IM IT Business Systems Analyst

Job title: IM IT Business Systems Analyst

Job description: ​Req ID: 123228
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Provincial Zone, Bethune Building – QEII
Department: IMIT Pathology Informatics
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 2 position(s)
Status: Non-Union position
Posting Closing Date: 8-Dec-21

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’re 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.

Responsibilities

The IM/IT Business Analyst/ System Analyst reports to an IM/IT Manager, and is responsible for the evaluation, testing, implementation, maintenance, and support of information management and technology solutions, projects and services across NSHA, IWK and its many external clients. The IM/IT BA/SA collaborates with key clinical and business stakeholders throughout the province as the organization, in partnership with the province’s Internal Services Department and the Department of Health and Wellness, moves towards the rationalization of disparate systems and the OPOR strategy.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Information gathering and documentation of business requirements and end user workflow impacts as they relate to IT systems and processes

• Ensures IT systems and processes are implemented and maintained to support the effective and safe delivery of patient information to care providers in a variety of settings

• Establish and maintain working relationships between the Clinical and Business stakeholders and IM/IT to determine appropriate IT solutions

• Collaborate with other team members, vendors and clinical stakeholders

• Participate in clinical IM IT projects

• Complete other duties as assigned in relation to the position description

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in a Health Related discipline, or Information Technology, Consideration may be given to those with equivalent training and relevant experience

• 1-3 years’ experience in System Analysis, Business Analysis with Clinical Applications an asset

• Experience and/or training with healthcare information systems and terminology an asset

• Certification in IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), Project Management (PMP) and/or organizational change management an asset.

• Ability to relay or explain issues or difficult scenarios to clinical and business staff

• Working knowledge of basic systems principles, theories and concepts within healthcare

• Strong knowledge of health care and technology industry best practice relating to software applications

• Ability to troubleshoot and document issues and problems and implement resolution using clinical best practice knowledge of internal and/or external business issues to improve service

• Experience supporting clinical application systems and related services in a complex health care organizational environment considered an asset

• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills

• Experience creating summary documentation based on evaluation and analysis

• Ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to document and solve issues

• Experience in transformational or process analysis to support change management principles

• Organizational Skills, high level of accuracy and attention to detail

• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants relying on education and experience equivalencies must clearly state such equivalencies in their cover letter, resume, or application. Additionally, candidates will not be considered for an interview if applications are incomplete or are missing information.

Hours of Work

Two (2) permanent full time positions; 75 hours biweekly

Salary Information

$30.62 – $38.28 hourly

Once You’ve Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit please visit

​This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit – MGMT/NON-Union 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.

​As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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. Our priority groups are Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians, People of Colour, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ and Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.

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