Interim Manager, Clinical Informatics

Who We Are

London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the southwestern Ontario city of London. Just two hours from Toronto and two hours from Detroit, London features a beautiful and walkable downtown core located on the Thames River, a vibrant culinary scene and scores of activities that highlight local arts, culture and music. As one of Canada’s largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC delivers world-class care and experiences, built on our commitment to excellence in research, innovation, and learning. In partnership with our communities, we design and advance healthcare to support the wellness of the populations we serve. LHSC delivers both local and regional services, including the Children’s Hospital, within a large geographic area. LHSC is known for its great people and great care, with a workforce of close to 15,000, dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care while partnering with communities to transform health, one life at a time. 

The Clinical Informatics team falls within the Information Technology Services (ITS) department at LHSC. The Information Technology Services (ITS) team is dedicated to advancing the quality and safety of care through enabling digital technologies and innovation. The ITS team provides a full suite of digital health, virtual care and technology solutions to LHSC, St. Joseph’s Healthcare London, and nine regional partner sites. The ITS team also supports Ontario’s largest single regional Hospital Information System (HIS), branded OneChart, across eleven hospitals with over 2,500 beds. Further, the ITS team is also engaged with Ontario Health and the Ministry of Health to support population health management across the Ontario Health Teams (OHTs) in our region. The culture of collaboration, respect and excellence drive the team to new advances for patients, clinicians and all members of the health care community. 

Posting Period

October 18, 2024 - November 1, 2024 

Job Summary

What the Role is 

The Interim Manager, Clinical Informatics provides leadership to the Clinical Informatics and OneChart Professional Practice Consultants teams, supporting clinicians across the HIS. The team’s primary focus is bridging the gap between technology, people, and processes into clinical workflows. The Manager, Clinical Informatics provides support and leadership focused on the health system digital landscape and clinical transformation projects. The role is expected to have a strong understanding of OneChart functionality and provides health system level strategic advice and direction related to technology implementations and decision-making across clinical venues. The Manager is also a key liaison between ITS and our clinical partners across the region. 

Reporting to the Manager, Health Informatics & IT Business Operations, the Interim Manager, Clinical Informatics directs, controls and evaluates the delivery of department services. They are responsible for translating decisions of the program leadership into execution, by utilizing relationship management and working with internal and external partners to achieve the necessary outcomes. The Manager ensures their team and department operations are aligned with our mission, vision and values, while working together to successfully achieve our strategic objectives. 

This role is accountable for day-to-day department activities, including the management of human and material resources, day-to-day staffing and scheduling, development and support of a healthy workplace, risk and utilization measurements, and facilitation of improvement initiatives and change management, while operating within approved operational budgets and financial guidelines and controls. A major focus of the role is fostering effective working relationships and networks within the team/unit and with other teams across the organization. 

LHSC is committed to the principles of hybrid work and may offer this option to employees whose work can be performed in an alternate location, without adverse impact to the operations of the Hospital, inclusive of our Staff and Patient experience. Confirmation of hybrid work options available to you will be clarified upon hire and may be subject to change based on the duties required of your position. Successful candidates will be required to perform work within Ontario and must be available to work on location, as required. 

NOTE: This role is required to be on-call, evenings and weekends on a rotational basis of one (1) week out of every five (5) weeks.

Qualifications

Who You Are 

• You are self-aware of own assumptions, values, principles, strengths and limitations 

• You manage and develop self while modeling qualities such as honesty, integrity, resilience, and confidence 

• You engage and support others to foster development, personal goals and encourage a healthy organization 

• You achieve results by strategically aligning direction, decisions, actions and evaluation with the vision, values and evidence 

• You facilitate an environment of collaboration and cooperation 

• You create connections, build partnerships and networks 

• You demonstrate a commitment to the organizational vision, mission, values and service excellence 

• You are a transformational thinker that encourages and supports innovation 

• You have exceptional analytical skills that contribute to effective decision-making 

• You are self-directed, courageous, and highly motivated with excellent interpersonal and effective communication skills  

What Skills Are Needed 

• Planning and executing action plans that deliver results and motivate individuals for greater performance excellence 

• Strong business acumen  

• Values-based leadership and a proven track record for developing and sustaining healthy work environments and effective teams while leading in a performance-driven culture  

• Lead and drive system transformation 

• Develop self and others through teaching, coaching, mentoring and formal development processes  

• Strong analytical skills that contribute to effective problem solving and decision-making 

What You Will Bring with You 

• Successful completion of a recognized baccalaureate degree program in a health care related discipline, Computer Science, Business, or related field   

• Related post-graduate education preferred 

• Previous experience in a clinical setting preferred  

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years’ experience in progressively more responsible leadership roles in a healthcare environment, preferably in an acute care academic teaching hospital 

• Previous management experience in Clinical Informatic is an asset  

• Preference and consideration will be given to active members of the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) who have, or are in process of attaining the Canadian Health Executive (CHE) Select certification program  

• Ability to effectively work with diversity, appreciating that different opinions, backgrounds and characteristics can bring richness to the challenge at hand 

• Fluent and computer literate with computer systems such as email and Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel & PowerPoint) 

• Demonstrated ability to attend work on a regular basis 

Other Information

London Health Sciences Centre fosters a culture of patient and staff safety whereby all employees are guided by LHSC's Mission, Vision, Values and Code of Conduct.

LHSC is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to providing persons with disabilities equal opportunities and standards of goods and services, and are also fully compliant with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005), as applicable.

Submission Requirements (please submit as a PDF document) 

• Cover Letter, Resume and Listing of Education, Credentials and Certifications 

As part of the assessment process applicants may be required to complete a written examination or test. Please be advised that reference checks may be conducted as part of the selection process.

Immunization Requirements: 

Before beginning employment at LHSC, all new hires will be required to: 

• Provide vaccination records or proof of immunity against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B, Tetanus/ Diphtheria/Polio; Meningitis; 

• Provide documentation of the Tuberculosis skin testing (two step); 

• Provide proof of Health Canada-approved COVID-19 vaccination reflective of Ontario Health’s current definition of being fully vaccinated 

For more information visit https://www.lhsc.on.ca/careers/health-review-requirements 

Your interest in this opportunity is appreciated. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Successful candidates, as a condition of job offer, would be required to provide a satisfactory police information check (original document) completed in the last 6 months.