Lead, Health Informatics

Salary The salary range for this position is CAD $46.37 - $66.66 / hour

Fraser Health Authority is seeking a Lead, Health Informatics to join our Clinical Informatics and Digital Health team. This role provides leadership across health informatics initiatives that support clinical and corporate business areas, enabling the effective use of information and digital solutions to improve care delivery.

The Lead, Health Informatics is responsible for leading and managing assigned projects, providing day-to-day leadership to team members, and applying appropriate change management strategies throughout the project lifecycle. This role partners closely with clinical and corporate stakeholders, offering expert advice, guidance, and direction within an assigned portfolio.

Key areas of focus include knowledge management, decision support, and the development and implementation of application architecture. The Lead, Health Informatics also provides expertise on enterprise-wide initiatives and serves as a backup to the Portfolio Manager in team leadership responsibilities.

• Lead and manage assigned health informatics projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and guidance to team members
• Apply effective change management strategies to support project success and adoption
• Advise clinical and corporate stakeholders on knowledge management, decision support, and information system solutions
• Support the development and implementation of application architecture
• Contribute to enterprise-wide initiatives and initiatives of strategic importance
• Act as backup to the Portfolio Manager for team leadership activities as required

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Science, Computer Science, Software Engineering
  , or a related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Five (5) years of recent experience in business and systems analysis, including experience as a project manager
• Demonstrated experience working with health and corporate information systems

At Fraser Health, we are committed to delivering innovative, patient-centred care supported by strong digital and informatics foundations. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to meaningful health system transformation while working within a collaborative and purpose-driven environment.

BC’s health system is in the process of transformation. As part of the planned changes, certain IM/IT, Finance, and Supply Chain roles are expected to be in scope for transition to a new provincial shared services organization, BC Shared Health Services. Candidates applying to positions in these areas should be aware that, while the role is currently employed by the Health Authority, it may transition to BC Shared Health Services as part of the first or subsequent implementation phases.

The intent of this transition is to support continuity of employment however, details regarding timing, process, and any impacts to employment arrangements will be confirmed as planning progresses. Providing this information at the recruitment stage is intended to ensure transparency about the broader system changes underway and to support informed decision-making by candidates.

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

The Lead, Health Informatics is responsible for leading and managing assigned projects, providing leadership to team members and applying appropriate change management strategies as part of a project. Provides advice, guidance, and direction to an assigned portfolio in the areas of knowledge management, and decision support; in clinical and corporate business areas which includes the development and implementation of application architecture.

Provides expertise on enterprise-wide projects, serves as back up to the Portfolio Manager in the area of team leadership.