Island Health Hiring for Leader, Systems Engineer at Victoria, BC Full Time

Job Description:
In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of the Vancouver Island Health Authority, patient safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at VIHA; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

The Leader, Systems Engineer, IM/IT is a key member of the Systems Development team and is responsible for working within the VIHA enterprise architecture and software development methodologies to define a system configuration that supports solution requirements intended to support the organizations strategic goals.

The Leader, Systems Engineer works closely with the solution business analysts, designers and developers to ensure that business requirements are fully supported by the system and align with the overall seamless nature of the regions business undertakings across disparate vendor or custom solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education, Training And Experience

A level of education, training and experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or health information science and a minimum of 7 years’ experience as a software developer with a minimum of three years’ experience with the Cerner Millennium system. Master’s degree preferred.

A grounding in software development methodologies and a strong understanding of the Cerner Millennium system. Additional training/certifications in business processing engineering including BPM and Lean, architecture methodologies, ITIL, software development, CMMI, project management (PMI, Prince), health informatics (CPHIMS-CA) is desirable.

Skills And Abilities

Expert knowledge of the Cerner Millennium system including architecture, functionality, modules, and associated development tools.

Knowledge of common healthcare related standards including SBAR, SNOMED, HL7 is desired.

Ability to create and read UML diagrams, use cases.

Ability to convert requirements in to system specifications that are further decomposed to discrete work packages to be developed as part of the system solution.

Good interpersonal skills, including tact and diplomacy, in dealing with a variety of work situations, excellent facilitation skills.

Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain good working relationships.

Excellent personal organizational and time management skills.

Proven ability to work in a dynamic environment with a variety of disciplines.

Ability to handle multiple concurrent streams of work.

Well developed listening and recording skills.

Job Requirements:
https://jd.viha.ca/JD3119.pdf