Indigenous Decision Support Consultant | |
| Job ID | F8-E1-03-B8-3D-F8 |
| Company | London Health Sciences Centre |
| Location | London |
| Province | Ontario |
| Date Posted | 2024-04-16 |
| Posted Until | 2024-10-13 |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Job Category | Health Care |
| Job Details | View attachment |
| Description | |
| London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) is a world-class academic health sciences centre located in the Southwestern Ontario City of London. As one of Canada's largest acute-care teaching hospitals, LHSC is a world-class innovator in clinical care, research, and teaching, delivering both local and regional services, including the Children's Hospital, within a large geographic area. The workforce of close to 15,000 employed and credentialled staff who are dedicated to deliver the highest quality patient care while working together to shape the future of health. LHSC's vision is "Transforming health, together." We are committed to co-creating care experiences with patients, partners, and communities, and equity and inclusion are critical components of this commitment. LHSC recognizes the pressing need to address the disparities faced by Indigenous patients, families, and providers, and is dedicated to collectively developing a comprehensive strategy to achieve better outcomes for these communities. As an organization, we aim to actively engage and collaborate with First Nations, Inuit, Metis and Urban Indigenous Peoples, and strive to ensure that our organization's efforts are rooted in their specific needs and priorities. Decision Support and Data Analytics Department The Decision Support Consultant is a trusted expert in applying critical thinking to facilitate problem solving and identify improvement opportunities. Clients include senior leaders, directors, operational, medical and clinical leaders and community partners. The Decision Support Consultant ensures strategic alignment and standardized approaches to ensure data quality is maximized. They provide education to improve data knowledge, analysis and stewardship of resources for clinical programs and corporate projects. They perform aggregation and presentation of clinical, financial and utilization data to inform strategic planning and facilitate evidence-based decision making at the local and system level. The Decision Support Consultants liaise with other resources within the Decision Support Department to ensure operational needs of partners and programs are met. These operational needs include regular and ad hoc reporting, planning and forecasting, assessing data quality issues and solutions, and education regarding the resources and tools which are available across the organization. Project work is also included from time to time depending on the nature / size / and scope of the identified work. The Decision Support Consultant will be tasked with supporting development of LHSC's role in delivering Population Health Management (PHM), a strategy for using population-level data and information to support the health and well-being of entire populations proactively. The consultant will, therefore, be working with external partners in the system to understand system-level questions and concerns, and explore opportunities to use information accessible through LHSC's data holdings and partnerships to answer these questions. As part of this Decision Support Consultant's role in PHM, they will be asked to support LHSC's participation in Indigenous data analysis and reporting in support of advancing Indigenous Health for First Nations, Inuit, Metis, and Urban Indigenous populations. This will include support for LHSC's Senior Director of Indigenous Health via the Office of Inclusion and Social Accountability and management of Decision Support requests from external Indigenous partners. The Consultant will help to ensure that this support is provided in accordance with First Nations Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession (OCAP) principles. | |
| Education Requirements | Successful completion of Bachelor's Degree in Business, Health Administration, Epidemiology/Biostatistics or equivalent education. Master's Degree preferred |
| Experience | 4 years recent, related job experience. Knowledge of culture and experience working with local Indigenous communities in Southwestern Ontario preferred. |
| Languages | English |
| Work Settings | Hybrid/ Predominately Remote. Must be located within Ontario. |
| How To Apply | Click "Apply Now' Please apply through our careers page |
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