Specialist Health Technology and Clinical Informatics

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Assessment accommodation

Please note that each hiring manager may have specific criteria to assess for their respective positions. Therefore, “asset” experience qualifications may be considered as essential qualifications based on the current and future requirements of the position being staffed.

During the application process, you will be asked to answer a series of pre-screening questions about “asset” experience qualifications that may be a deciding factor in referring your application to hiring managers for consideration. In this instance, any of the “asset” qualifications may be deemed essential requirements for the position being staffed.

We are aware that there are many questions to answer during the application process, please, keep in mind that, in answering all the questions for which you meet the criteria, you will significantly increase your chances to be referred to hiring managers for further consideration.

How to apply:

Step 1 : Read the ENTIRE advertisement carefully which includes the “Other Information” section near the end.

Step 2 : Want to join our team? Click on “Apply online” at the bottom of the page to let us know you are interested.

Step 3 : Tell us about you! Fill out the application via GC Jobs by entering all the necessary information.

The most important part is answering the screening questions for essential and asset education and experience criteria.

IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ANSWERING SCREENING QUESTIONS

→ You are responsible for explaining how you meet the qualifications by giving clear and concrete examples in your answers to each question.
→ It is NOT enough to only state that you meet the criterion by listing responsibilities or activities, by answering in point form, by “copy & pasting” from your résumé or by simply saying “refer to my résumé/ previous answer(s)”. If you do not provide enough information, we may screen you out of the selection process.
→ For each question, you MUST clearly show and support that you meet the qualification by writing 1 – 2 paragraphs
→ When evaluating your answers, we cannot make any guesses about your experience.
→ We will not contact you to get more information or to clarify your answers during the screening phase.
→ We will only use your résumé as a secondary source to confirm what you wrote in your answers. Please include dates, departments/organisations, and position titles for each job listed.

Step 4 : We will carefully review your application package. And, if we screen you in because you meet all the essential criteria, we may contact you for further information or for other assessments.

It is your responsibility, as a candidate, to clearly demonstrate that you meet each of the screening criteria. Please note that it is not sufficient to state that you meet the required qualifications, or to list your current qualifications. It is necessary to provide concrete examples that demonstrate how you meet the requirements. If you do not provide sufficient examples and details, your application may be rejected because the assessment committee will not have the necessary information to determine whether you meet the qualifications or not. Your résumé will only be used to confirm your employment history and will not be used to complete your answers to the screening and text questions. You will also need to provide references that will allow us to validate the information you provide for each of the essential and asset experiences.

***IMPORTANT***
The answers you will provide to the essential qualifications (education, work experience, abilities and competencies) questions will be used to evaluate your ability to communicate effectively in writing.

Work environment

Based on direction from Treasury Board on prescribed presence in the workplace, CSC is a hybrid work model which allows most employees the opportunity to work a combination of telework and work from the CSC office location (there is currently a minimum requirement of working in the office 3 days a week), subject to operational requirements. When answering the application question, please only select the cities from which you are willing to physically work.

Intent of the process

A pool of qualified candidates (fully or partially assessed) may be established and used to staff similar positions at this group and level of various tenures (e.g. acting, assignment, deployment, secondment, term, permanent). Given the potential use of the selection process and the subsequent pool established by hiring managers, we encourage all employees seeking this experience to apply.

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

OCCUPATIONAL CERTIFICATION:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse or Registered Psychiatric Nurse in a province or territory of Canada*, with no conditions or restrictions.

EDUCATION

• Graduation with a degree or diploma from a recognized post-secondary institution with acceptable specialization in nursing, nursing service administration, nursing education or some other specialty relevant to the position.

EXPERIENCE:

• Significant* experience in the planning, implementation and evaluation of health programs or initiatives
• Significant* experience working with health legislation and regulations
• Significant* experience working with clinical health information management systems (i.e. Electronic Medical Record)
• Experience coordinating the development and delivery of training for health care providers.
• Experience in managing financial resources.

* Significant experience will be assessed in terms of the depth and breadth of activities, the complexity and diversity of work handled, as well as the level of autonomy demonstrated. While such an experience would normally be acquired over a period of approximately three (3) years, a shorter duration may be considered based on demonstrated complexity and diversity of work handled, scope of work, and/or level of direct responsibility.

Degree equivalency

If you possess any of the following, your application must also clearly explain how you meet it (other qualifications)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

• Graduation with a degree or diploma in clinical informatics from a recognized post-secondary university or college

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in supervision of staff (supervises Health Technology clinical and support employees on assignment. Establishing roles and responsibilities; assigning work; monitoring and assessing performance; mentoring and coaching; determining and establishing learning plans; and resolving performance issues.)
• Experience in program management such as needs assessment, planning, organizing, coordinating and evaluation for implementation of new health technologies.
• Experience in leading or coordinating the implementation of Training Programs for health information management systems. Experience working in a correctional environment.
• Experience in analysis and participation in redesign of clinical processes affected by implementation of new health technology
• Significant* experience working with health data legislation and regulations

* Significant experience will be assessed in terms of the depth and breadth of activities, the complexity and diversity of work handled, as well as the level of autonomy demonstrated. While such an experience would normally be acquired over a period of approximately three (3) years, a shorter duration may be considered based on demonstrated complexity and diversity of work handled, scope of work, and/or level of direct responsibility.

ABILITIES:

• Ability to plan, organize and direct the effective delivery of new technologies to support health services delivery.

Degree equivalency

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Various language requirements
Bilingual Imperative BBB/BBB
Bilingual Imperative CBC/CBC

Information on language requirements

ABILITIES:

• Ability to plan, organize and direct the effective delivery to support health services delivery.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.

KEY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

• Create vision and strategy.
• Mobilize people.
• Uphold integrity and respect.
• Collaborate with partners and stakeholders.
• Promote innovation and guide change.
• Achieve results.

OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Willingness to work outside normal or business hours with little or no notice.
• Willingness to travel as required.

ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS

• Achieving a representative work force has been identified as an organizational need. Self-identification to one of the following groups could be used as a criterion for selection depending on the position being staffed: person with disabilities, visible minorities or Indigenous people.

Other information

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled and diverse workforce that reflects the Canadians we serve. We promote employment equity and encourage you to indicate if you belong to one of the designated groups when you apply.

Information on employment equity

Depending on the number of applicants, CSC's needs and HR plans, volume management strategies such as, but not limited to, top-down approach, cut-off scores, random selection and/or assessment may be used for the purpose of managing applications/candidates.

An assignment, secondment, or acting appointment requires approval of your supervisor.

Persons are entitled to participate in the appointment process in the official language(s) of their choice. Applicants are asked to indicate their preferred official language in their application

The Assessment Committee reserves the right to contact references other that the ones submitted by the candidates (only within the Public Service) if found necessary, in order to make a suitable assessment of the candidates.

All the information collected during the selection process, from the time of application until the end of the process will be used to assess the candidates.

Applicants who apply to this selection process must include in their application a valid email address and make sure this address is functional at all times and accepts messages from unknown users.

Applicants should check their email regularly. Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent.

We will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans first and then to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, with the exception of a job located in Nunavut, where Nunavut Inuit will be appointed first.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.