with healthcare initiatives within regional healthcare organizations for clinical data repositories and other associated healthcare information systems in use within a jurisdiction. 10 Points

Deliverables

Deliverables include:

• 1. Confirm HL7 FHIR requirements related to the different streams of work in the context of collect once and use many for direct care and subsequent data use as identified in the Agency data and analytics strategy and the Agency data and analytics operating model areas of focus.
• 3. Work collaboratively with the Digital Health Standards Program on the following deliverables related to standards:
• a. Specification Development and Maintenance
• c. Standards Orientation
• d. Walkthrough of Specifications
• e. Testing Support
• f. Consultation and collaboration with other partners (within and external to the Agency)

Additional Terms

• Term: The term of this Engagement Assignment is 220 Business Days. The Engagement Assignment may also be extended for unused Business Days at Agencys discretion.
• The resource will comply with Agency policies and procedures.
• Agency systems cannot be accessed from outside the province of Ontario and Agency assets including laptops and related equipment cannot be removed from the province of Ontario without prior written approval from the Agency.
• Assignment Type: This position is currently remote. The resource under this request will be required to work onsite as per Hiring Manager sole discretion.