Division Admin Director of Clinical Informatics

HCA Healthcare

San Antonio, TX

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Banking Services, Behavioral Health, Business Operations, Clinical Facilities, Clinical Information Systems, Clinical Outcomes, Clinical Study Publications, Clinical Support, Clinical Training, Customer Support/Service, Documentation, Educational Administration, Establish Priorities, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Informatics, Health Information Technology, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Quality, Hospital, Incentive Programs, Information Technology & Information Systems, Interoperability, Leadership, Medical Record System, Metrics, Nursing, Operational Strategy, Order Processing, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Prescription Drugs, Process Improvement, Reengineering, Registered Nurse (RN), Scorecarding, Software Administration, Stock Purchase Plans, System Integration (SI), Technical Support, Telemedicine
LOCATION
San Antonio, TX
POSTED
15 days ago

This position is incentive eligible.

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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:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3.  Implement and support division-wide standardization, utilization, integration and optimization activities related to other clinical applications.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Assesses impact on clinical workflow and facilitates workflow redesign to benefit from new technology.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Manage division-level programs to ensure federal and state program requirements for EHR incentive and payment programs are met (i.e. Promoting Interoperability Program).
  10. 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.

HCA Healthcare (Corporate), based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities, every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program, where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.


HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times.  In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.


"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.

About the Company

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HCA Healthcare

At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.

HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.

And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1968
WEBSITE
http://hcahealthcare.com/