Executive Medical Director | Clinical Informatics

Interior Health; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance may be provided

Remuneration package

Employee assistance programs

Training opportunities

Vacation paid by employer

Insurance premiums paid by employer

Extended health & dental coverage

Work-life balance

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an Executive Medical Director, Clinical Informatics to lead technology-enabled medical and clinical information management solutions. You will partner with medical staff, CNO and HT teams to advance digital care, standardize clinical workflows, and promote patient-centered care across IH. This role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and strategic clinical leadership across a dynamic health system.

Qualifications

• MD with current full registration and licensure to practice medicine in BC.
• Master’s degree in health administration, business administration, clinical informatics or related field.
• 10–15 years of senior clinical leadership experience in health care, including electronic clinical systems.
• Equivalent combination of education, training and experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate policy and practice standard development for clinically integrated care.
• Guide adoption of technology-enabled information systems across IH.
• Drive standardization of clinical alerts, decision supports and safety surveillance.

Skills

Clinical informatics

Leadership

Policy development

Change management

Budget management

Communication

Healthcare strategy

Education

MD with licensure

Master's in health admin/ informatics

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Position Summary

Are you looking for a new and rewarding leadership challenge in healthcare? Interior Health is seeking an innovative and collaborative physician leader to serve as Executive Medical Director, Clinical Informatics. This is an exciting opportunity for a physician leader who is passionate about transforming healthcare through technology, fostering strong clinical partnerships, and shaping the future of digitally enabled care across Interior Health. Physicians who are committed to collaboration, innovation, quality improvement and advancing patient-centred care are encouraged to apply.

The location for the role is in the Interior Health region and relocation allowance may be provided. We are looking for people who want to make a difference in the communities in which they live, work and play.

Some of the benefits of joining Interior Health

• An attractive remuneration package
• Excellent career prospects
• Employee & Family Assistance Programs
• Employer paid training/education opportunities
• Employer paid vacation
• Employer paid insurance premiums
• Extended Health & Dental coverage
• Work-life balance
• Relocation Allowance may be provided

This role is a 0.80 FTE. The hourly rate for the position is $108.13 to $148.68. Interior Health establishes salaries within the minimum and maximum of the salary range based on consideration of the qualifications, experience of the applicant, and an internal equity review of the salaries of other employees.

How will you create an impact

The Executive Medical Director, Clinical Informatics (Executive Medical Director) is responsible for the medical leadership that advances the implementation of technology enabled medical and clinical information management solutions to improve quality outcomes for patients. Reporting to the Vice President, Health Technology and Clinical Services, the Executive Medical Director works in partnership with the Clinical Operations EMD’s, Medical Affairs, Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and the Health Technology (HT) team to engage with medical staff and translate clinician requirements into clinician useful information systems. The Executive Medical Director provides direction and leadership in the design, development, and implementation of computerized provider order entry; provides leadership and advice to the clinical informatics, health information management and analytics departments. The Executive Medical Director fulfills the role of physician and clinician advocate while supporting Interior Health management in promoting the development, approval and adoption of standards, processes, and information technology solutions in the clinical setting. The Executive Medical Director also represents Interior Health on various councils and provincial steering committees.

What will you work on

• In partnership with the CNO is responsible for leading and coordinating the development and implementation of policy and practice standards and the related processes to successfully integrate evidence based clinical standards of care, documentation standards, and clinical order sets into clinical practice.
• Participates and engages the medical staff to support the development of policy, practice standards, and related workflows/processes; information system design, adoption and meaningful use is integrated in clinical practice.
• Engages members of the interdisciplinary health care team and other key partners, through effective change management leadership, to emphasize focus on clinical needs, maximize the adoption.
• Engages patient care providers with varying roles including physicians, nursing practitioners, nursing staff, ancillary department personnel, and health records professionals to contribute to the efficient development and effective use of the clinical information systems.
• Identifies risk management strategies to mitigate issues/risks to achieve short, medium, and long-term objectives, strategies, plans, and programs to optimize service, improve patient experience, and meet Interior Health strategic objectives.
• Leads collaborative work to standardize best practice clinical alerts clinical decision supports and patient safety surveillance within clinical information systems.
• Ensures programs, services and projects are designed, integrated, operated, measured, and reported on in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, and attainment of established goals and objectives.
• Reviews medical informatics trends, experiences, and approaches, develops technical and application implementation strategies and assists in the development of the DH project plans.
• Sponsors and leads the development, design and implementation of data and information workflows for patient safety priorities such as computerized provider order entry and electronic provider documentation.
• Represents Interior Health by developing and maintaining collaborative working relationships with internal and external partners to address issues, share information, and promote partnerships.
• Collaborates and participates with the Divisions of Family Practice, other BC Health Authorities, Ministry, and provincial and national organizations on approved initiatives.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, maintain a healthy and safe work environment through complying with and implementing applicable Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, responding to requests from WSBC, identifying hazards and communicating risks, ensuring compliance with employee training, conducting effective incident investigations and implementing required corrective actions.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Honouring Interior Health’s commitment to Truth and Reconciliation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), and Pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights Code, preferential consideration and/or hiring will be given to qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit).

Qualfications

Education, Training, and Experience

• Medical Degree (MD) with current (or eligible for) full registration and licensure to practice medicine from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC.
• A Master’s degree in health administration, business administration or clinical informatics or related discipline.
• Ten (10) to fifteen (15) years recent, related clinical leadership experience in the health care sector including experience with electronic clinical systems.
• Or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Skills and Abilities

• Broad knowledge of clinical practice and the roles of multidisciplinary health care team members within a patient and family centered care model.
• Understanding and ability to apply latest research on best-evidenced practices related to clinical information systems.
• Comprehensive knowledge of current healthcare issues, trends, and government directives.
• Ability to lead and move forward complex organizational change related to clinical workflow and process redesign that supports the adoption of technology enabled solutions.
• Ability to advocate for and champion best-evidenced practice in the use of technology in the clinical environment.
• Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of budget preparation and management of financial resources involving short-, immediate-, and long-term plans.
• Ability to unify, energize, and motivate people.
• Ability to promote and facilitate change.
• Ability to influence others at all levels within the organization and with external partners.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to assume responsibility and accountability in a leadership role.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, including the ability to make effective presentations to groups.
• Ability to function effectively in a highly dynamic environment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.