Sr. Specialized IT Consultant

RQ00634 - Sr. Specialized IT Consultant

6-month contract (110 business days) - possible exyension

REMOTE or Hybrid (subject to HMs discretion) - 525 University Avenue Toronto

Consultant with expertise related to Terminology standards who will work with others in support of the Digital Health Standards (DHS) Program to deliver standards components of Patients before Paperwork project 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 validate and document terminology artifacts

Desired Skills:

• 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

Deliverables

1. Confirm terminology requirements related to the eForms stream of work in the Patients before Paperwork project 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 Agency data and analytics operating model areas of focus.
2. Provide support related to the following stream of work in the Pb4P project:
   1. Standardized Referral Forms SRF (eForms)
3. Work collaboratively with the Digital Health Standards Program on the following deliverables related to standards:
   1. Terminology Services
   2. Terminology Mapping
   3. Specification Development and Maintenance
   4. Standards Orientation
   5. Testing Support

Must Haves:

• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in mapping and implementing clinical terminologies such as SNOMED CT and LOINC
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR clinical terminologies (e.g. SNOMED-CT LOINC) and their application within the Agency.
• Hands-on experience implementing terminology solutions
• Healthcare experience within Canada in acute care primary care and/or community care settings.
• Public Sector Experience