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NIHI Announcement: Director - School of Health Information Science








Dear Colleagues:

An exciting opportunity!

Dominic
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  DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF HEALTH INFORMATION SCIENCE

               The University of Victoria invites applications for the 
position of Director, School of Health Information Science. As one of 
Canada's leading universities, the University of Victoria has earned a 
reputation for commitment to research, scholarship and work-integrated 
learning. UVic provides both students and faculty with a unique learning 
environment from a campus community that offers outstanding social, 
cultural, artistic, environment and athletic opportunities. The university 
is widely recognized for its innovating and responsive programs and its 
interdisciplinary and international initiatives. Located on the southern 
tip of Vancouver Island, the city of Victoria is renowned for its beauty 
and has easy connections to Vancouver and Seattle.

               The mission of the School of Health Information Science (
http://hinf.uvic.ca) is to improve health care delivery systems by 
educating individuals to be effective developers, users and managers of 
health information resources; by advancing knowledge through research; and 
by providing a consultative service to the health care community. The 
School's view of health information encompasses technological, clinical, 
sociological, epidemiological, administrative, legal, and economic 
perspectives. The School's team currently consists of six full-time 
faculty, two professional staff, four secretarial staff and approximately 
30 part-time faculty. The majority of the School's full-time and part-time 
faculty  have academic and/or professional health backgrounds. In addition 
to its full-time and part-time faculty, the School makes extensive use of 
guest lecturers; over 300 professionals from organizations across Canada 
have contributed to the School's curriculum over the past 25 years. The 
School is in the midst of significant growth and offers a Bachelor of 
Science in Health Information Science, a Bachelor of Science with a 
combined major in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Health 
Informatics on campus as well as a distance education format. The School 
currently enrolls 126 undergraduate students and 79 graduate students. 
Further expansion at the graduate level is anticipated. New initiatives 
including a combined Masters degree with the School of Nursing and a 
flexible, formalized PhD program in Health Informatics are being planned.

               This position provides an exceptional opportunity to 
provide academic and organizational direction to this growing academic 
program including encouraging and facilitating research and scholarship by 
colleagues and curriculum development and innovation in teaching and 
learning. Administrative experience including human resource management, 
preparation and administration of budgets and experience in enrolment 
management is very important and previous university administrative 
experience would be an asset. Excellent communication skills, demonstrated 
capacity for leadership within the University and the community, and a 
participatory management style are essential. Further information 
concerning the duties and responsibilities of Chairs of Departments can be 
found on the University of Victoria website at 
http://web.uvic.ca/univsec/pol_pro/pol-1000/1020RCDD.html.

               The candidate will have a strong record of research and 
teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs and a strong record of 
publication in top-tier journals in the health informatics field. The 
successful candidate will have demonstrated, or have the potential for 
strong academic leadership and innovation and will have an international 
reputation in the field of health informatics. The appointment will be 
effective July 1, 2009 or as soon as possible after July 1st, and usually 
will be for a five-year term. Candidates should have a Ph.D. and have a 
national or international reputation as a scholar in the field of health 
informatics with the qualifications and standing to be appointed as a 
tenured Associate Professor or Professor. 

               Applicants should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, 
the names of four referees and reprints of three of their most important 
publications by March 31, 2009 to:

                               Dr. Mary Ellen Purkis
                               Dean, Faculty of Human and Social 
Development
                               University of Victoria
                               PO Box 1700, Victoria, British Columbia, 
Canada V8W 2Y2

Electronic submissions are welcome may be sent by email attachments to 
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The University of Victoria is an equity employer and encourages 
applications from women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, 
aboriginal persons, people of all sexual orientations and genders, and 
others who may contribute to the further diversification of the 
University. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, in 
accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and 
permanent residents will be given priority.