KEEWAYTINOOK OKIMAKANAK

(Northern Chiefs Tribal Council)

DIRECTOR OF EHEALTH SERVICES

Purpose

Reporting to the KO Director of Operations, the Telemedicine Director of eHealth Services oversees the day-to-day operations of the KO Telemedicine program.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Establishes an operational infrastructure for telemedicine and oversees day-to-day operations and effectively supervises and supports staff.
• Coordinates clinical, technical and organizational teams to plan and implement telemedicine services.
• Initiates regional projects and assigns team resources
• Ensures human resource systems and activities are consistent with Keewaytinook Okimakanak Policy and Procedures and reproducible at a regional level.
• Project contact with all funding and other partners.
• Achieves approved milestones and objectives and reports on these at meetings with the Executive Director and/or the First Nations Advisory Committee and as required.
• Responsible for timely solutions and issue management related to all aspects of the project.
• Engages stakeholders to migrate the telemedicine model to regional First Nations.
• Supports the development of an integrated Telemedicine and eHealth application in participating communities.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Post-secondary degree or equivalent in health information systems, health policy/public administration, or other appropriate disciplines.
• Must have a minimum of five years pertinent work experience.
• Ability to speak/write Cree, Oji-Cree or Ojibway a very strong asset.
• Total competence in written and oral English.
• Familiarity with network systems, technologies and architectures; applied knowledge of ICT applications and pricing
• Applied knowledge of negotiating and monitoring agreements and contracts.
• Knowledge of participatory research design and quantitative statistical analysis of needs and evaluation.
• Experience in implementing and managing large-scale community-based projects; familiarity with project management tools and techniques.

Please submit your resumé and 3 written references by 4:30 pm on April 15, 2011 to:

            Hiring Committee 
            Keewaytinook Okimakanak 
            PO Box 340 
            Balmertown, Ontario 
            P0V 1C0 
            Fax: 807-735-1383 
            E-Mail: hiring@knet.ca