RQ-2026-009913 - Sr. Specialized IT Consultant for Terminology Standards

Project Overview

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct requirements gathering, develops documentation, including presentations and briefing notes and conduct 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, validate and document terminology artifacts
• Forms (eForms) – Standardized Referral Forms
• Data Standards assessments and analysis for harmonization and interoperability
• Specification Development and/or Maintenance for data standards
• Data Standards Orientation
• Walkthrough of Specifications
• Testing Support from a data standards perspective
• Consultation and collaboration with other partners (within and external to the Agency)

Qualifications & Requirements

REQUIRED

• Must be able to work onsite at 525 University Avenue (remote currently; may be required onsite)
• Minimum 10 years of hands-on experience in mapping and implementing clinical terminologies such as SNOMED CT and LOINC
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of digital exchange standards such as FHIR, clinical terminologies (e.g., SNOMED-CT, LOINC)
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital exchange standards and tooling
• Hands-on experience implementing terminology solutions
• Healthcare experience within Canada in acute care, primary care and/or community care settings.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of pan-Canadian digital health standards and tooling.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written, and strong partner engagement skills.
• Time management skills, with the ability to manage tight deadlines and prioritize multiple projects.
• FHIR standards assessment, selection, development, and maintenance processes
• Research and analysis
• Communication and collaboration
• Partner engagement and management

NICE TO HAVE

• 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.
• 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.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

• Extensive knowledge and implementation experience with clinical data, terminology and technical standards such as SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA, LOINC/pCLOCD, HL7 v2, HL7 FHIR. - 20 points
• Knowledge and experience of the development and implementation of terminology standards (LOINC, and SNOMED CT/SNOMED CT-CA), including use in electronic forms, referrals and other solutions that reduce the use of paper faxing. Experience with forms design, development, maintenance and harmonization including electronic. - 30 points
• Knowledge and strong understanding of jurisdictional electronic health record projects, interoperability services and integration with healthcare initiatives within regional healthcare organizations for clinical data repositories, and other associated healthcare information systems in use within a jurisdiction. - 20 points
• Experience implementing interoperable digital health solutions, including assessing readiness of existing clinical information systems for collection/submission of standards-based clinical information to the EHR and identifying effective workflow. - 10 points
• Knowledge and understanding of the standards lifecycle and the digital health standards landscape, and digital health initiatives in other jurisdictions. - 10 points
• Knowledge of and experience with terminology asset management tools is an asset (e.g., Apelon DTS, Term Works, Ontoserver, Shrimp). - 10 points

Key Skills & Competencies

SNOMED CT, LOINC, FHIR, HL7 v2, clinical terminology, pan-Canadian digital exchange standards, terminology solutions, pan-Canadian digital health standards, Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft cloud tools, terminology asset management, Apelon DTS, Term Works, Ontoserver, Shrimp, eForms, data standards, interoperability, clinical data, technical standards, SNOMED CT-CA, LOINC/pCLOCD, clinical information systems, EHR, interoperable digital health solutions, standards-based clinical information, digital health standards, clinical data repositories