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Informatics Specialist Jobs in Brampton, ON at Regional Municipality of Peel
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Job Description:
Specialist Informatics LTC
Health Services – Long Term Care
Status: 1Regular Full Time
Salary Range: $76, 054- $95,068
Work Mode: Hybrid + Occasional Travel within Peel Region *see below for more details about this work mode.
Location: 10 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week
Who we are:The Long-Term Care Division requires staff to provide person-centered care to our residents and families following the Butterfly Model of Care. This will ensure high levels of emotional wellbeing and a better quality of life for those living in our homes. Staff are to have emotional intelligence to deliver person-centered care in an authentic way that is meaningful to the both the resident and their family.
While you won’t be providing direct resident care, you will play an integral role in supporting digital initiatives by collaborating with internal partners across the five Regionally operated Long-Term Care homes to sustain information and communication systems that enhance outcomes and improve resident care. You will reporting to the Supervisor PIE Long Term Care and coordinate and support the overall ongoing analysis, implementation, testing, monitoring and support of all digital applications.
What you will do in this role:
Support the procurement and development of information systems and customization, workflow redesign, change management process ensuring successful implementation, optimal adoption, user proficiency and sustained utilization.
Analyze, troubleshoot and correct detected problems
Monitor and maintain data quality and integrity
Ensures that applications support resident confidentiality in accordance with PHIPPA (Personal Health Information Protection Act) legislation
Collaborate and liaise with Regions Information Technology division and vendors
Provide training and education support to end users to ensure appropriate and effective usage
Process end user feedback and monitor system effectiveness while identifying process improvement opportunities
Request and coordinate the implementation of application changes including planning, pilot and full implementation of new features
Complete clinical audits of documentation and participate in the internal audit process
Actively participates in continuous quality improvement activities (ex. audits)
Supports policies and procedure development as it relates to updates to the EHR
Collaborate with Education Specialist in the development and organization of learning strategies, training and evaluation materials for education and in-services for clinical applications to ensure maximum proficiency
Support the improvement of standard processes including but not limited to submitting support ticket to the EHR help desk and completing enhancement requests
What the role requires:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant clinical field or in Informatics related discipline
Detailed understanding and working knowledge of Long Term Care Information Systems
Knowledge of process improvement methodologies and quality monitoring
Knowledge of resident confidentiality requirements and legislation
Current knowledge of applicable professional practices, accreditation standards, management and health care issues and trends
Knowledge of legal implications of IT applications
Solid understanding of the long-term care sector
Evaluation, quality management and continuous quality improvement…
Title: Informatics Specialist
Company: Regional Municipality of Peel
Location: Brampton, ON
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