technical writer Vancouver

Smile CDR

Full Time Vancouver 80749 - 65000 CAD ANNUAL Today

Job description

This is a remote position and can be located anywhere in Canada.

AS THE WORLD MOVES TO FHIR, THERE ARE PLENTY OF REASONS TO SMILE.

Smarter decisions, fewer barriers, and better incentives are just the beginning. Smile Digital Health makes it easy for healthcare stakeholders to collect and exchange data with our leading FHIR-based data liberation platform.

We reduce barriers between information and care for those who deliver or consume health services and products and whose roles or care are hindered by fractured, inaccessible or complex information systems.

Let’s make a difference!

BE PART OF THE TEAM WORKING TOWARDS #BETTERGLOBALHEALTH

The Knowledge Author is responsible for expressing medical specifications as data queries using software language designed to be accessible to non-technical individuals. These queries are employed by healthcare systems around the world to support healthcare providers in making the best clinical decisions possible and to measure the quality of healthcare they provide. This role will include researching and writing simplified healthcare code, researching healthcare data models, designing test plans to ensure data accuracy, building data models that exercise the test plan, and iteratively employing feedback from the results to correct the code.

Responsibilities:

Write simplified healthcare code to represent healthcare specifications (eCQMs and CDS-Hooks)
Research innovative healthcare data models (FHIR), healthcare logic expressions (CQL) and healthcare definitional models (FHIR) to correctly express healthcare specifications.
Design test plans that ensure the code generates the correct data (expressed FHIR).
Build data models that include values that exercise the test plan (FHIR).
Document, maintain and publish results in FHIR Implementation Guides to enable uptake and implementation by healthcare institutions
Collaborate cross-functionally and with healthcare specialists, clinicians, and terminologists to understand and implement (L3 implementation) and the requirements (L2 and L3 design).
Collaborate cross-functionally and with healthcare specialists, clinicians, and terminologists to implement the design (L3 implementation) and test the implementation.
Identify and capture best practices and lessons learned.
Ensure that the confidentiality, privacy and integrity of Smile Digital Health’s information is maintained.
Comply with all Company policies including but not limited to the privacy, security and confidentiality policies.
Hold all confidential information in trust and strict confidence and ensure that it shall be used only for the purposes required to fulfill employment obligations, and shall not be used for any other purpose, or disclosed to any third party.

Requirements:

Minimum 1-5+ of experience as an informaticist, software developer or another relevant role, healthcare technology experience is a great asset.
Post-Secondary education in computer science or a related field of study or comparable related work experience.
Excellent computer literacy skills and abilities.
Strong collaborative and verbal and written communication skills.
Proven creative problem-solving and critical thinking with strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
High level of self-motivation, drive, and enthusiasm coupled with integrity and professionalism.
Experience in programming and/or programming tools is preferred, but not required.

Smile's core values include respect, inclusion, embracing our differences, and celebrating shared values and because our people are the foundation of our success, we remain dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams. We welcome and encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We are big on creating a sense of belonging and empowering each other to bring our authentic selves to work.