Director, Health Information and Data Analytics
About the role
Position Information
Posting Number:
ROM25-224E
Title:
Director, Health Information and Data Analytics
Position Status:
Regular Full-time
FTE:
1.0
Job Schedule:
Days
Department:
Health Information Management
Union:
Non-union
Site:
Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
About The Royal
As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Health Information & Analytics leads the Data Analytics and Health Records departments, ensuring the effective management of patient health information and data to support hospital operations. This role is accountable for data governance, compliance, reporting, and continuous process improvement, aligning data strategy with hospital goals and industry best practices.
Duties:
- Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership in shaping hospital-wide strategies, ensuring that data and information services are aligned with long-term goals, including digital health, patient-centered care, and performance excellence.
- Lead innovation in health information management by exploring and integrating technologies to streamline documentation, reduce manual processes, and improve data quality.
- Lead and manage two teams, , ensuring alignment and integration of workflows, systems, and priorities.
- Serve as the operational leader for a fully functional health records management infrastructure, focusing on the release of information, transcription services, and optimizing workflows.
- Oversee the transition to new systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices, and driving continuous improvement in health information management processes.
- Ensure the efficient and secure handling of patient records, ensuring confidentiality, accuracy, and accessibility across all departments.
- Lead the hospital’s data analytics initiatives, to enhance operational efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and drive financial performance through data-driven insights and performance measurement.
- Develop and implement the Corporate Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Program, in collaboration with other teams, ensuring alignment with law, ethics principles, and best practices
- Manage all breaches of personal health information, including investigations, communication with affected individuals, and execution of breach response protocols.
- Work in a manner that complies with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
- Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment, Discrimination-Free Workplace and work safety policies and practices.
- Demonstrate commitment to health equity, value diversity and contribute to an inclusive working environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Health Information Management, Business Administration or a related field.
- Master’s degree in Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Health Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA – Healthcare/IT), or Data Analytics preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in healthcare data analytics, health information management, or hospital operations.
- Ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to create and implement long-term plans that align systems with the hospital’s goals to improve patient care and operations.
- Skilled at identifying and using new technologies to improve data analytics, streamline workflow, and enhance healthcare services.
- Identify opportunities to enhance data-driven decision-making and improve efficiency with HIS and ERP Systems.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to manage complex projects and system implementations.
- English level A- is mandatory in oral expression/comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression. Bilingual (French/English) is considered an asset.
Salary currently under review.
Additional Information
- All applicants must provide a recent resume that clearly indicate that they meet the required qualifications.
- The Royal sincerely thanks all applicants for their interest in a career with us; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
- All new hires will be required to obtain a clear and valid Criminal Record or Vulnerable Sector Records Check as a pre-condition of employment.
- The Royal is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.
About Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
The Royal is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres. Our mandate is simple: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. The Royal combines the delivery of specialized mental health care, advocacy, research and education to transform the lives of people with complex and treatment resistant mental illness. The Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health raises funds that support The Royal’s work while placing a sharp focus on awareness building through the You Know Who I Am campaign.
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG) is made up of:
* The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (ROMHC) - a new 188-bed state-of-the-art mental health facility located in Ottawa;
* The Brockville Mental Health Centre (BMHC) - a specialized 219-bed psychiatric facility located in Brockville;
* The University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) - home of leading-edge multidisciplinary research programs that investigate the biological and psychological factors contributing to mental illness and innovative ways to treat mental illness;
* Royal Ottawa Place (ROP) - a 96-bed long-term residential care centre located in Ottawa; and
* The Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health - the fundraising organization that supports mental health research, capital projects and equipment purchases on behalf of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group.
Director, Health Information and Data Analytics
About the role
Position Information
Posting Number:
ROM25-224E
Title:
Director, Health Information and Data Analytics
Position Status:
Regular Full-time
FTE:
1.0
Job Schedule:
Days
Department:
Health Information Management
Union:
Non-union
Site:
Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
About The Royal
As one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres, The Royal has a clear purpose: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. This is at the core of everything we do and it is driven by the passion, focus and dedication of our employees. Every day, the work that we do transforms the lives of people with mental illness through specialized mental healthcare, advocacy, research and education.
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Health Information & Analytics leads the Data Analytics and Health Records departments, ensuring the effective management of patient health information and data to support hospital operations. This role is accountable for data governance, compliance, reporting, and continuous process improvement, aligning data strategy with hospital goals and industry best practices.
Duties:
- Act as a strategic partner to senior leadership in shaping hospital-wide strategies, ensuring that data and information services are aligned with long-term goals, including digital health, patient-centered care, and performance excellence.
- Lead innovation in health information management by exploring and integrating technologies to streamline documentation, reduce manual processes, and improve data quality.
- Lead and manage two teams, , ensuring alignment and integration of workflows, systems, and priorities.
- Serve as the operational leader for a fully functional health records management infrastructure, focusing on the release of information, transcription services, and optimizing workflows.
- Oversee the transition to new systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and best practices, and driving continuous improvement in health information management processes.
- Ensure the efficient and secure handling of patient records, ensuring confidentiality, accuracy, and accessibility across all departments.
- Lead the hospital’s data analytics initiatives, to enhance operational efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and drive financial performance through data-driven insights and performance measurement.
- Develop and implement the Corporate Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security Program, in collaboration with other teams, ensuring alignment with law, ethics principles, and best practices
- Manage all breaches of personal health information, including investigations, communication with affected individuals, and execution of breach response protocols.
- Work in a manner that complies with staff and patient/client safety practices, policies and procedures of The Royal.
- Ensure a work environment that is conducive to the Royal’s Anti-Racism, Harassment, Discrimination-Free Workplace and work safety policies and practices.
- Demonstrate commitment to health equity, value diversity and contribute to an inclusive working environment.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Health Information Management, Business Administration or a related field.
- Master’s degree in Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Health Administration (MHA), Business Administration (MBA – Healthcare/IT), or Data Analytics preferred.
- Minimum 10 years of experience in healthcare data analytics, health information management, or hospital operations.
- Ability to lead and develop multidisciplinary teams.
- Ability to create and implement long-term plans that align systems with the hospital’s goals to improve patient care and operations.
- Skilled at identifying and using new technologies to improve data analytics, streamline workflow, and enhance healthcare services.
- Identify opportunities to enhance data-driven decision-making and improve efficiency with HIS and ERP Systems.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to manage complex projects and system implementations.
- English level A- is mandatory in oral expression/comprehension, reading comprehension and written expression. Bilingual (French/English) is considered an asset.
Salary currently under review.
Additional Information
- All applicants must provide a recent resume that clearly indicate that they meet the required qualifications.
- The Royal sincerely thanks all applicants for their interest in a career with us; however, only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
- All new hires will be required to obtain a clear and valid Criminal Record or Vulnerable Sector Records Check as a pre-condition of employment.
- The Royal is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.
About Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre
The Royal is one of Canada’s foremost mental health care and academic health science centres. Our mandate is simple: to get more people living with mental illness into recovery faster. The Royal combines the delivery of specialized mental health care, advocacy, research and education to transform the lives of people with complex and treatment resistant mental illness. The Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health raises funds that support The Royal’s work while placing a sharp focus on awareness building through the You Know Who I Am campaign.
The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group (ROHCG) is made up of:
* The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (ROMHC) - a new 188-bed state-of-the-art mental health facility located in Ottawa;
* The Brockville Mental Health Centre (BMHC) - a specialized 219-bed psychiatric facility located in Brockville;
* The University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR) - home of leading-edge multidisciplinary research programs that investigate the biological and psychological factors contributing to mental illness and innovative ways to treat mental illness;
* Royal Ottawa Place (ROP) - a 96-bed long-term residential care centre located in Ottawa; and
* The Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health - the fundraising organization that supports mental health research, capital projects and equipment purchases on behalf of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group.