Lead, Digital Health & Community Systems

Interior Health Authority; Kelowna; Hybrid; CAD 91,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee & Family Assistance Program

Employer paid training/educationOpport

Employer paid vacation

Employer paid insurance premiums

Extended health & dental coverage

Municipal Pension Plan

Work-life balance

Job summary

Interior Health is seeking an experienced Lead, Community Systems to join our team on a full-time permanent basis, with a flexible work location from within British Columbia and travel to Kelowna as needed.

This role focuses on transforming Seniors Health through technology, improving care quality, patient experience, outcomes and safety. The Lead will guide the Digital Health Community Systems roadmap and align with transformation work plans and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Consults with the Manager, Community Systems and key partners, sets team and individual staff goals and objectives, as they relate to Community Systems based DH services, which support the mission and goals for IH.
• Provides direction, guidance, consultation and education to Digital Health Community Systems staff using effective leadership and communication skills.
• Represents Digital Health and provides technical and procedural recommendations to internal and external partners, including the Interior Health Seniors Health Transformation Team and Clinical Operations Leads.
• Leads and participates in committee meetings with multiple partner groups to assess current Community Systems solutions for optimization opportunities.
• Supports the activities of Community Systems, including transition of support from new project implementations, ongoing digital solutions engagement with partners, software optimization, software updates, development of application-specific training materials, and support of the associated application software.
• Builds partnerships with internal partners and manages relationships with vendors as necessary.
• Works closely with relevant teams internally to ensure alignment and coordination across operations as part of the seamless implementation of new technologies.
• Review, evaluate, and monitor requests for Community Systems projects and initiatives; makes recommendations to DH Manager, Community Systems.
• Assists the Manager, Community Systems with development of operating and capital budgets for the support and implementation Digital Health Investment Plan (DHIP) projects.
• Participates in the on-call rotation for Clinical Information Systems.
• May have responsibilities for direct reports on a project basis and/or as required.
• In alignment with IH’s Occupational Health & Safety Program, employees shall adhere to all Occupational Health and Safety policies and procedures at all times and attend all required training.

Job description

Interior Health is seeking an experienced Lead, Community Systems to join our team on a full-time permanent basis, with a flexible work location from within British Columbia and travel to Kelowna as needed.

This role focuses on transforming Seniors Health through technology, improving care quality, patient experience, outcomes and safety. The Lead will guide the Digital Health Community Systems roadmap and align with transformation work plans and priorities.