Health Information Officer

Exciting Career Opportunity - BonsConnect Project

Location: Dublin BSHS site.

Full time | Specified Purpose Contract | 12 months

(Secondments will be facilitated for internal applicants)

We are delighted to announce an opportunity for x 1 Health Information Officers for our Dublin Hospital, and are now inviting applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates.

BonsConnect is deployed across two of the five BSHS hospitals, with the remaining three due for implementation in 2026.

The Health Information Office role is a team member within the Clinical Stream of the BonsConnect Programme, to represent primarily nursing with oversight to other areas of the hospital; predominately Clinical but also those areas that feed into clinical and that output from Nursing. (Patient Access & Revenue Cycle) providing the high-level holistic overview of BonsConnect. 

Travel to our Galway, Limerick and Tralee hospital sites will be required during the initial orientation and familiarisation period, with travel requirements expected to reduce once the postholder is fully established in the role.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Participate in an operational level 2 tier service desk assignment group to provide clinical support to the local hospital, while also participating in a Group wide 24 X 4 clinical on-call support structure. 

• Work collaboratively with flexibility and liaise with the Working Group Nursing Team Lead and the other Nursing Information Officers & HIOs 

• Communicate and liaise where necessary with a range of in hospital clinical staff to source information relevant to the decisions on clinical content for BonsConnect.   

• Understand and educate stakeholders on the impact of the change processes. 

• Act as a change champion for the programme within their own hospital in facilitating effective communication and support during the implementation and operation of BonsConnect to ensure the needs, concerns and requirements of the Clinical Community are met. 

• Report any onsite workflow or process challenges and liaise with the Working Group Nursing Lead and other Working Group Leads to achieve agreed solutions.  

• Work as part of the nursing team to achieve certain timelines, deliverables, and milestones as part of BonsConnect. 

• Facilitate the Training Coordinator by assisting in end user training activities at the local site 

• Assist with the development of reports, training material by reviewing and recommending training methods and tools. 

• Participates in the testing cycles throughout the implementation of BonsConnect.  

Candidate Criteria:

Qualifications:

Registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland

Relevant 3rd Level Degree or equivalent 

Project Management Certification: PMBOK / Prince2 etc (Desirable)

Theatre experience (Desirable)

Experience:

Minimum of 5 years acute care experience 

Clinical nurse management experience   

Experience of working with IT Systems in a healthcare setting 

Experience of MEDITECH  (Desirable)

Experience of best-of-breed clinical systems: RIS/PACS, LIS, etc (Desirable)

Skills:

Strong interpersonal and communication skills. 

Self-starter with ability to work on their own initiative as well as part of a team 

Flexibility with workloads and abillity to work with tight timelines  

Proven multi-tasking experience whilst maintaining a high attention to detail. 

Leadership and people management skills  

Change management experience 

To Apply: Please submit your application through Workday.

Bon Secours Health System is an equal opportunities employer. Our values of Human Dignity, Compassion, Stewardship, Service and Integrity guide everything we do. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace where all employees have the opportunity to thrive. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, abilities and perspectives, and provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require any assistance, please let us know