Director of Clinical Informatics (BA3)

BuzzClan; Fredericton; Remote; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BuzzClan is seeking a Director of Clinical Informatics to lead province-wide CIS/EHR transformation in New Brunswick. The role requires strong leadership, governance, and clinician engagement to standardize workflows and ensure patient safety across multiple facilities.

The ideal candidate will guide strategy, operating models, and end-to-end implementation activities, including go-live planning and post go-live stabilization, while traveling monthly to client sites.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership experience in clinical informatics and healthcare transformation programs.
• Experience with CIS/EHR or large-scale clinical system implementations.
• Ability to develop clinical informatics strategies, operating models, and integrated workplans.
• Expertise in standardizing clinical workflows across multiple facilities and settings.
• Proven ability to engage physicians and clinicians to gather requirements and support clinical design decisions.
• Experience establishing clinical governance frameworks, decision-making processes, and escalation.
• Ability to align clinical requirements with technical build and implementation teams.
• Experience leading workflow validation, testing, release readiness, and go-live activities.
• Deep knowledge of patient safety, clinical quality, medication systems, and orders management.
• Experience managing go-live stabilization, incident triage, clinician education, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and support senior leaders including CCIOs/CNIOs.
• Experience mentoring teams and developing sustainable clinical informatics capabilities.
• Ability to work remotely and travel to client locations at least monthly.

Skills

Clinical informatics leadership

CIS/EHR implementations

Informatics strategy

Standardize workflows

Engage physicians & clinicians

Clinical governance

Align with build teams

Workflow validation & go-live

Patient safety & quality

Go-live stabilization & triage

Lead multidisciplinary teams

Mentoring & knowledge transfer

Remote work & travel

Job description

Job Title: Director of Clinical Informatics (BA3)

Client: Public Sector – Symbio Program

Remote | New Brunswick Travel Required (Monthly)

12+ Months | Contract + 2 Extension

We are seeking a Director of Clinical Informatics to support New Brunswick’s province-wide Symbio Clinical Information Solution (CIS) transformation. The ideal candidate will have strong clinical informatics leadership experience, expertise in standardizing clinical workflows, physician and clinician engagement, clinical governance, patient safety, and electronic health record (EHR/CIS) implementations.

Must-Have Skills:

• Strong experience in clinical informatics leadership and healthcare transformation programs
• Experience with Clinical Information Systems (CIS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), or large-scale clinical system implementations
• Experience developing clinical informatics strategies, operating models, and integrated workplans
• Strong expertise in standardizing clinical workflows across multiple healthcare facilities and clinical settings
• Experience engaging physicians, clinicians, and clinical stakeholders to gather requirements and support clinical design decisions
• Experience establishing clinical governance frameworks, decision‑making processes, and escalation mechanisms
• Experience aligning clinical requirements and workflows with technical build and implementation teams
• Experience leading clinical workflow validation, testing, release readiness, and go‑live/cutover activities
• Strong knowledge of patient safety, clinical quality, medication systems, and orders management
• Experience managing go‑live stabilization, incident triage, clinician education, adoption, and continuous improvement
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and support senior clinical informatics leaders, including CCIOs and CNIOs
• Experience mentoring teams, transferring knowledge, and developing sustainable clinical informatics capabilities
• Ability to work remotely and travel to client location least once per month

Strong Plus:

• Experience with provincial or enterprise-wide CIS/EHR transformation programs
• Experience working with hospitals, health authorities, and government healthcare departments
• Experience standardizing clinical workflows across multiple hospitals and facility sizes
• Experience with clinical governance, patient safety reviews, and clinical change management
• Experience supporting large‑scale EHR implementation, adoption, and optimization programs