IMIT Manager - One Person One Record (OPOR) User Access Manager
Bedford, NS, CA, B4B 0V1
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Req ID: 188533
Location: Central Zone, Westway 1
Department: OPOR MGR Technology & Integration
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 29-Nov-24
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We’re on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers today.
Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.
About the Opportunity
Nova Scotia Health is taking an important step in digitizing and linking patients’ health information. As part of the One Person One Record (OPOR) strategy, a new Clinical Information System (CIS) is being implemented across the province and will include the rationalization of disparate systems.
The implementation of a robust User Access Management Strategy is important in helping to ensure secure and timely access to patients’ information to help deliver the best possible care.
The OPOR User Access Manager reports to the OPOR Director, Technology and Integration. They oversee a multi-disciplinary team responsible for the design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of a user access management program for the province-wide system.
The Manager will be committed to a high standard of performance and will provide support across the organization to leverage digital applications in support of OPOR and its clients strategic mission, vision and goals. The Manager performs a variety of tasks, including but not limited to, coordination of resources and stakeholders; managing timelines and milestones; documenting outcomes; and, monitoring, summarizing, and communicating the progress of activities to the appropriate leadership team members. The role is focused on execution and delivery of timely, managed access to support implementation and ongoing use of the system by end users.
Supported by metrics and collaboration with multiple groups, the Manager works with his team and other parties to support timely provisioning and revocation of access privileges, thereby helping to ensure the security of NSH and patient information. Additionally, this management position ensures that all activities within their responsible area are supported by the OPOR plan, established policies/procedures, and in line with service level agreements between NSH, IWK and the Department of Health and Welfare. The Manager functions in a senior subject matter expert role within the team.
About You
We would love to hear from you if you have the following:
- Undergraduate degree, consideration may be given to those with equivalent training and minimum of 10 years progressive leadership experience
- Minimum of 5 to 7 years’ leadership experience with IT/IM Services, programs and applications. IT security and access management experience preferred
- Master’s degree an asset, particularly in health administration, leadership, Master of Business Administration
- Certified Health Executive (CHE) and/or Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) designation an asset
- IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Project Management Professional (PMP) and/or organizational change management certification an asset
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or CISA are an asset
- Experience leading and supporting user access teams for large Clinical Information Systems (preferably Cerner Millennium and the Oracle / Cerner Millennium HIE Provider Portal)
- Experience overseeing the administration of user accounts and access rights in clinical information systems through use of role-based access control policies and enforcement of a User Access Matrix
- Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to data protection and access management
- Competence in developing strategy and processes to streamline user access provisioning and deprovisioning
- Demonstrated compliance with internal security policies and external regulatory requirements
- Experienced in reviewing and making ongoing improvements to access management processes to enhance confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data
- Demonstrated experience conducting regular access reviews and audits to ensure adherence to policies and regulatory requirements, and evolving user access management standards and practices
About You Continued
- Experience in the use of reporting on access management metrics to leadership and other appropriate parties as required to communicate effectiveness and ‘mobilize support for enhanced practices
- Experience supporting clinical application systems and related services in a complex health care organizational environment considered an asset
- Strong knowledge of health care and the multi-faceted needs of access to digital health information across the patient care continuum
- Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to multi-task to meet tight deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate across multi disciplinary teams
- Ability to influence and collaborate with diverse stakeholders
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to execute through effective delegation, motivation, and oversight.
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.
Hours
- Permanent, Full-time Position; 75 Hours Biweekly
Compensation and Benefits
$45.45 - $56.81 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.
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