Sutter Health
Medical Director, Clinical Informatics - Acute Care
Provides leadership within Clinical Informatics to maximize patient health through adoption, use, and optimization of digital technologies. Collaborates with senior leadership, departments, clinical service lines, and clinicians to support enterprise strategic objectives and optimize clinical content, physician workflows, usability, adoption, and training for digital systems including the EHR. Requires ongoing concurrent clinical practice within the clinical specialty at Sutter Health.
Key Responsibilities
- • Provides leadership within their domain(s) of Clinical informatics to maximize the health of patients through the adoption, use, and optimization of digital technologies.
- • Collaborates and partners with senior leadership, other departments, clinical service lines, and clinicians across the system.
- • Supports enterprise strategic objectives through the use of digital technologies.
- • Partners with appropriate clinical representatives to optimize clinical content and physician workflows, usability, adoption and training for digital systems including the electronic health record (EHR).
Required
- • Doctorate: MD or DO in Medical Subspecialty
- • MD-Doctor of Medicine Upon Hire OR DO-Doctor of Osteopathy of California
- • EPIC-EPIC Certification within 180 Days of hire
- • BC in Acute Care Specialty
- • 8 years recent relevant experience
- • Clinical practice experience and a strong background in health information technology.
- • Leadership and management experience within a complex multi-site matric managed healthcare environment.
- • Understanding of and proven experience in utilizing EHR technology to positively transform clinical practice by improving the quality of patient care, reducing costs and driving user satisfaction across the care continuum.
- • Working knowledge of the clinical care information systems implementation process, integration of workflows, use and support methodologies, regulatory requirements, strategic and tactical planning, project leadership/management and group dynamics.
- • Strong working knowledge of the Epic healthcare software.
- • Solid expertise in organizational change management concepts and strategies, including proactively using that body of knowledge to constructively transform the clinician and patient experience across the continuum of care.
- • Demonstrated knowledge regarding potential impact of Stark, privacy and security laws and regulations on implementation and ongoing use of health IT systems.
- • Understanding of and experience with process improvement philosophies and methodologies.
- • Solid expertise in selection, development and implementation of a broad range of clinical care information systems as well as process redesign and significant quality improvements.
- • Significant experience developing and leading electronic health record (EHR) training and support initiatives in a clinical care setting.
- • Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between patients, healthcare practitioners, enterprise leadership, and computer/data processing specialists, while maintaining and securing all patient records.
- • Recognized ability to energize, mobilize, influence, and build accountability with a broad range of stakeholders through effective communication of vision, and the fostering of productive and supportive working relationships with internal and external constituencies.
- • Superior negotiating and problem-solving skills with the proven ability to identify, research and analyze issues to offer effective solutions.
- • Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate business needs into application and operational requirements, as well as lay terms
- • Advanced level of computer competency in Microsoft Office Suite, including EHR/computerized physician order entry (CPOE) applications, as well as other relevant software for research and analysis
Benefits & Perks
- • COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS WILL BE DETERMINED BASED UPON FAIR MARKET VALUE ANALYSIS.
- • Benefits: Yes
- • Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!
Organization
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Valley
Position Overview
Collaborates and partners senior leadership, other departments, clinical service lines, and clinicians across the system.
As a physician informatics leader, supports enterprise strategic objectives through the use of digital technologies. Partners with appropriate clinical representatives to optimize clinical content and physician workflows, usability, adoption and training for digital systems including the electronic health record (EHR).
This position requires ongoing concurrent clinical practice within this clinical specialty at Sutter Health.)
Education
Job Description:
Days
Schedule
Varied
Days Of The Week
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements
As Needed
Benefits
Yes
Unions
No
Position Status
Exempt
Weekly Hours
20
Employee Status
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $1,040.00 to $520,000.00 / annual salary
The compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
Organization
SHSO-Sutter Health System Office-Valley
Position Overview
- COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS WILL BE DETERMINED BASED UPON FAIR MARKET VALUE ANALYSIS.
Collaborates and partners senior leadership, other departments, clinical service lines, and clinicians across the system.
As a physician informatics leader, supports enterprise strategic objectives through the use of digital technologies. Partners with appropriate clinical representatives to optimize clinical content and physician workflows, usability, adoption and training for digital systems including the electronic health record (EHR).
This position requires ongoing concurrent clinical practice within this clinical specialty at Sutter Health.)
Education
Job Description:
- Doctorate: MD or DO in Medical Subspecialty
- MD-Doctor of Medicine Upon Hire OR DO-Doctor of Osteopathy of California
- EPIC-EPIC Certification within 180 Days of hire
- BC in Acute Care Specialty
- 8 years recent relevant experience
- Clinical practice experience and a strong background in health information technology.
- Leadership and management experience within a complex multi-site matric managed healthcare environment.
- Understanding of and proven experience in utilizing EHR technology to positively transform clinical practice by improving the quality of patient care, reducing costs and driving user satisfaction across the care continuum.
- Working knowledge of the clinical care information systems implementation process, integration of workflows, use and support methodologies, regulatory requirements, strategic and tactical planning, project leadership/management and group dynamics.
- Strong working knowledge of the Epic healthcare software.
- Solid expertise in organizational change management concepts and strategies, including proactively using that body of knowledge to constructively transform the clinician and patient experience across the continuum of care.
- Demonstrated knowledge regarding potential impact of Stark, privacy and security laws and regulations on implementation and ongoing use of health IT systems.
- Understanding of and experience with process improvement philosophies and methodologies.
- Solid expertise in selection, development and implementation of a broad range of clinical care information systems as well as process redesign and significant quality improvements.
- Significant experience developing and leading electronic health record (EHR) training and support initiatives in a clinical care setting.
- Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between patients, healthcare practitioners, enterprise leadership, and computer/data processing specialists, while maintaining and securing all patient records.
- Recognized ability to energize, mobilize, influence, and build accountability with a broad range of stakeholders through effective communication of vision, and the fostering of productive and supportive working relationships with internal and external constituencies.
- Superior negotiating and problem-solving skills with the proven ability to identify, research and analyze issues to offer effective solutions.
- Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate business needs into application and operational requirements, as well as lay terms
- Advanced level of computer competency in Microsoft Office Suite, including EHR/computerized physician order entry (CPOE) applications, as well as other relevant software for research and analysis
Days
Schedule
Varied
Days Of The Week
Monday - Friday
Weekend Requirements
As Needed
Benefits
Yes
Unions
No
Position Status
Exempt
Weekly Hours
20
Employee Status
Regular
Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Pay Range is $1,040.00 to $520,000.00 / annual salary
The compensation range may vary based on the geographic location where the position is filled. Total compensation considers multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.
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