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Health Shared Services is seeking a Population Public Health, Primary Care, and Indigenous Health Clinical Informatics Lead (CIL) to join the Clinical Operations Informatics Office. The CIL is a senior clinical informatics professional responsible for leading complex digital health initiatives and connecting clinical practice and operational needs with digital systems.
Reporting to the Clinical Operational Readiness (CORe) Lead, the CIL provides clinical informatics leadership across Population Public Health, Primary Care, and Indigenous Health. The role works across diverse programs, services, populations, communities, workflows, and models of care to support safe, effective, culturally responsive, and person-centred care.
The CIL leads and coordinates complex initiatives involving clinical, operational, technical, and organizational stakeholders. The role requires established clinical and informatics experience and the ability to independently assess complex issues, establish direction, influence stakeholders and leadership, navigate competing priorities, develop recommendations, and advance work through implementation, adoption, and optimization.
The CIL works across governance structures and organizational boundaries, building relationships with clinical and operational leaders, digital health teams, Provincial Health Agencies, and external partners.
This is a senior clinical informatics leadership role requiring established clinical, digital health, and organizational change leadership experience. Regular travel throughout Alberta and occasional out-of-province travel is required.
Flexibility in work location within Alberta may be discussed with the hiring manager upon appointment.
Description
The Clinical Informatics Lead (CIL) is a senior clinical informatics professional responsible for leading, coordinating, and advancing complex digital health initiatives across Population Public Health, Primary Care, and Indigenous Health.
The CIL provides clinical informatics expertise and leadership throughout the design, implementation, adoption, and optimization of Connect Care and other digital health solutions. The role works across programs, services, sites, and organizational boundaries to harmonize clinical workflows, support standardization, promote adoption, and improve clinical and operational outcomes.
The CIL independently assesses clinical and operational needs, identifies emerging issues and risks, develops recommendations and mitigation strategies, facilitates decisions, and advances initiatives through implementation and optimization.
As a key liaison between clinical operations and digital health, the CIL influences stakeholders and leadership, explains complex issues and proposed solutions, navigates competing priorities, and builds alignment across clinical, operational, and technical teams.
The CIL provides functional leadership and clinical informatics guidance to project teams, clinicians, and digital health partners and leads stakeholder engagement and change management activities to promote successful adoption and sustainable workflow change.
The role works across governance structures and engages Provincial Health Agencies, Indigenous partners and communities, Primary Care Networks, academic institutions, government agencies, and other external partners to support alignment across Alberta’s health system.
Regular travel throughout Alberta and occasional out-of-province travel are required.
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Classification
IT Proc/Chng&Rel Mgmt Srv Lev4
Union
Exempt
Unit and Program
COIO
Primary Location
Quarry Crossing
Location Details
Eligible to work hybrid (on/off site) within Alberta
Employee Class
Regular Full Time
FTE
1.00
Posting End Date
22-OCT-2026
Date Available
01-NOV-2026
Hours per Shift
7.75
Length of Shift in weeks
2
Shifts per cycle
10
Shift Pattern
Days
Days Off
Saturday/Sunday
Minimum Salary
$38.73
Maximum Salary
$66.42
Vehicle Requirement
Not Applicable
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Nursing or regulated Allied Health; current professional registration in good standing.
Master's degree in Health Informatics, Health Sciences, Nursing, Public Health, Leadership or Education.
10+ years of direct clinical experience as a Registered Nurse or regulated Allied Health professional.
5+ years of healthcare leadership, including leading organizational change and complex initiatives; setting direction, influencing leaders and stakeholders, managing resistance and competing priorities, mitigating risks, recommending solutions, and driving implementation and adoption.
2+ years of progressively responsible clinical informatics or digital health experience.
Experience with Epic CIS; strong knowledge of clinical informatics, healthcare operations, governance and workflows.
Demonstrated project leadership and application of change management principles.
Health informatics certification or professional development (e.g., CPHIMS-CA or Digital Health Canada). PROSCI or other formal change management training.
Additional Required Qualifications
Demonstrated ability to lead complex work across multiple clinical, operational, and technical teams, including establishing direction, coordinating deliverables, building alignment, and maintaining accountability through implementation and optimization.
Ability to influence without formal authority, engage clinical and operational leadership, facilitate competing perspectives, manage resistance and conflict, and recommend practical solutions to complex issues.
Demonstrated ability to independently identify emerging issues and risks, develop mitigation strategies, determine when escalation is required, and move work forward while maintaining appropriate governance and leadership alignment.
Exceptional communication, facilitation, relationship-building, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to establish trusted relationships across diverse stakeholders.
Strong analytical, critical-thinking, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively with minimal supervision.
Experience providing functional leadership, mentorship, and clinical informatics guidance to colleagues and project teams.
Demonstrated patient-first mindset and commitment to culturally responsive, person-centred care and ongoing professional development.
Willingness and ability to travel regularly throughout Alberta and occasionally out of province, and to attend meetings at varied times as required.
Preferred Qualifications
Project management certification or education.
Experience supporting Population Public Health, Primary Care, Indigenous Health, community-based healthcare services, or provincial digital health initiatives.
Job description provided by Alberta Health Services.
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