Student Analyst - Information Management & Technology
About The Position
Information Management & Technology (IM/IT) is recruiting students for 2026 Fall co-op/internships (14-16 weeks). IM/IT is the host organization for clinical application and health information services support across Nova Scotia. The team supports clients across Nova Scotia, including: Nova Scotia Health, IWK Health, primary care physicians, health care providers and retail pharmacies. IM/IT comprises multidisciplinary teams including: IT Clinical Solutions: This team provides ongoing IM/IT operational support, clinical documentation, workflow, process development, data management, standardization, and rationalization to ensure continuous process improvement. IM Clinical Solutions – the health information management (HIM/HIS) team provides leadership and support in the managing of health information including activities around the various modes of registration; admissions; switchboard; locating; paging; public address systems; as well as, monitoring/evaluating health information documentation and confidentiality of patient information requests; retention, storage and destruction of health information; managing submissions reporting to local, provincial, national levels.
Requirements
- Currently completing undergraduate level or master’s level studies or professional program and are a student from relevant health, informatics, engineering, business/commerce, or sciences faculty.
- Student at a technical college or program focused on health informatics, data analytics, information management and technology, logistics, or business/commerce.
- Interest in digital health, clinical workflows, healthcare transformation, logistics, etc.
- Ability to work independently and with a team and adapt well to complex and fast paced environments, and comfortable working in loosely structured environments.
- Skills in one or more of the following: data entry, testing and validation; health information management; process mapping; standard operating procedure and process development; records management; ticket queue management; standardization and rationalization to ensure continuous process improvement
Nice To Haves
- Project management skills
- Previous role in a clinical health care setting
- Experience working with clinical data, ability to discern clinical data elements and categorize, ability to identify overall themes
- Experience or familiarity with digital health systems (e.g. Oracle Health/Cerner, Meditech, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Ongoing IM/IT operational support
- Clinical documentation
- Workflow and process development
- Data management, standardization, and rationalization
- Health information management
- Managing health information including activities around registration, admissions, switchboard, locating, paging, and public address systems
- Monitoring/evaluating health information documentation and confidentiality of patient information requests
- Retention, storage, and destruction of health information
- Managing submissions reporting to local, provincial, and national levels
Benefits
- 4% in lieu of benefits and vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
