Division Admin Director of Clinical Informatics

This position is incentive eligible.

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Division Admin Director of Clinical Informatics you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Methodist Healthcare which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Division Administrative Director Clinical Informatics (DADCI) drives the strategic and operational agenda for clinical informatics, health information technology and electronic healthcare record (EHR) initiatives, ensuring integration with HCA COG, Division Clinical Operations, Quality, and HCA and Division Information Technology Group (ITG). The DADCI represents clinicians’ interests in partnership with other division and facility leaders to translate clinical needs into information system solutions. The DADCI leads implementation of clinical information systems with goals of improving clinicians’ efficiency and effectiveness, improving patient safety and optimizing clinical outcomes.The DADCI is responsible for the development, coordination, support, and completion of workflow mapping, project advancements, resources, and implementation focused on Clinical Informatics initiatives. This includes (but is not limited to) computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and documentation, Evidence-Based Clinical Documentation (EBCD), Meaningful Use and other technology that supports clinician workflow, Clinical Excellence scorecards, and publicly reported data such as Leapfrog. The DADCI will participate in the community of Clinical Informatics by working with division and facility leadership to ensure clinical applications are well supported.

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for strategic and operational leadership in the development, deployment, re-engineering, and integration of clinical information systems to support physicians, providers, and other clinicians.
• Work collaboratively with interdisciplinary leaders to establish short- and long-term goals and implementation plans for clinical information systems in partnership with the Division ITG leadership team.
• Implement and support division-wide standardization, utilization, integration and optimization activities related to other clinical applications.
• Facilitate and lead clinical informatics projects at the division level. Implementation and support of corporate and division-wide standardization, utilization, integration, and optimization activities related to the EHR and other clinical informatics initiatives.
• Development, execution, and support of education plan, tools, and resources focused on the EHR and other clinical informatics initiatives in collaboration with the Clinical Education Department.
• Assesses impact on clinical workflow and facilitates workflow redesign to benefit from new technology.
• Direct, prioritize, and supervise the work of the facility Directors of Clinical Informatics (DCI) and Analysts, including ongoing supervision and leadership of the entire Advanced Clinicals team. Direct supervisor of all Directors of Clinical Informatics including hiring and monitoring of ongoing job performance.
• Partner with CNIO, Quality, Physician, Nursing, ITG leaders, and others on the Clinical Excellence agenda and other clinical outcomes programs as they relate to clinical informatics.
• Manage division-level programs to ensure federal and state program requirements for EHR incentive and payment programs are met (i.e. Promoting Interoperability Program).
• Work with the facilities to drive improvement on publicly-reported measures, clinical metric reporting, and HCA endorsed programs (i.e. Leapfrog).

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree Required/Master’s Degree Preferred

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in Clinical/Healthcare Informatics, clinical application support, or equivalent.
• Must have previous experience facilitating large projects which includes implementation of health information technology.

• Proficiency in Meditech and Microsoft Office applications.

• Customer service orientation and/or training

• Registered Nurse highly desirable

Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).

Benefits

Methodist Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Division Admin Director of Clinical Informatics opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.