HL7 FHIR Consultant 0194-0108

at  Foilcon

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Familiarity with Microsoft Products, with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g., Microsoft Office 365).
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Subject matter expertise with health data exchange standards assessment, selection, development, maintenance and implementation
• Good understanding of pan-Canadian and Ontario digital health landscape, trends and challenges
• Experience with research and analysis
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent partner management skills
• Experience with Strategy development

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE / EVALUATION CRITERIA:

• Knowledge and experience designing and implementing HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard by demonstrating experience and processes for conducting detailed standards research, gap analysis and recommendations: 15 Points
• Knowledge and experience developing and maintaining HL7 FHIR implementation guides including publication, versioning, ongoing maintenance and deprecation, including work with standards development organizations or standards maintenance organizations to advance the quality and usability of standards: 20 Points
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with the development and implementation of HL7 FHIR standards and other legacy data exchange standards used in a highly complex jurisdictional health data exchange environment, involving cross enterprise system integration for multiple purposes including direct care, data analytics, system planning and research: 20 Points
• Experience in developing provincial data exchange strategy and implementation plans including engagement with partners to assess and define the approach for FHIR and terminology standards alignment: 20 Points
• Experience in implementing interoperable digital health solutions, including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standards-based clinical information to the EHR: 10 Points
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with identifier management (e.g. object identifiers, uniformed resource identifier, etc.) for cross-enterprise health data exchange: 10 Points
• Knowledge and understanding of the standards lifecycle and the Digital Health standards landscape (Ontario Health, Canadian/pan-Canadian, and international standards), and Digital Health initiatives in other jurisdictions (local, regional, provincial) is an asset: 5 Points

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER DETAILS:

• The Candidate will ensure full knowledge transfer is provided to the Ontario Health team before end of engagement. Some of this might occur at the end of the engagement but will also be shared as information is obtained/consolidated. Key deliverables will be shared with team.
• The Candidate must provide all related documentation as part of Knowledge transfer protocol. Documents will be reviewed by the appropriate leads and signed off by manager/director.
• The candidate will work collaboratively with OH team throughout the assignment and ensure key deliverables, milestones, and documentation are shared.
• A walkthrough of any demos, development, etc. will be required before end of engagement.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conducts requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducts stakeholder engagement
• Work with different stakeholders and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, and technical).
• Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.