Executive Medical Director | Clinical Informatics

Interior Health Authority; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 225,000 - 309,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation allowance

Employee & Family Assistance Programs

Employer paid education opportunities

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended Health & Dental coverage

Work-life balance

Attractive remuneration package

Job summary

Interior Health Authority seeks an Executive Medical Director, Clinical Informatics to lead medical leadership for technology-enabled care. You will partner with health technology teams to translate clinician needs into effective information systems and drive patient-centred outcomes.

As a physician leader, you will collaborate across IH to advance standards, adoption, and innovation in digital health, while representing IH on councils and provincial initiatives.

Qualifications

• Physician leader with commitment to collaboration, innovation, quality improvement and patient-centred care.
• Experience leading medical information management and technology-enabled care.
• Willingness to partner with clinical operations and health technology teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and implementation of policy and practice standards to integrate clinical standards into practice.
• Engage medical staff to support policy and workflow adoption of information systems.
• Provide leadership for data workflows and patient safety surveillance within clinical information systems.
• Represent Interior Health on councils and provincial committees.

Job description

Who Are We Looking For

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.

• 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).