About the Organization:

The Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle (BANAC) is an Indigenous governed, Indigenous led regional social planning and development organization. The BANAC service region now covers Simcoe County, Muskoka, and York region. BANAC works in cooperation with Indigenous communities and non-Indigenous organizations to address community-identified priorities through coordinated planning, implementation and evaluation. BANAC has a mandate to support the continued promotion of Indigenous lifelong learning and community wellness through self-determination and community participation.

BANAC offers many innovative programs and services including Aging Well Senior Supports, Bebminot Family Wellness, the Biinoojinsauk Child Care Centre, Maapii Enjii Zaagi Gaazwad and the Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Team. Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin offers a wholistic approach to wellness that includes traditional healing practices in primary care, community clinics, addiction and recovery services, counselling programs, midwifery, land-based healing programs, and community health promotion.

About the Role:

This position operates within an Indigenous-led and Indigenous-governed organization that is accountable to the communities it serves. Work is grounded in the principle of Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands, ensuring that all programs and services are developed, delivered, and evaluated under Indigenous governance structures and community direction. In alignment with Indigenous and provincial standards, the organization upholds excellence in care, accountability, and compliance while centering on Indigenous knowledge systems, cultural safety, and self-determination in health and social service deliverables.





All employees are required to participate in organizational Indigenous Cultural Safety training and to engage in ongoing reflexive practices as part of their professional development. This includes a commitment to examining personal and systemic biases, deepening understanding of Indigenous histories and experiences, and ensuring that service delivery aligns with the values of respect, reciprocity, and wholism that guide the organization’s work.

This position is being posted in response to an existing vacancy at the Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle.

The Health Information Specialist leads the technical configuration, optimization, and integrity of BANAC’s EMR and digital health systems. This role focuses on strengthening data infrastructure, supporting high-quality reporting, and ensuring data systems are reliable, accessible, and aligned with organizational needs. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with advanced experience in health informatics or digital health who enjoys building and improving systems that support community-based care and decision-making.

EMR and Technology Infrastructure

- Serve as a primary technical resource on the Telus PS Suite EMR, including system configuration, user access, and optimization of data capture workflows.
- Act as the Local Regional Authority (LRA) for BANAC to configure and monitor access to clinical systems (e.g.,



Clinical Connect, OLIS, HRM).
- Manage integration of the Ocean platform (online booking, forms management, appointment reminders) and other third-party digital health tools (e.g., AI Scribe, Cliniconex).
- Identify and address gaps in technology infrastructure that impede timely data collection, verification, or reporting.
- Liaise with vendors, healthcare partners, and IT providers to ensure digital health systems are functioning, current, and aligned with organizational needs.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of new digital health tools as directed by the Director of Research and Evaluation.
- Ensure technology solutions are set up in a way that supports the organization’s data and reporting requirements.

Data Quality, Integrity, and Reporting Infrastructure

- Develop and maintain systems and processes that ensure data is consistently entered, cleaned, validated, and available for extraction.
- Prepare data and reports for internal and external stakeholders including the Ministry of Health (MoH), Ontario Health, IPHCC, Alliance for Healthier Communities, and other funders, as directed by the Director of Research and Evaluation.
- Develop and implement data audit and security protocols; monitor appropriate access to data and maintain compliance with legislative requirements.
- Assess underlying causes of poor data quality and identify technical solutions to prevent and correct errors to present to the BANAC Operations Team.
- Develop and run data feedback reports and data checking routines to support ongoing data integrity.
- Collaborate with internal teams to develop metrics and tracking methods as current funding becomes availabl

📌 Health Information Specialist (Barrie)
🏢 Barrie Area Native Advisory Circle
📍 Barrie