Job Specifications
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.
The purpose of this request is to acquire resource with experience in FHIR standards and expertise in applicable Terminology standards who will work with others in support of the Digital Health Standards (DHS) Program to deliver standards components related to specifications on the Digital Health Standards Program Workplan.
Deliverables:
The purpose of this request is to acquire a resource who will work with others to provide Terminology expertise and support for Digital Health Standards initiatives.
Must haves:
· Minimum 10 years’ 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 with applicable terminology tools (e.g., Ontoserver)
· Clinical experience within Canada in acute care, primary care and/or community care settings
· Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital exchange standards and tooling
· Hands-on experience implementing terminology services and solutions
· 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
Responsibilities:
· Process mapping, process improvement and operationalizing workflows
· Develop and implement strategies, prepares business cases and cost-benefit analysis, and conducts feasibility studies
· Conduct requirements gathering, develop 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
Desired Skills:
· Proficiency 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:
· Terminology standards assessment, selection, development, implementation and maintenance processes including Reference sets/Map sets/Subset development
· Research and analysis
· Communication and collaboration
· Partner engagement and management
Evaluation Criteria:
Extensive knowledge and implementation experience with clinical data, terminology and technical standards such as SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA, LOINC/pCLOCD, ICD-10-CA, CCI, HL7 v2, HL7 FHIR. 25 Points
Knowledge and experience of the development and implementation of terminology standards such as LOINC and SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA. 25 Points
Experience in developing provincial terminology strategy and implementation plans including engagement with partners to assess and define the proposed model(s). 10 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 EHR. 10 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. 10 Points
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. 10 Points
Knowledge and experience with the following terminology asset management tools is an asset (e.g., Apelon DTS, Term Works, Ontoserver, Shrimp). 10 Points
Total Evaluation Criteria: 100 Points
Deliverables
Deliverables include:
1. The consultant will work collaboratively with the DHS Program on deliverables related to standards:
· Environmental scans, Data Standards research and presentation of results
· Data Standards assessments and analysis for harmonization and interoperability
· Specification Development and Main
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