Responsibilities:
The Senior Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) Specialist will lead and support various EHR Modernization initiatives, including:
· Develop privacy policies and procedures
· Conduct privacy impact assessments for medium to high complex initiatives
· May be required to support investigating privacy incidents, patient inquiries, and privacy requests of any kind
· Identify and assess privacy risks
· Provide privacy advisory and support to business teams
· Lead and/or participate on Ontario Health, regional or provincial committees or project teams as the privacy Subject Matter Expert
· Identify privacy requirements
· Develop strong relationships with various internal and external stakeholders to foster a culture of privacy
· Respond and provide advice and legislative interpretation for information and access requests, consent management requests, complaints or inquiries, appeals and privacy issues under the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
· Support privacy program projects and activities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Privacy Office
· Develop and deliver privacy training for Ontario Health
· Other duties as required
Must Haves:
· 5+ years’ health privacy experience conducting privacy impact assessments (PIA) on medium to high complexity projects
· 5+ years’ direct operational level privacy experience preferably in a health sector and/or IT environment
· 5+ years’ experience developing privacy policies and procedures, requirements, or controls
· Familiarity with the Personal Health Information Protection Act, 2004 (PHIPA) and its related requirements for Health Information Network Providers (HINP) and Electronic Service Providers (ESP)