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Maarut; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Maarut is seeking a Senior Privacy Impact Assessment Specialist to lead privacy impact assessments and develop privacy policy requirements within a health IT-focused environment in Canada. The role involves advising business teams, supporting privacy incidents and requests, and ensuring compliance with PHIPA and FIPPA.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of health privacy experience, strong policy development skills, and familiarity with EMR/HIS data flows and API functionality.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years privacy experience in health or IT environments.
• Experience conducting privacy impact assessments on medium to high complexity projects.
• Experience developing privacy policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of PHIPA and FIPPA legislation and required statuses.
• Familiarity with EMR/HIS data flows and API functionality.

Responsibilities

• Lead privacy impact assessments and privacy policy development.
• Support privacy incidents, patient inquiries, and access requests.
• Identify privacy risks and advise business teams.
• Lead privacy training and participate in privacy committees.
• Develop data flow diagrams and privacy controls.

Skills

PHIPA knowledge

Privacy impact assessments

Policy development

Stakeholder engagement

Health IT privacy

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in health policy/IT/security/law

Tools

EMR/HIS infrastructure familiarity

API knowledge

Job description

RQ00832 - Privacy Impact Assessment Specialist - Senior

• Minimum 5 years direct operational level privacy experience preferably in a health sector and/or IT environment
  
• Minimum of 5 years’ health privacy experience conducting privacy impact assessments on medium to high complexity projects
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience developing privacy policies and procedures, requirements or controls
  
• Holds an undergraduate or graduate degree in health, policy, IT, security, law or a related discipline
  
• Experience with the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), including requirements for Health Information Network Providers (HINP) and Electronic Service Providers (ESP). Experience working with prescribed statuses is considered an asset.
  
• Familiarity with OntarioMD EMR certification
  
• Familiarity with EMR or HIS infrastructure, design, and data flows
  
• Familiarity with Application Programming Interface (API) functionality and management
  

Responsibilities

The Senior Privacy Specialist will lead and support various initiatives, including, but not limited to:

• Develop privacy policies and procedures
  
• Conduct privacy impact assessments for low to high complex initiatives
  
• May be required to support investigating privacy incidents, patient inquiries, and privacy requests of any kind
  
• Identify and assess privacy risks
  
• Provide privacy advisory support to business teams
  
• Lead and/or participate in Agency, regional or provincial committees or project teams as the privacy Subject Matter Expert
  
• Identify privacy requirements
  
• Develop strong relationships with various internal and external partners to foster a culture of privacy
  
• Respond and provide advice and legislative interpretation for information and access requests, consent management requests, complaints or inquiries, appeals and privacy issues under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
  
• Support privacy program projects and activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Privacy Office
  
• Develop and deliver privacy training for The Agency
  
• Other duties as required
  

Desired Skills

• Recognized security certification or designation is an asset
  
• Knowledge of technology architecture and infrastructure, digital health solutions and services, enterprise and corporate IT including information and cyber security preferred
  
• Completion of a university undergraduate or master’s degree in health, policy, IT, security, law or a related discipline
  
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience of access and privacy requirements and practices, preferably related to the health and public sectors
  
• Excellent knowledge of privacy and security concepts, trends, and issues. This will include an understanding of their impact on business processes, as well as skill with interpretation and communication of principles and compliance requirements
  
• Knowledge and ability to interpret Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA)
  
• Knowledge and ability to interpret Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA)
  
• Analytical skills to understand the current and future access and privacy implications of policies, decisions and business initiatives
  
• Thorough understanding of “privacy-by-design” and best practices
  
• Experience with conducting and/or providing oversight for Privacy Impact Assessments and Privacy Threshold Assessments, including developing privacy requirements, risk mitigation plans, corporate policies and developing and/or delivering training content
  
• Working knowledge of digital health technologies and information security industry standards
  
• Excel in a fast-paced and project focused environment
  
• Exceptional analytic and creative problem-solving abilities
  
• Good understanding of related disciplines, such as IT system design, policy development (privacy or security), business architecture, legal processes, Freedom of Information administration, business analysis, risk management, project management
  
• Knowledge of Information Technology concepts and processes that impact the protection of personal information, including (but not limited to) Internet tools, system interfaces, information security, information architecture and data flows
  
• Excellent Communication skills both verbal and written, and strong stakeholder engagement skills
  
• Time Management, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects
  

Evaluation Criteria

• Minimum 5 years’ health care experience conducting privacy assessments and reviews on medium to high complexity projects 20 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years direct operational level privacy experience in a health sector and/or IT environment or both 20 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in developing privacy policies and procedures, requirements, or controls 20 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience drafting and reviewing privacy requirements for data sharing agreements 15 Points
  
• Experience with the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), including requirements for Health Information Network Providers (HINP) and Electronic Service Providers (ESP). Experience working with prescribed statuses is considered an asset. 10 Points
  
• Familiarity with Application Programming Interface (API) functionality and management 8 Points
  
• Familiarity with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or Hospital Information System (HIS) infrastructure, design, and data flows 7 Points
  

Requirements

• Provide Privacy Consultation on a diverse range of complex, multi-partner health privacy issues and Information Technology (IT) initiatives throughout the product/service development and deployment life cycle
  
• Conduct/complete Privacy Threshold and Impact Assessments and associated documentation
  
• Develop and inform privacy risk mitigation plans
  
• Create or inform the creation of data flow diagrams and associated privacy controls and compliance requirements
  
• Review and advise on agreements, including data sharing agreements
  
• Privacy by Design reviews of documentation and privacy advice related to digital health initiatives
  
• Privacy program activities as assigned
  

Must Haves

• Minimum 5 years’ health care experience conducting privacy assessments and reviews on medium to high complexity projects 20 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years direct operational level privacy experience in a health sector and/or IT environment or both 20 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in developing privacy policies and procedures, requirements, or controls 20 Points
  
• Minimum 5 years’ experience drafting and reviewing privacy requirements for data sharing agreements 15 Points
  
• Experience with the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA), including requirements for Health Information Network Providers (HINP) and Electronic Service Providers (ESP). Experience working with prescribed statuses is considered an asset. 10 Points
  
• Familiarity with Application Programming Interface (API) functionality and management 8 Points
  
• Familiarity with Electronic Medical Record (EMR) or Hospital Information System (HIS) infrastructure, design, and data flows 7 Points