Senior Director of Clinical Applications

Senior Director of Clinical Applications (New Hyde Park)

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Address:New Hyde Park, NY 11040 (map)
Date Posted:04/26/13
Job Type:Full-time
Description:
The Director of CIS shall provide leadership and management for the Inpatient Clinical Information System implementation and support teams. His/her charge is to lead the efforts to provide, build, and maintain the Inpatient Electronic Health Record (CIS), its infrastructure, equipment, and services that meet the needs of the Hospitals and Health System. The Director of CIS is responsible for all aspects of information technology management and control, including supervision of information technology employees; budget preparation and management; recommendations for technical acquisitions; and development of guidelines, standards and procedures. The director is charged with participating in strategic planning, tactical action, and operational decision-making to fulfill the mission of the Health System. The Director must possess initiative and drive; have broad relevant technical knowledge with excellent management expertise and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities:

Departmental Management
• Provide leadership, vision, and management to the CIS Applications department
• Participate in the revision of the CIS Strategic Plan on an annual basis ensuring its coherence with the overall health system strategic plan
• Work with hospital administration, Faculty physicians, allied staff and the Office of the CIO to assess and respond to IT needs
• Hold regular departmental meetings to review strategic goals and initiatives, promote team building and work to provide growth paths for staff
• Supervise the ongoing operations of the CIS Applications Team providing quality and timely support to health system employees concerning hardware and software needs
• Provide day-to-day supervision, conduct performance appraisals, and delegate work assignments for all CIS Applications personnel
• Recruit, hire, and provide appropriate training for CIS Applications staff
• Administer the cost center’s budget
• Serve on planning and policy-making committees.

Hardware and Systems Software
• Assure the infrastructure will permit a meaningful end user experience for the CIS.
• Identify emerging information technologies to be assimilated, integrated, and introduced within the infrastructure
• Ensure that the client stay current and competitive with respect to IT infrastructure & services
• Oversee the development, design, and implementation of new applications and changes to existing computer systems and software packages.
• Assess new computing technologies and the feasibility of system enhancements to determine potential value for the health system
• Serve as primary contact with outside vendors to coordinate upgrades, resolve ongoing issues and develop strategic vision.

Systems Operations and Maintenance
• Ensure the continual functioning of mission critical systems
• Maintain security and privacy of the information systems
• Develop, review, and certify all back-up and disaster recovery procedures and plans

At Allscripts, our greatest strength comes from bringing together talented people with diverse perspectives to support the technology needs of 180,000 physicians, 1,500 hospitals and 10,000 post-acute organizations across the globe. Allscripts offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package, including holidays, vacation, medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending account, company paid life insurance and 401(k) with company match.

Allscripts is dedicated to attracting and developing a highly diverse workforce/ EOE.
Job Requirements:

Education and Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or healthcare related field and five years management/leadership experience. Master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or healthcare related field is strongly preferred
• Strong analytical and logical problem solving skills
• Strong interpersonal communication and relational skills, good organizational and project management skills; sound judgment; initiative; flexibility; detail-oriented
• Documented working experience with Inpatient Clinical Information system software; knowledge of Allscripts SCM strongly preferred.

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