HM Note: This remote role requires that the candidate must reside in Ontario as per clients requirements.
Must haves: and nbsp;
- Minimum 10 years handson experience in mapping and implementing clinical terminologies such as SNOMED CT and LOINC and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Minimum 10 years and nbsp;knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR clinical terminologies (e.g. SNOMEDCT LOINC) and their application within Ontario Health with applicable terminology tools (e.g. Ontoserver) and nbsp;
- 3 years experience with process mapping process improvement and operationalizing workflows and nbsp;
- 3 years experience developing and implementing strategies prepares business cases and costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Clinical experience within Canada in acute care primary care and/or community care settings and nbsp;
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of panCanadian digital exchange standards and tooling and nbsp;
- Handson experience implementing terminology services and solutions and nbsp;
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written and strong partner engagement skills and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Time Management with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects and nbsp;
Responsibilities:
- Conduct requirements gathering develop documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conduct partner engagement and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Work with different partners and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical business and technical) and nbsp;
- Interact with the business partners and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements and nbsp;
Desired Skills: and nbsp;
- Proficiency with Microsoft Products with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g. Microsoft Office 365). and nbsp;
- Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Experience working with Ontario Health and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Ability to readily identify assess and mitigate implementation and adoption issues and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills and nbsp; and nbsp;
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and nbsp;
Required Skills:
- Terminology standards assessment selection development implementation and maintenance processes including Reference sets/Map sets/Subset development and nbsp;
- Research and analysis and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Communication and collaboration and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp;
- Partner engagement and management and nbsp;
Required Experience / Evaluation Criteria:
- Extensive knowledge and implementation experience with clinical data terminology and technical standards such as SNOMED CT/SNOMED CTCA LOINC/pCLOCD ICD10CA CCI HL7 v2 HL7 FHIR. and nbsp;25 Points
- Knowledge and experience of the development and implementation of terminology standards such as LOINC and SNOMED CT/SNOMED CTCA. 25 Points
- Experience in developing provincial terminology strategy and implementation plans including engagement with partners to assess and define the proposed model(s). and nbsp; and nbsp;10 Points
- Experience in implementing interoperable digital health solutions including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standardsbased clinical information to the EHR. 10 Points
- Knowledge and understanding of the standards lifecycle and the Digital Health standards landscape (Ontario Health Canadian/panCanadian and international standards) and Digital Health initiatives in other jurisdictions (local regional provincial) is an asset. 10 Points
- Knowledge and strong understanding of jurisdictional electronic health record projects interoperability services and integration with healthcare initiatives within regional healthcare organizations for clinical data repositories and other associated healthcare information systems in use within a jurisdiction. 10 Points
- Knowledge and experience with the following terminology asset management tools is an asset (e.g. Apelon DTS Term Works Ontoserver Shrimp). 10 Points
Deliverables
- Implement Terminology Management: Ontario Health through Digital Health Standards (DHS) has responsibility and authority to manage provincially approved terminology standards. and nbsp;This includes terminology standards selection and approval maintenance and promotion. and nbsp;Effective change management and release management will ensure these standards are up to date relevant and maximize benefit to the sector and nbsp;
- Implement Terminology Value Literacy and amp; Adoption strategies: Evolve and operationalize understanding the value of terminology standards by clinicians vendors health regulators and patients will improve adoption of standardized terminology. Providing a focal point for terminology standards for education materials source of truth and forms for terminology change requests support awareness of standards and their value and nbsp;
- Support implementation of Terminology Technology: Terminology Tooling provides the ability to improve efficiency and accuracy in the use of standardized terminology through lookup search map and enhanced cognitive capabilities (e.g. AI) and nbsp;
- Data Governance Considerations: Consider and align with Ontario and pan Canadian data governance structures to reflect the Future State for terminology standards and interoperability. This should include reviewing the committee structures and terms of reference participate to ensure that terminology standards are seen as integral part of data management. and nbsp;
Knowledge Transfer Details:
- The Candidate will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Ontario Health team before end of engagement. Some of this might occur at the end of the engagement but will also be shared as information is obtained/consolidated. Key deliverables will be shared with team.
- The Candidate must provide all related documentation as part of Knowledge transfer protocol. Documents will be reviewed by the appropriate leads and signed off by manager/director.
- The candidate will work collaboratively with OH team throughout the assignment and ensure key deliverables milestones and documentation are shared.
- A walkthrough of any demos development etc. will be required before end of engagement.
Must Haves:
- 10 years handson experience in mapping and implementing clinical terminologies such as SNOMED CT and LOINC
- 10 years knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR clinical terminologies (e.g. SNOMEDCT LOINC) and their application within Ontario Health with applicable terminology tools (e.g. Ontoserver)
- 3 years experience with process mapping process improvement and operationalizing workflows
- 3 years experience developing and implementing strategies prepares business cases and costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies