Mission Overview:
Keystone Solutions is seeking an experienced Health IT professional for a consultancy mission at a client site. The consultant will support the analysis, solution architecture, and pre-implementation activities related to the deployment of a selected Electronic Patient Record (EPR) platform and its integration within the current and future hospital ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities:
The consultant will provide expertise, analysis, and detailed documentation covering all relevant functional, technical, operational, interoperability, security, and organizational aspects of the implementation program. Responsibilities will include:
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Defining the target architecture, integration strategy, governance model, implementation roadmap, and transition approach necessary for successful deployment.
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Collaborating closely with internal and external stakeholders, including clinical services, nursing staff, pharmacy, IT services, biomedical engineering, hospital management, and third-party vendors.
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Organizing and facilitating workshops, working groups, interviews, and decision-making sessions to gather requirements, validate workflows, identify dependencies and risks, and align implementation with the hospital's strategic objectives.
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Analyzing existing workflows, applications, and integrations.
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Defining target solution architectures and interoperability models.
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Assisting with data migration and reference data governance.
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Evaluating implications regarding infrastructure, cybersecurity, identity management, and business continuity.
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Helping plan integration with existing clinical, administrative, financial, laboratory, imaging, medication management, and external digital health systems.
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Supporting change management and implementation planning.
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Documenting risks, assumptions, gaps, mitigation strategies, and implementation dependencies.
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Preparing detailed project documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, and presentations for governance and steering committees.
Candidate Profile:
The ideal candidate will have a solid experience in hospital digital transformation programs, interoperability standards in healthcare (HL7, FHIR, DICOM, IHE), Belgian healthcare system integration requirements, and large-scale implementations of Electronic Patient Records (EPR) and Personal Data Information (PDI).
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Excellent understanding of clinical workflows.
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Strong expertise in interoperability.
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Mastery of enterprise architecture.
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Knowledge of the Belgian healthcare ecosystem (including e-health).
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Ability to engage stakeholders and drive transformation.
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Proven experience in vendor management.
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Awareness of security and compliance.
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Trilingual proficiency (FR/NL/ENG).
Specific Skills:
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Confirmed experience (15+ years) in implementing health IT projects in Belgium, with at least 3 different Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.
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Experience in solution design for hospital groups, with at least 3 hospital groups.
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Proven ability to collaborate effectively with international vendors, software publishers, and service providers in health IT projects involving multiple stakeholders.
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Proven experience on the provider side (hospital/clinical environment) and the vendor or solution provider side in health IT projects, with the ability to effectively bridge operational, clinical, functional, and technical perspectives.
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Proven experience (at least 5 years in each category) in integration with relevant systems in a hospital environment (EPR, ADT/TARFAC, ERP, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology).
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In-depth knowledge of contracting processes with external providers.
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Project management certification (Prince 2 and PMBok).
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Sharp expertise in business process modeling (BPM).
Soft Skills:
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Interpersonal skills.
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Excellent communication skills.
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Ability to mobilize clinical stakeholders.
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Presentation skills to management.
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Problem-solving mindset.
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Strategic vision.
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Negotiation skills.
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Ability to bridge clinical and technical teams.
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Multidisciplinary collaboration.
Working Conditions:
This is a part-time consultancy mission (2/5) with a hybrid telework policy of up to 50%. The consultant will work across 3 different sites in Brussels (Uccle, Etterbeek, and Woluwe) with travel as needed.
If you are ready to tackle technical and strategic challenges in a dynamic consultancy environment, apply today at Keystone Solutions Career Portal.
Duration: As soon as possible - 11/06/2027 12 months • (part time 2/5)
Skills required:
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BPM - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
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Data Change Systems - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
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DICOM - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
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FHIR - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
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HL7 - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
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Interopérabilité - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
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Medical & Health Care Systems - Level: Expert - Most recent: This year
Language requirements:
Dutch
Level Full professional proficiency
English
Level Full professional proficiency
French
Level Full professional proficiency
Screening questions:
1. Pouvez-vous décrire votre expérience dans la définition d’architectures cibles pour des programmes DPI multi-sites ou groupes hospitaliers complexes ?
2. Avez-vous joué un rôle de coordination dans l’implémentation d’au moins trois systèmes DPI différents en Europe?
2.A Si oui, veuillez expliquer svp.
3. Êtes-vous certifié Prince2 (Foundation) ?
4. Êtes-vous certifié PMBOK?
