Company Bio
IMAGINE a hospital where everyone is committed to excellence. We did. We are. From boardroom to bedside, we go above and beyond to offer the best and safest patient care. At North York General Hospital (NYGH), we put our patients first in everything we do. We are achieving a new standard of excellence in integrated patient-centered care and as one of Canada's leading community academic hospitals, we are building on our academic foundation through enhanced education, research and innovation. North York General Hospital is part of North York Toronto Health Partners, a collaborative partnership with patients, primary care, and community partners, a first- generation Ontario Health Team, driving the development of a locally integrated health system to serve the community. As part of our dynamic team, you too can stand out and be amazing! At North York General, our team is making a world of difference.
Position Summary
Project Coordinator - Digital Health
The Digital Health team at North York General Hospital (NYGH) is dedicated to advancing innovative healthcare solutions and enabling digital transformation. By applying project management best practices, we drive strategic initiatives that enhance patient care, improve operational efficiency, and foster collaboration across clinical, operational, and technical teams. This position contributes to the shared responsibility of ensuring health and safety policies are followed to provide for a healthy environment for staff, physicians, volunteers, learners, patients, and families.
We are seeking a talented Project Coordinator – Digital Health to join our team. This role will primarily support Project UniPHI, a clinical transformation initiative, and the hospital’s growing AI portfolio. These projects aim to digitize processes, optimize workflows, and ensure responsible adoption of cutting-edge technologies that align with NYGH’s strategic goals.
About Project UniPHI
You will play a key role in Project UniPHI, an enterprise-wide clinical transformation initiative. This project focuses on digitizing critical processes such as documentation, order entry, and scheduling across NYGH’s outpatient clinics. A major component includes transitioning Oncology clinics from OPIS (Oncology Patient Information System) to Oracle’s Oncology Module, improving integration and patient outcomes.
On a practical level, you will
- Be responsible for supporting and planning and implementation of Information Services and strategic organizational projects
- Organize and facilitate project-related meetings, develop project reports and maintain project plans, presentations, statistics and other related documents, as required
- Build and maintain relationships with all project partners and provide effective written and verbal communication
- Prepare agendas, minutes, and invitations for working groups and project touch-bases
- Coordinate and support execution of approved projects activities to meet needs of stakeholders
- Track project related deliverables and maintain an active list identifying status and next steps
- Support the Digital Health leadership team with varied administrative and project management tasks
- Support the development of materials, such as reports, briefing notes, business cases, requests for proposals, presentations, and communications for the project
- Be responsible for helping and support evolve North York General Hospital’s Project Management methodology
- During critical times of any project implementation, you may be required to work off-hours and/or non-business hours
- Work with clinical and business groups to identify, validate, and document business requirements.
- Support workflow review and process redesign, supporting continuous improvement processes.
- Conduct environmental scans to assess trends and identify actionable insights in healthcare technology.
- Supporting the development of innovative AI projects, such as clinical decision support tools and automated administrative processes, to optimize workflows and enhance outcomes.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science, Science, or a related field.
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in project coordination or as a project analyst.
- Experience in healthcare and/or community support services is preferred .
- Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong relationship management and community engagement skills .
- Bilingualism in French/English is an asset.
What We Offer
Working at NYGH means working with a dynamic team of fellow healthcare providers, staff, and volunteers in one of Canada’s leading hospitals. This is a ,b>Full-Time Temporary position (8 Months), with 8-hour shifts, day shifts, in the Digital Health department. We offer a highly competitive total compensation package which may include benefits, pension, vacation pay, or pay in lieu of benefits, when applicable. If you were searching for more reasons to consider joining the wonderful team at NYGH, check out some features of our Total Rewards package by visiting nygh.on.ca #LI-BR1
How to Apply
Think you're the right person for the job? Here's your first chance to show us why:
- Ensure to meet the deadline - only applications received by the closing date will be considered.
- We will review all applications and will contact those selected for an interview.
Closing Statement
At North York General, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live, including those with disabilities. North York General is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the hiring process. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
