Description
This position is incentive eligible.
THIS POSITION WILL BE LOCATED ONSITE AT MEDICAL CITY DENTON.
Are you ready to manage in a new era as a Director of Clinical Informatics where building a healthier tomorrow is more than a job? Our North Texas Division Office team is committed to partnership, innovation, legacy and improving more lives in more ways. Share your resume today.
Benefits
North Texas Division Office, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
- Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
- Colleague recognition program
- Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Our teams are dedicated to improving human life. Each year about five percent of all U.S. hospital services happen at an HCA Healthcare facility. Be an impact as a Director of Clinical Informatics where your passion for leading and creativity are valued? We want your knowledge and expertise!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Director of Clinical Informatics (DCI) is responsible for facilitation and leadership of Clinical Informatics by leading the implementation of and providing ongoing support for corporate/division/facility projects related to the electronic health record (EHR) including:
- standardization
- utilization
- integration
- optimization
The DCI is responsible for development, coordination, support, completion of workflow mapping, project advancements, resources and implementation focused on Clinical Informatics initiatives. This includes (but not limited to) computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and documentation, EBCD, Meaningful Use and other technology that supports clinician workflow, Clinical Excellence scorecard and publicly reported data such as Leapfrog. The DCI will participate in the community of Clinical Informatics by working with facility leadership to ensure clinical applications are well supported throughout the facility.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Implementation and support of facility-wide standardization, utilization, integration, and optimization activities related to the EHR and other clinical informatics initiatives.
- Development, execution, and support of clinical informatics data to drive quality and performance improvement.
- Development, execution, and support of education plan, tools and resources focused on the EHR and other clinical quality informatics initiatives.
- Facilitation and facility project leadership of CPOE and Evidenced-Based Clinical Documentation (EBCD) and other technology implementations that support clinician workflow.
- Assesses impact on clinical workflow and facilitate workflow redesign to gain maximum benefit of new technology.
- Optimization of quality informatic tools to drive regulatory compliance, standardization, and quality patient outcomes.
- Collaborate with the Vice President of Quality, Directors of Patient Safety, and Medical Staff Directors in SEA, FMEA, OPPE, and FPPE processes to drive quality outcomes.
- Collaborate with the Vice President of Quality, service line directors, and front-line staff on clinical quality initiatives to advance the Clinical Excellence scorecard.
- Collaborate with clinical IT Teams in the development of new EHR components to ensure most efficient clinical workflow.
- Oversight of Evidence Based Order set review, approval, build and maintenance updates.
- Ongoing monitoring of various EHR utilization trends. Identify gaps/areas of opportunity and develop action plans to address areas of concern.
- Collaborate with IT&S to ensure standardization and compliance with best practice models, specifically as it relates to the integrity of the electronic health record.
- Establishes regular communication with facility Chief Nursing Officers (CNO’s) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO’s) and engages them as key contacts regarding process and review of workflow analysis to identify workflow improvements.
- Establishes and maintains strong relationships with the entire project team, clinical leaders, business leaders, IT&S leaders, and staff.
- Provides input, updates and communication on clinical quality informatics initiatives at medical staff, leadership, and other hospital committees.
- Identify gaps and opportunities in departmental process mapping of current state and the future state workflows.
- Provide system and operations expertise for implementation of process & system changes.
- Provide Go-Live support (elbow support) for clinical quality informatics initiatives.
- Participate in systems training for project teams and serve as Super User for Clinicians.
- Provides specialized support for physicians.
- Design and develop education/training materials in CPOE, EBCD, etc. to support staff training and continued education in collaboration with Nursing Education as needed. (crosses over to nursing education).
- Actively supports and promotes systems standardization, utilization, and best practices in clinical quality informatics.
- Adheres to HCA Code of Conduct and Mission, Vision & Value Statement
- Participates in special projects as needed and performs other duties as assigned.
What qualifications you will need:
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required, clinical degree preferred with strong healthcare facility experience.
- Master’s degree preferred ideally with focus on Health Informatics.
Licensure/Certifications:
- Current (per State) RN license for RN applicants.
- Nurse or Health Informatics Certification encouraged.
Experience:
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in Clinical/Healthcare Informatics, clinical.
- applications support, or equivalent preferred.
- Meditech experience is strongly preferred.
- Must have previous experience facilitating large projects which include implementation of health technology.
Medical City Healthcare strives to deliver excellence. We are committed to the care and improvement of human life. We provide the highest quality, cost-effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Medical City Healthcare is one of the North Texas region’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare providers. We have 16 hospitals, 5,000 physicians and more than 17,000 employees in Dallas-Fort Worth. Medical City Healthcare is the only healthcare system in North Texas with an adult and children’s hospital on the same campus. We are a part of HCA Healthcare. HCA Healthcare includes 185 hospitals in the United States and England. Medical City Healthcare has six hospitals that are Magnet® recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program®. We have been recognized by Texas Monthly as a Best Companies to Work for in Texas. HCA Healthcare has been named to LinkedIn’s 2021 Top Companies list of 50 best workplaces to grow your career.
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.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
If this is the kind of dynamic growth opportunity that compels you, apply for the Director of Clinical Informatics role. We are interviewing 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.
