RQ00576 - Sr. Technology Architect

4 openings - 4 different submissions

Hybrid/remote 3 days - University Ave.

As part of the refreshed digital health and data strategy, the Agency will make a concerted effort to leverage new and existing digital solutions, as part of a clinically led change program, to make tangible improvements to how frontline providers work and contribute to bringing joy back to clinical practice.

The purpose of this request is to acquire HL7 FHIR resources with expertise in FHIR standards and awareness of applicable Terminology standards who will work with others in support of the Digital Health Standards (DHS) Program to deliver standards components related to specifications on the Digital Health Standards Program Workplan.

Responsibilities

• Conduct requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conducts partner engagement.
• Work with different partners and subject matter experts from different backgrounds (clinical, business, and technical).
• Interact with the business partners and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering, documenting, and analyzing business needs and requirements.
• Develop and document HL7 FHIR artifacts and supporting documentation.
• Validate, troubleshoot, and problem solve the HL7 FHIR artifacts.

Desired Skills

• Knowledge and experience with existing Agency digital health assets and standards.
• Knowledge and experience with structured clinical documents.
• Knowledge and experience with HL7 FHIR, Canadian and International Terminology Standards and FHIR Structure Data Capture (SDC).
• Experience working with GitHub is desired.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Products, with a preference for candidates that have experience with Microsoft based cloud tools (e.g., Microsoft Office 365).
• Knowledge of Healthcare Information Systems used throughout the province of Ontario.
• Ability to readily identify, assess and mitigate implementation and adoption issues.
• 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

• FHIR standards assessment, selection, development, and maintenance processes
• Research and analysis
• Communication and collaboration
• Partner engagement and management

The consultants will work collaboratively with the DHS Program on deliverables related to standards:

1. Environmental scans, Data Standards research and presentation of results
2. Data Standards assessments and analysis for harmonization and interoperability
3. Terminology mapping where applicable
4. Develop end to end workflows related to Enterprise Terminology Services Management where applicable
5. Develop end to end procedure manuals – author and deliver
6. Provide hands on training for tooling (Ontoserver) where applicable
7. Research and incorporate best practices for terminology services and tooling
8. Provision and delivery of learning materials inclusive of:

Compatible with the internal Agency Learning Management System and software (Articulate Storyline)

Includes a service level agreement whereby Agency is established as the owner of the training/education packages

Includes a combination of audio and visual resources

Fact sheets to support communication and awareness related to terminology services and tooling

1. Participate in collaboration with DHS team at partners meetings and workshops
2. Develop and present weekly report of deliverables, time, and status updates
3. Provide knowledge transfer documents and conduct knowledge transfer sessions for all project deliverables with assigned Agency subject matter experts
4. Follow Agency's and DHS guidelines for documentation, templates, and data storage and organization
5. Complete deliverables in adherence to Agency guidelines for all communication, email, messaging, etc.,

Must Haves

1. Experience in content design and/or technical e-learning
2. Outstanding technical skills in creating captivating educational content
3. Minimum 10-15 years of experience in digital health standards, inclusive of terminology maintenance and mapping
4. Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital health standards including but not limited to HL7 FHIR, clinical terminologies (e.g., SNOMED-CT, LOINC) and their application.
5. Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital health standards and tooling
6. Hands‑on experience with interoperability standards gap analysis, environmental scan and HL7 FHIR implementation guides