Nordic
Senior Director, Clinical Applications
US - National · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 9 days ago
CybersecurityComplianceAccessibilityNegotiationBudgetingHIPAALeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving
About the role
- The Senior Director, Clinical Applications provides vision, leadership, and operational oversight for the enterprise's entire clinical application portfolio across all markets and care settings.
- The Senior Director ensures clinical systems are reliable, secure, and aligned with the organization's strategic plan.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital or veteran status, or any other protected status under applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Responsibilities
- Develops system upgrade standards and aligns processes across all clinical application teams, including documentation, communication, and architecture standards.
- Develops tools and processes that improve clinical application team outcomes, including automation, change-management policies, and other metric-driven improvement efforts.
- Leads and develops a team of directors, each accountable for a clinical domain
- sets their goals and performance metrics, evaluates outcomes, and builds leadership bench strength.
- Develops and oversees policies for clinical application security, confidentiality, and user provisioning, aligned with customer IAM and security-governance guidelines and patient-data (PHI) protection requirements.
- Identifies and implements strategies that improve processes, promote operational efficiency, enhance the patient experience, and meet regulatory compliance requirements.
- Oversees vendor relationships and negotiates and manages multiple large contracts and service agreements across the clinical application portfolio, ensuring value, service levels, performance, and regulatory compliance.
- Leads and develops a team of directors, each accountable for a clinical domain; sets their goals and performance metrics, evaluates outcomes, and builds leadership bench strength.
- Builds collaborative relationships with operational and clinical leaders in each market and with System functional leaders to understand needs, influence standard processes, and drive enterprise adoption of clinical applications.
- Leads and leverages clinical committees and practice councils to validate the usability and clinical value of clinical information systems.
Requirements
- Minimum Years of Experience
- Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required
Nice to have
- Active clinical licensure or clinical informatics certification (e.g., RN, PharmD, RT, CPHIMS, or CAHIMS) preferred
- where a clinical license is required for the role, it must be maintained.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Business, or a related field required; Master's degree preferred.
- 5-7 years of management experience (required).
- Expert understanding of patient-care clinical information systems and clinical workflows.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple large contracts, such as clinical software, licensing, and vendor service agreements.
- Demonstrated leadership, spirit of cooperation, innovative problem resolution, and strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to translate clinical and technical requirements into well-implemented business solutions.
- Current knowledge of the healthcare industry, clinical application systems, and the regulatory environment affecting clinical systems.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills to resolve complex clinical, system, and personnel issues.
- Must be able to visually interpret the computer monitor to distinguish all colors for GUI software.
Benefits
- Nordic, repeat Best in KLAS IT Services Firm and solely serving the healthcare industry, strives to empower healthcare providers to leverage technology and to realize digital transformation.
- 10+ years of experience in clinical applications, healthcare IT, or technology services, including progressive leadership responsibility (required).
Company info
- Make a difference.
- All Nordic staff embrace Nordic's maxims and mission to serve our customers who care so well for us.
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