Senior Clinical Business Analyst - Clinical Documentation & Inpatient Medicine (CIS/EHR)

Senior Clinical Business Analyst – Clinical Documentation & Inpatient Medicine (CIS/EHR)

Client:   Department of Health – Province of New Brunswick

Program:   Provincial Clinical Information Solution Program (Symbio)

Position: Senior Clinical Business Analyst – Clinical Documentation & Inpatient Medicine (CIS/EHR)

Specialization:   Clinical Documentation – Inpatient Medicine

Location:   Remote, Canada

Travel:   Must be available to travel to New Brunswick at least once per month

Contract:  2 years, with two optional 1-year extensions

Expected Start Date:   August 24, 2026, or earlier if available

Work Schedule:   Full-time

About the Opportunity

The Department of Health, Province of New Brunswick, is seeking an experienced   Senior Clinical Business Analyst / Clinical Informatics Analyst – Clinical Documentation   to support the   Provincial Clinical Information Solution (CIS) Program, known as Symbio .

New Brunswick is undertaking a major digital health transformation to transition from multiple standalone hospital information systems to a unified, standardized, and integrated provincial Clinical Information Solution. The successful candidate will play a key role in the   standardization, design, build, testing, and implementation of clinical documentation practices and workflows , with a particular focus on   Inpatient Medicine .

This is an ideal opportunity for a senior clinical business analyst with substantial experience in   acute-care healthcare environments, EHR/CIS implementations, clinical documentation, inpatient workflows, requirements analysis, clinical content, and healthcare provider engagement .

Key Responsibilities

• Support the   standardization, design, build, validation, testing, and implementation of Clinical Documentation   practices and related workflows across the provincial healthcare system.
  
• Act as a   Clinical Documentation subject matter expert   on the impact of CIS/EHR implementation and clinical digitization on clinical content, workflows, processes, procedures, and care delivery.
  
• Support clinical standardization initiatives specifically related to   Inpatient Medicine and acute-care environments .
  
• Gather, analyze, validate, document, and prioritize   business and system requirements .
  
• Facilitate discovery, requirements-gathering, validation, and future-state design workshops with physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, and other healthcare stakeholders.
  
• Document   current-state and future-state workflows , business processes, use cases, user stories, functional requirements, and detailed solution/design documentation.
  
• Conduct   gap analysis   between existing clinical processes and proposed CIS-enabled future-state processes.
  
• Develop and refine clinical documentation standards, templates, workflows, and related clinical content.
  
• Support the development and implementation of   clinical deliverables for Inpatient Medicine .
  
• Where applicable, contribute to   Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE), order sets, clinical documentation, Pharmacy, Laboratory, and Medical Imaging workflows .
  
• Collaborate with Clinical SMEs, project managers, clinical leads, technical teams, vendors, and stakeholders to translate clinical needs into actionable system requirements and CIS solutions.
  
• Lead and facilitate workshops with healthcare providers to identify and articulate   business requirements, system requirements, use cases, and user stories .
  
• Build, validate, test, and support clinical content within the CIS/EHR environment.
  
• Review existing business requirements and identify opportunities for standardization, optimization, and improvement.
  
• Develop detailed process and solution documentation, including   workflows, use cases, user guides, training materials, and business analysis documentation .
  
• Support implementation activities, stakeholder communications, adoption, change activities, and readiness for new clinical documentation standards.
  
• Work collaboratively across multiple project teams and workstreams while managing competing priorities.
  
• Provide clear verbal, written, facilitation, and presentation support to stakeholders at all organizational levels.
  
• Apply strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills in a complex healthcare transformation environment.
  
• Work with a high degree of independence while maintaining strong collaboration with project leadership, SMEs, clinical stakeholders, and technical teams.
  
• Participate in occasional after-hours or weekend activities when required for implementation activities, with advance approval.
  

Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications

Candidates   must clearly demonstrate all mandatory requirements   below. Resumes should include specific project/client names, dates in   Month/Year format , duration, role, responsibilities, and measurable outcomes wherever possible.

M1 – Education

• University degree in   Healthcare, Business Administration, Information Technology , or an equivalent combination of applicable education and experience.
  

M2 – Clinical Business Analysis / Clinical Documentation Experience

• 5+ years of experience within the last 10 years   as a:
  
• Clinical Business Analyst
  
• Clinical Analyst
  
• Clinical Informatics Analyst
  
• Clinical Systems Analyst
  
• or equivalent role.
  
• Demonstrated experience with   Clinical Documentation-related requirements gathering .
  
• Experience facilitating clinical/business workshops.
  
• Experience conducting:
  
• Use case analysis
  
• Business process analysis
  
• Requirements analysis
  
• Detailed design activities
  
• Business analysis documentation
  
• Current-state/future-state analysis
  
• Gap analysis
  
• Candidates must be able to clearly demonstrate   when and where   this experience was obtained.
  

M3 – Large-Scale Acute Care CIS/EHR Transformation

• 5+ years of experience   as a Business Analyst, Clinical Business Analyst, Clinical Informatics Analyst, or equivalent supporting a   large-scale acute-care digital health transformation or CIS implementation .
  
• Direct experience   building, configuring, implementing, or supporting a comparable Clinical Information System (CIS) / Electronic Health Record (EHR) .
  
• Experience translating clinical workflows and requirements into digital health/CIS solutions.
  
• Experience supporting complex healthcare transformation programs involving multiple clinical stakeholders and/or healthcare organizations.
  

M4 – Inpatient Medicine

• Demonstrated experience developing   clinical deliverables supporting Inpatient Medicine .
  
• Experience must relate directly to inpatient/acute-care clinical workflows, documentation, processes, clinical content, or CIS/EHR implementation.
  

M5 – Availability

• Candidate must be available to commence the assignment   on or about August 24, 2026 , or earlier if possible.
  

M6 – Submission Limit

• Maximum   two candidates   may be submitted by the vendor.
  

Scored Qualifications

Candidates with the following experience will be strongly preferred and should demonstrate the experience explicitly in their resumes and candidate submissions.

S1 – Clinical Documentation & Inpatient Medicine – 5+ Years

5+ years of experience   as a Clinical Business Analyst responsible for:

• Clinical Documentation requirements gathering
  
• Workshop facilitation
  
• Use case analysis
  
• Business process analysis
  
• Detailed design and/or CIS build activities
  
• Clinical system implementation
  
• Inpatient Medicine workflows
  
• Acute-care clinical environments
  

Additional consideration will be given to candidates with experience in:

• Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE)
  
• Order sets
  
• Clinical documentation templates
  
• Clinical forms
  
• Clinical content
  
• Inpatient Medicine
  
• Pharmacy workflows
  
• Medical Imaging workflows
  
• Laboratory workflows
  
• Ancillary clinical services
  

S2 – French & English

Strongly preferred:

• Excellent   verbal and written communication skills in both French and English .
  
• Ability to facilitate meetings, workshops, presentations, and stakeholder discussions in both languages.
  

S3 – Healthcare Workshop Facilitation – 3+ Years

3+ years of demonstrated experience :

• Leading workshops with healthcare providers.
  
• Facilitating requirements-gathering sessions.
  
• Identifying and documenting business requirements.
  
• Defining system requirements.
  
• Developing user stories.
  
• Developing use cases.
  
• Validating current-state and future-state workflows.
  
• Building consensus among clinical stakeholders and SMEs.
  

S4 – Stakeholder Engagement & Self-Direction – 5+ Years

5+ years of experience   demonstrating:

• Strong self-direction and ability to work independently.
  
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-management skills.
  
• Confident engagement with executives, physicians, nurses, clinicians, SMEs, technical teams, vendors, and project leadership.
  
• Ability to communicate complex clinical and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
• Ability to influence, facilitate consensus, and resolve requirements issues in complex environments.
  

S5 – Multi-Project / Multi-Workstream Environment – 5+ Years

5+ years of experience :

• Supporting multiple project teams or workstreams simultaneously.
  
• Managing competing priorities and deadlines.
  
• Working across multiple clinical, technical, operational, and project activities.
  
• Maintaining requirements, documentation, stakeholder engagement, and deliverables across parallel initiatives.
  

S6 – Microsoft 365 & JIRA – 5+ Years

5+ years of experience working in a project environment with:

Microsoft Office 365:

• Excel
  
• Word
  
• PowerPoint
  
• Visio
  
• Outlook
  
• Teams
  

Atlassian JIRA:

• Requirements and issue tracking
  
• User stories
  
• Backlog management
  
• Defect/issue management
  
• Project/workstream tracking
  
• Agile project collaboration
  

S7 – Public Healthcare Experience

• Previous experience working within   public health authorities or public healthcare organizations .
  
• Strong understanding of:
  
• Public healthcare environments
  
• Healthcare policies and practices
  
• Clinical governance
  
• Healthcare service delivery
  
• Provincial healthcare systems
  
• Acute-care operations
  
• Clinical information management
  
• Experience within the New Brunswick healthcare system is highly desirable.
  

Core Technical & Functional Skills

The ideal candidate should possess strong experience in the following areas:

• Clinical Business Analysis
  
• Clinical Informatics
  
• Clinical Documentation
  
• Inpatient Medicine
  
• Acute Care
  
• EHR / CIS Implementation
  
• Digital Health Transformation
  
• Clinical Workflow Analysis
  
• Clinical Process Standardization
  
• Business Requirements
  
• System Requirements
  
• Functional Requirements
  
• Requirements Gathering
  
• Requirements Validation
  
• Gap Analysis
  
• Current-State Analysis
  
• Future-State Design
  
• Business Process Modeling
  
• Workflow Design
  
• Use Cases
  
• User Stories
  
• Detailed Solution Design
  
• Clinical Content Development
  
• Clinical Templates
  
• Clinical Forms
  
• Order Sets
  
• CPOE
  
• Clinical Decision Support
  
• Healthcare Provider Workshops
  
• Stakeholder Engagement
  
• Clinical SME Collaboration
  
• CIS/EHR Build
  
• Clinical Content Validation
  
• System Testing / UAT
  
• Implementation Support
  
• Training and User Documentation
  
• Change Adoption
  
• Healthcare Standardization
  
• Microsoft Office 365
  
• Visio
  
• JIRA
  
• Agile / hybrid project environments
  
• Multi-workstream project delivery
  

Preferred Healthcare Experience

Preference will be given to candidates who have worked with:

• Hospitals
  
• Provincial health authorities
  
• Acute-care organizations
  
• Inpatient Medicine departments
  
• Physicians
  
• Nursing teams
  
• Nurse Practitioners
  
• Allied Health
  
• Pharmacy
  
• Laboratory
  
• Medical Imaging
  
• Clinical Informatics teams
  
• EHR/CIS vendors
  
• Provincial digital health programs
  

Key Deliverables

The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to and/or deliver:

• Detailed review and assessment of existing business requirements.
  
• Clinical stakeholder engagement and requirements workshops.
  
• Current-state and future-state workflow documentation.
  
• Business and system requirements.
  
• Gap analysis and recommendations.
  
• Use cases and user stories.
  
• Clinical documentation standards.
  
• Clinical templates and related CIS content.
  
• Detailed process and solution documentation.
  
• Workflow documentation.
  
• User guides.
  
• Training materials.
  
• Clinical content build, validation, and testing within the CIS.
  
• Implementation and adoption support.
  
• Stakeholder communication and engagement materials.
  
• Recommendations and solutions supporting provincial clinical standardization.
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The strongest candidates will be   Senior Clinical Business Analysts / Clinical Informatics Analysts   with a proven track record supporting   large-scale acute-care EHR/CIS implementations , particularly those involving   Clinical Documentation and Inpatient Medicine .

Candidates should be able to demonstrate not simply general healthcare BA experience, but direct hands-on experience with   clinical documentation requirements, inpatient workflows, clinical content, CIS/EHR implementation, healthcare-provider workshops, requirements analysis, workflow design, clinical standardization, and implementation/build activities .

Experience with   CPOE, order sets, Pharmacy, Laboratory, Medical Imaging, bilingual French/English communication, public healthcare organizations, and New Brunswick h]]>