Lead, Health Informatics
Job in
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Listing for:
Fraser Health
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-01-21
Job specializations:
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Management
Healthcare Management
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Healthcare
Healthcare Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 45.46 - 65.35 CAD Hourly
CAD
45.46
65.35
HOUR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Salary
The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour
Job Summary We are hiring a Full Time Lead, Health Informatics to join our team in Surrey, B.C.
In this senior role, you’ll lead and manage health informatics projects across clinical and corporate portfolios, provide expert guidance on knowledge management and decision support, and support enterprise-wide system planning and implementation. You’ll collaborate with diverse stakeholders, apply effective change management strategies, and mentor team members, serving as a key backup to the Portfolio Manager when needed.
A career with Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment. We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.
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Detailed Overview
Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:
The Lead, Health Informatics is responsible for leading and managing assigned projects, providing leadership to team members and applying appropriate change management strategies as part of a project. Provides advice, guidance, and direction to an assigned portfolio in the areas of knowledge management, and decision support; in clinical and corporate business areas which includes the development and implementation of application architecture.
Provides expertise on enterprise-wide projects, serves as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership.
Responsibilities
Provides guidance and expertise by consulting to all disciplines and stakeholders within an assigned portfolio by performing functions such as coordinating and performing feasibility studies, conducting workload efficiency analysis using formal data gathering techniques, analyzing, designing and implementing appropriate information systems, and identifying system deficiencies, user department operational inefficiencies and recommending ways of improving business efficiency functions.Participates in enterprise-wide, cross-disciplinary business strategy projects including confidential initiatives that support the selection, procurement and implementation of appropriate information systems applications that may result in the elimination of FTEs.Serves as a consultant participating on enterprise-wide projects which are under the leadership of the Portfolio Manager; serves as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership or project management. Prepares status reports and meets with clients and provide reports back to the Portfolio Manager as required.Responsible to establish and lead assigned information system projects by adhering to project management and support structure methodologies, managing project timelines, monitoring expenditures and variance analysis, facilitating change management strategies, defining tasks, identifying resource needs, and reporting on project status to the Portfolio Manager or Manager. Provides strategic guidance in the project design phases and works within assigned budget and provides reports or raises concerns as necessary.
Participates in the hiring process for staff, and coordinates and provides guidance to team members.Performs system analysis by establishing application systems scope and objectives, conducting feasibility studies, planning or modifying procedures to solve complex problems, preparing detailed specifications and solving existing system logic difficulties as required. Recommends the best cost effective solutions for the business area; informs and discusses potential business impacts with the client.Performs complex business and/or clinical process analysis including conducting work flow analysis and developing business information requirements and models. Defines business and/or health information scope and objectives; plans, designs and modifies practical manual and automated business procedures.Coordinates and provides third level application support to critical system problems and ensures that the application service level agreement in place is written or maintained to meet the business expectations and Informatics capabilities. This may include vendor or 3rd party coordination. Coordinates the support rotation and monitors the support queue.Serves on a variety of Fraser Health wide health service delivery area and departmental committees, task groups, internal working teams and corporate projects.Maintains knowledge of infrastructure and technologies by remaining aware of current and new technologies.Qualifications
Education and Experience Bachelor's degree in Health Information Science or Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field or…
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