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Clinical Informatics Director

Drive strategy and vision for the Clinical Informatics team. Direct and lead from behind a team across multiple hospitals and geographical settings to achieve goals and objectives. Lead market-based team to excel and bring organizational value through workflow, change management, training, expert advising, and relational expertise. Lead collaboration between Informatics, technical, clinical and operational teams so technology and practices focus on efficiency, standardized practice and patient safety. Develop and maintain strong relationships with market leaders at various levels resulting in a dynamic where the partners consider the Director their primary point of contact for technology interests and challenges. Through trusted relationships, advise market partners in their technology interests via persuasion, influence, negotiation and compromise. Directs team's awareness of current societal and technological trends, issues and new developments. Create a culture of ownership and accountability within the team. Ensure the team approaches their work as problem solvers with an active role in resolution. Serve as the executive point within the market for partners and team members to escalate technology problems with both projects and routine operations. Collaborate with technical partners and peers throughout the larger Ascension organization who you directly engage to explore opportunities and overcome challenges. Oversee use of data and analytics to monitor the tools and technology in use. Assure teams work together (Technology and local clinical teams) so new technology and new practices focus on efficiency, standardized practice and patient safety.

Exceptional communication skills in a variety of formats (written and verbal, synchronous and asynchronous) are necessary to support the regular need to collaborate, inform, and advise across teams and audiences. Lead strategic oversight and awareness of the Clinical Informatics role in the context of health informatics and information systems. Develop and maintain the team's expertise in current clinician workflows including technology and human processes. Assure the coordination of teams to evaluate and optimize clinical system designs based on current clinical workflows and evidence based practice. Understand technical capabilities of systems and is consulted as an expert to identify best options to achieve desired outcomes with a focus on efficient workflows and patient safety. Promotes and develops team's awareness of the impact of implementing technology to facilitate practice within change management and adoption. Understands and supports change management principles for adoption of new or existing tech / tools / processes. Prepares team to be consulted for opportunities around efficiencies and improved patient outcomes. Oversees content development of training resources related to technology use. Organize, prioritize, and delegate assignments to achieve specific objectives and key performance indicators to achieve project deliverables. Continuously develops the team talent to elevate the role of clinical informatics by empowerment, coaching, and support for personal development. Lead team in independently assessing issues and owning the engagement of the appropriate stakeholders.

Education : High School diploma equivalency with 5 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership / management OR Associate's degree / Bachelor's degree with 3 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required, with 2 of those years being in leadership / management. Masters Degree preferred 5 years of leadership experience Experience leading change Workflow / process analysis and improvement, particularly related to healthcare IT Clinical Hospital Experience Experience with Epic EHR

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