Project ManagerLeader Senior for DHIEX

Must Haves:

• Certification or experience in adult learning content design and/or technical e-learning
• Minimum 10-15 years experience in digital health standards
• Extensive experience in partner engagement and facilitation for digital health initiatives
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR clinical terminologies (e.g. SNOMED-CT LOINC) and their application within Agency with applicable terminology tools (e.g. Ontoserver)
• Extensive expertise in project planning scheduling risk/issue management and cross-functional coordination.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital exchange standards and terminology tooling/technologies
• Experience and/or knowledge implementing terminology services and solutions
• Experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis
• Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written and strong partner engagement skills
• Time Management with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects

Description

Background Information:

• As part of the refreshed digital health and data strategy the 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 guide the transition and redesign of Enterprise Terminology Services by coordinating standards based workflows training and planning activities that enable a consistent scalable terminology capability across the Agency. Additionally provide Project Management support for DHS (Digital Health Standards) Priority projects.

Responsibilities:

• Lead day to day project execution ensuring alignment to objectives proactive risk/issue management and escalation of critical items to leadership.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and partners to ensure deliverables are completed on time and interdependencies are managed effectively
• Facilitate project meetings decision forums and workshops while maintaining accurate project documentation and supporting overall portfolio governance
• Experience performing current state assessments and gap analysis
• Develops strategies prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies
• Conducts requirements gathering develops documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conducts partner engagement
• Work with different partners and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical business and technical).
• Interacts with the business partners and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Proficiency with Microsoft Products with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g. Microsoft Office 365).
• College/University undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related discipline from a recognized institution or equivalent experience
• 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:

• Terminology standards assessment selection development and maintenance processes including Reference sets/Map sets/Subset development
• Research and analysis
• Communication and collaboration
• Partner management

Evaluation Criteria: 100 Points

• 1 Knowledge and experience with the following terminology asset management tools (e.g. Apelon DTS Term Works Ontoserver Shrimp). 15 Points
• 2 Knowledge and experience in project management methodologies including development of project plans schedules risk/issue logs dependency management and status reporting. 15 Points
• 3 Knowledge and implementation experience with clinical data terminology and technical standards such as SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA LOINC/pCLOCD HL7 v2 HL7 FHIR. 15 Points
• 4 Knowledge and experience in developing innovative adult learning resources content design and/or technical e-learning implementation (required for independent learning and trainer facilitated). 15 Points
• 5 Knowledge and experience of the development and implementation of terminology standards such as LOINC/Radlex DICOM and SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA. 10 Points
• 6 Experience in developing provincial terminology training strategies and implementation plans including engagement with partners/front end users. 10 Points
• 7 Experience in implementing and training others on interoperable digital health solutions including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standards-based clinical information to the EHR. 10 Points
• 8 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. 5 Points
• 9 Knowledge and strong understanding of jurisdictional electronic health record 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. 5 Points

Deliverables

• Deliverables include:
• The Project Manager will work collaboratively with the DHS Program on deliverables related to standards:
• Maintain a comprehensive integrated project plan including timelines milestones resource requirements and risk/issue tracking
• Regular status updates progress reports dashboards and executive briefings that summarize schedule risks dependencies and required decisions
• Environmental scans Data Standards research and presentation of results
• Data Standards assessments and analysis for harmonization and interoperability
• Specification Development and Maintenance for data standards (end to end support for Terminology & Data Exchange)
• Data Standards Orientation
• Testing Support from a data standards perspective
• Consultation and collaboration with other partners (within and external to the Agency)
• Terminology Services Redesign:
• Current and future state end to end workflows for Enterprise Terminology Services Management to support and validate the operational model for the Digital Health Standards Program

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.