Evaluation Lead, Virtual Health

Fraser Health•Surrey, BC

11d•Remote

About The Position

As an Evaluation Lead, you will provide leadership in the evaluation of program service and design for programs and initiatives across Fraser Health, including a focus on Virtual Health, in consultation with program/initiative leadership. You are responsible for the planning and development of evaluation frameworks, data analyses and reporting requirements by reviewing clinical, financial, human resource and operational data, and the application of expert knowledge in program evaluation. You will integrate the implementation of a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System (MELS) for programs and initiatives. You will work collaboratively with members of the Department of Evaluation and Research Services, Virtual Health leaders, staff of various organizational units, and other internal and external stakeholders in support of the mission, philosophies, and goals of Fraser Health. Build your career experience as you provide consulting support for all phases of project development, implementation, and system operations management. Provide mentorship, support, and system administration of an interoperable solution that enables integration of clinical and business workflows across core clinical systems at Fraser Health, numerous other regional and provincial integration initiatives. Participate in all aspects of SDLC, from requirement gathering to creating specifications, from development to unit testing, from conformance testing to production deployment. Provide mentorship to team members.

Requirements

Master's degree in a health related field, statistics, social science, economics, or business management including course work in evaluation design and qualitative and quantitative analysis, with a strong academic background in research methodology.
At least five (5) years recent, related experience working in a health care environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Ability to lead complex multi-disciplinary teams comprised of internal and external resources.
Skilled in leading responsively in an environment of change and redefinition.
Knowledge of the delivery of care in a public health care system, government processes, and health authority structures and responsibilities.
Knowledge of evaluation processes including Logic Models, Performance Monitoring frameworks, and data analyses.
Ability to work with all office software, manipulate large data sets, and generate reports and materials that communicate findings to various audiences in an effective written, visual, and spoken manner.
Ability to use quantitative and qualitative data analysis software.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with project management best practices and artifacts
Experience in designing, developing, and implementing integration solutions.
Strong understanding of integration patterns, data transformation, and reliable messaging.
Experiences in Biztalk will be an asset.
Experience in Software Development
Experience developing in Microsoft SQL (database maintenance, performance measuring, writing ad-hoc queries).
Knowledge of software development lifecycle.
Familiarity of security best practices.
Working knowledge of medical standards such as HL7 and FHIR will be an asset.
Knowledge of IT infrastructure and Networking.

Responsibilities

Serves as the evaluation lead for various programs and initiatives related to Fraser Health Strategic Priorities requiring evaluation services, including a focus on Virtual Health, by planning, coordinating, and implementing program evaluations.
Conducts assessments for feasibility of planning and evaluations by engaging with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership, local governments, and community organizations.
Recommends changes to programs, delivery of care, and impacts on services and staff resources.
Reviews initiatives in development and already underway and works with program leads to develop an overarching evaluation plan, in collaboration with expertise within and external to FH.
Works in partnership with FH program evaluators to both align and maintain alignment between other health authorities, program and local community goals, objectives, measurement methods, and indicators, to ensure benefits realization through successful implementation of program (vertical) and continuum (horizontal) based initiatives in all phases, such as the plan, design, implementation, and evaluation.
Develops evaluation plans by reviewing evidence-based literature, identifying stakeholders, developing logic models, identifying meaningful key performance indicators for structure, process, and outcomes, developing the research design and data collection methods, specifying data collection instruments, and developing data analysis plans for both qualitative and quantitative data.
Conducts/co-ordinates the implementation of the evaluation plan and analysis of data. Provides regular progress reports as needed and requested.
Synthesizes and interprets data, develops written reports and presentations with stakeholder input, and presents final results to stakeholders as required.
Participates in planning and implementing learning sessions within FH and other health authorities, as appropriate.
Ensures evaluation program compliance with FH Privacy policies.
Participates on regional committees and attends meetings to provide support, guidance, findings, and evaluation information, and expertise to others undertaking evaluation processes.