Cliniques de l’Europe is seeking an experienced healthcare IT professional to support the analysis, solution architecture, and pre-implementation activities related to the deployment of a selected EHR platform and its integration within the current and future hospital ecosystem, in the role of DPI Integration Project Manager.

The consultant will provide expertise, analysis, and detailed documentation covering all relevant functional, technical, operational, interoperability, security, and organizational aspects of the implementation program. The consultant will contribute in particular to defining the target architecture, integration strategy, governance model, implementation roadmap, and transition approach necessary for a successful deployment.

The consultant will work closely with internal and external stakeholders, including clinical services, nursing staff, pharmacy, IT services, biomedical engineering, hospital management, and third-party vendors. The consultant will organize and lead workshops, working groups, interviews, and decision-making sessions to gather requirements, validate workflows, identify dependencies and risks, and align the implementation with the hospital’s strategic objectives.

The consultant will also be responsible for:

• analysis of existing workflows, applications, and integrations
• definition of target solution architectures and interoperability models
• support for data migration and reference data governance
• assessment of implications regarding infrastructure, cybersecurity, identity management, and business continuity
• assistance in planning integration with existing clinical, administrative, financial, laboratory, imaging, medication management systems, and external digital health systems
• support for change management and implementation planning
• documentation of risks, assumptions, gaps, mitigation strategies, and implementation dependencies
• preparation of detailed project documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation plans, and presentations for governance and steering committees

The consultant must provide pragmatic and impartial recommendations and ensure that the proposed solutions comply with Belgian healthcare regulations, interoperability standards, security requirements, and the hospital’s operational needs.

A strong background in hospital digital transformation programs, healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR, DICOM, IHE), Belgian health system integration requirements, and large-scale electronic patient record (EPR) and personal data information (DPI) implementations is essential.

Profile sought:

• Excellent understanding of clinical workflows
• Strong expertise in interoperability
• Mastery of enterprise architecture
• Knowledge of the Belgian healthcare ecosystem (incl. e-health)
• Ability to bring stakeholders together and drive transformation
• Proven experience in vendor management
• Awareness of security and compliance
• Trilingual proficiency (read, written, spoken) (FR/NL/ENG)

Specific skills:

• Confirmed experience (15 years or more) in implementing healthcare IT projects in Belgium, with at least 3 different electronic medical record (EHR) systems
• Experience in solution design for hospital groups, at least 3 hospital groups
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with international vendors, software publishers, and service providers in healthcare IT projects involving multiple stakeholders
• Proven experience on both the healthcare provider side (hospital/clinical environment) and the vendor or solution provider side in healthcare IT projects, with the ability to effectively bridge operational, clinical, functional, and technical perspectives
• Proven experience (at least 5 years in each category) in integration with relevant hospital systems (EHR, ADT/TARFAC, ERP, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology)
• In-depth knowledge of contracting processes with external providers
• Project management certification (Prince 2 and PMBok)
• Advanced expertise in business process modeling (BPM)

Soft skills:

• Interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to engage clinical actors
• Presentation skills for management
• Problem-solving mindset
• Strategic vision
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to bridge clinical and technical teams
• Multidisciplinary collaboration

Terms:

• Part-time assignment (2/5) with a hybrid remote work policy up to 50%
• 3 different sites in Brussels (Uccle, Etterbeek, and Woluwe) – travel as required

Additional information:

The assignment may be extended for a maximum duration (including initial term) of: 880 working days.