Job Description

Req ID: 157419
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Provincial Zone, Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII
Department: OPOR Dir Clinical Applications
Type of Employment: Student Student FT (100% FTE) x 20 position(s)
Status: MGMT/NON-Union Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 2-Jun-23

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\xe2\x80\x99re 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 an 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 to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

One Person One Record is a vision and strategy for healthcare transformation in Nova Scotia, in partnership with Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health. This agile program takes an experimental, and evidence-informed approach to the re-design of healthcare processes. OPOR enables a foundation for improved health system governance, integration of patient information across the care continuum, and the standardization of processes and practices.

This internship provides a unique student opportunity to participate and gain experience within multiple program projects.

OPOR consists of a multidisciplinary team from Nova Scotia Health and IWK Health with a variety of clinical, business, IT, program management, and leadership backgrounds. The team works collaboratively with internal and external partner organizations to provide expertise in guiding the transformation of healthcare in Nova Scotia.

Initiatives and Projects:

One Person One Record Clinical Information System (CIS): This project involves the replacement of the three existing hospital information systems with a core Clinical Information System. It\'s designed to simplify the clinical systems environment enabling it to be extended into the larger community.

Clinical Standardization and Readiness: The organizational focus of this project is the implementation of governance, and evidence informed best practice in standardization. The work supports the overall One Person strategy and is foundational to the implementation of OPOR-CIS. Clinical Standardization and Readiness represents a coordinated approach to the development and delivery of provincially adjudicated and clinician-developed clinical standardization.

About the Opportunity Continued

What We Offer:

Students on the One Person Team will contribute to the creation of the Nova Scotia & IWK Health One Person One Record strategy for healthcare transformation.

The One Person One Record Team offers hands-on experience and learning opportunities participating in the following areas:

Enterprise Architecture, Patient Journey, Research Culture, Human Factors/User Centered Design, Clinical Informatics, Facilitation, Process Improvement, Organization Change Management, Value Stream Mapping, Performance Measurement, Technology Enabled Practice, Medication Management, Clinical Standardization, Clinical Documentation, Program Management, Project Management, Systems Adoption, Benefits Realization, BPMN, Workflow and Process Development, Business Analysis, Requirements Analysis, Business Intelligence, Data and Analytics , Root Cause Analysis and Leadership Skills.

The One Person Team also want to learn from you! The success of our Interns is a Program priority. In addition to providing general support duties to the One Person Team and the needs of our health partners, the One Person Team endeavors to provide Interns with experiences to enrich personal career interests and goals during the internship. One Person Team members provide regular one-on-one mentorship throughout the internship term.

About You

We encourage you to apply for one of our Internship positions should you meet the following requirements:

• You are currently completing or have completed undergraduate level or master\xe2\x80\x99s level studies or professional program and are a student from relevant health, informatics, computer science, engineering, or sciences faculty.
• You are a student at a technical college or program focused on Data Analytics, Information Management and Technology, Website or Application Development, Graphics Design or Business and Communications Technologies.

Assets:

• Previous role in health care setting.
• Experience documenting workflows (BPM+), ability to organize information.
• Analytical skills, strong attention to detail, excellent communicator, a flexibility with shifting focus, open to feedback, ability to independently solve problems.
• Ability to work independently and with a Team, adapt well to complex environments, and comfortable working in loosely structured environments.
• Experience using MS Excel, MS Word, MS power point, MS Teams and willingness to learn new technologies and applications.
• Ability to create design elements
• Experience working with clinical data, ability to discern clinical data elements and categorize, ability to identify overall themes

Hours

• Short-assignment, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
• Approximately 4 months (Fall 2023)
• Location Details: Halifax. Willingness exists to accommodate students in areas beyond Halifax based on interest, and qualifications. One Person One Record Team supports a flexible work environment for work from home, in-office, or hybrid model

Compensation and Incentives

$18.00 - $21.00 Hourly + 4% in lieu of benefits and vacation. Wages are matched to academic program.

Once You\'ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

\xe2\x80\x8bThis is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

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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