Job Description

Employment Type : Permanent Full-time Location(s) : SK Salary Range : $41.934 - $51.038 Hourly Salary Supplement : included in hourly salary range (in-scope) About the Role:

Reporting to the Manager of Primary Health Care Services, eHealth Saskatchewan is looking for a confident, motivated, and results oriented individual with strong analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills for the position of Senior Business Analyst.



This role will be overseeing the Primary Health Care applications and engagement with stake holders. This program focuses on the continuous improvement of care for people living with chronic conditions in Saskatchewan, including enhancements and support to Electronic Medical Records and the services providers use. In this challenging and exciting position, the Intermediate Business Analyst acts as a change agent that provides a lead role in business improvement activities to ensure client expectations, requirements, and government priorities are met.



Typical Daily Duties:

• Provide guidance to the development team on the specific business requirements and processes requested in the solution
• Discuss impacts with project stakeholders to quickly resolve any conflicts between the proposed solution and the enterprise architecture.
• Leading and managing changes to business processes and computer applications;
• Conducting feasibility studies and developing business cases that review existing services or processes, determining future business needs or opportunities and recommending strategies that satisfy client needs and objectives;
• Assisting clients in gathering business requirements and preparing requirements documents;
• Monitoring current, new, and emerging services;
• Evaluating industry trends and analyzing similar service offerings in other jurisdictions to identify opportunities and develop strategies for continued business/service improvement;
• Write a variety of detailed, accurate and clear technical material such as user and systems requirements;
• Incorporate new technology and create new solutions within a constantly changing technological and business environment;
• Quickly gain understanding of key business processes and respond to changes within the business environment;




What are we looking for?

The knowledge and skills required for this position would be attained through the completion of a Degree / Diploma in Computer Science or related area of study; and/or applicants with an IIBA Certified Business Analyst Professional (CBAP) Certification supplemented with experience. In addition to educational requirements; you will have a minimum of 3 years working experience as a Business Analyst or similar role within an integrated support environment. Completion of a recognized project management certificate or designation would be considered an asset as well as working within an integrated IT/Health support environment.



Knowledge of business needs analysis/business process improvement methodologies, tools and processes and an understanding of project management methodologies and process will significantly contribute to one's success in this position. Additional skills include:

• Strategic and project planning techniques and methodologies;
• Database analysis;
• Requirements analysis and solution design techniques;
• Computer software testing methodologies.
• Group facilitation skills;
• Excellent documentation skills to produce proposals, charters, business requirements, test plans and schedules;

Why eHealth?

We may be biased, but eHealth Saskatchewan is the place to be right now! As the result of a province wide consolidation of IT services in the health care sector, we have seen substantial growth in our organization that is only going to increase as we aim to meet our expanded mandate and the immense need for our support. This gives our people a unique and rare opportunity to truly create, build, improve, and leave their mark on a growing organization.



A large and complex organization, eHealth is comprised of 30+ clinical and non-clinical program (service) areas that all work together to support health care providers and teams across the province in delivering the best possible care to patients, providers, citizens, and health system users. Programs range from primary care to acute care, and includes laboratories, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics. Additional programs that also support patient care and information include Virtual Care, the MySaskHealthRecord, and the Provincial Electronic Health Record. eHealth is also responsible for the administration of various pieces of legislation to manage the registration of/changes to all vital event records (e.g. birth, marriage, death, etc.), registration of legal name changes, registration of adoptions, and for maintaining the provincial health registry for health services eligibility and distribution of health services cards.



The eHealth teams engage directly with health system partners and other stakeholders both provincially and federally to ensure all services are delivered efficiently and effectively.


Competencies:


Communication:

• Ability to verbally and in writing explain or present technical information to a variety of non-technical individuals and/or groups in a clear, accurate and understandable manner.




Team/Independence:

• Ability to work independently, lead and participate as a team member to meet program goals and to build productive, positive work relationships.




Leadership:

• Ability to conceptualize, develop, monitor, adjust and implement projects, taking into consideration numerous and changing priorities, and or resources to achieve project goals.




Interpersonal:

• Ability to build cooperative working relationships with coworkers and clients to ensure credibility and confidence in services provided.




Organizational:

• Ability to independently prioritize and organize one's own workload to meet tight deadlines within budget and successfully complete projects in a changing environment.




Analytical:

• Analytical Ability to extract, synthesize, conceptualize and apply ideas, processes and information to create solutions in a constantly changing technological and business environment.




Problem Solving:

• Ability to identify, explore and evaluate options on processes and methodologies and information technology solutions in order to design new business systems and develop feasible recommendations.




If this role sounds like the opportunity you've been looking for to challenge yourself, make a difference in people's lives, and showcase your abilities, then we'd love hear from you!

Level: SGEU SIT10


Anticipated Start Date: March 24, 2025


Location: Open to Saskatchewan (On-site)


We are committed to workplace diversity. Number of Openings : 1 Closing Date : Feb 26, 2025, 11:59:00 PMContact Us

recruitment@eHealthSask.ca