Our client, the South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), is one of 14 local organizations that have been created in Ontario to plan, coordinate and fund local health services, including hospitals, community care access centres (CCACs), long-term care homes, community health centres (CHCs), community support service agencies, and mental health and addictions agencies. The South West LHIN is home to almost one million people and covers an eight county area from Long Point to the Bruce Peninsula. The office of the South West LHIN is located in London, Ontario.
Committed to health improvement, innovation, and the establishment of collaborative partnerships across the South West, LHIN staff will incorporate the best aspects of teamwork and continuous learning as they work with the local community to ensure the best health outcomes for everyone. If you are interesting in being part of a dynamic team at the South West LHIN, consider the following:
Decision support specialist / EPIDEMIOLOGIST
As a key member of this high performance team, you will provide decision support, and data and statistical analysis using both quantitative and qualitative sources to enable the identification of health system priorities and the development of relevant strategies that will result in improved health outcomes and health system performance within the South West LHIN.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing health system quality and performance indicators and reporting methodologies for use in priority setting, planning and performance measurement. You will also be responsible for extracting, analyzing, interpreting and reporting on health data from a variety of provincial databases and other relevant sources of information; identifying and evaluating trends, as well as appropriate opportunities for system service improvement; and providing expert advice and recommendations. In addition, you will track and analyze performance measures looking at overall health system performance and as part of health service provider accountability agreements.
Qualifications - The successful candidate will have a post-secondary degree in Epidemiology or training in health information management, health planning, statistics, mathematics, research or relevant field and a broad understanding of the Ontario health system. The ideal individual will understand population health and will have worked with demographic and health related data for a minimum of 3-5 years.
You must be experienced with data and statistical analysis; statistical quality control methods; research design, estimation and modeling methods. You must also have a high level of proficiency with a variety of population , health status and health service datasets and information sources such as Census, Provincial Health Planning Database (PHPDB), Health Service Providers, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) along with experience utilizing data management, analysis and reporting tools including Cognos, Crystal Reports, SAS, case mix measures, and mapping (GIS).
Your ability to present information and express complex ideas clearly and effectively to a non-technical audience will ensure your success in this team environment.
Compensation includes competitive salary, pension, and benefits plan.
To apply online, visit www.hrassociates.ca/swlhin or forward your application via email to swlhin_epi@hrassociates.ca by January 30th, 2008.
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