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University of Maryland Medical System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Senior Director, Chief of Clinical Informatics position.

Senior Director/Chief of Clinical Informatics Position Overview:

The Senior Director, Chief of Clinical Informatics reports directly to the Associate CIO and Vice President of the enterprise-wide system who is also a physician. Employing their large team, this individual will work closely with all 13 hospitals to ensure they are either fully utilizing the Epic system or preparing for their upcoming Epic implementation. The informatics team also collaborates with the IT applications team to provide great customer support and to create a system that listens to their users. With close to 1,000 new employees each year, the training department is also under the Chief of Clinical Informatics.

The University of Maryland Medical System Senior Director and Chief of Clinical Informatics provides system-wide clinical leadership to advance the UMMS utilization of clinical information systems consistent with the goals of clinical, operational, and strategic initiatives of the Medical System.

Organization overview:

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is a comprehensive network of thirteen academic, community and specialty hospitals, affiliated physicians and skilled care teams that provide world-class care across the state.

Senior Director/Chief of Clinical Informatics Position Description:

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Associate CIO and Vice President for IT, the Senior Director; builds, leads, and manages the team that serves as the primary liaison between physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, clinical teams, executive leadership, information system teams/vendors.
Works in close partnership with other IS&T leaders to ensure regional clinical multidisciplinary leadership of clinical IT projects and maintenance/enhancement of clinically-facing IT systems.
Provides leadership and guidance in the integration of the design of information systems including primary clinical and analytics tools, clinical content, workflow and operational processes, quality patient care, and benefits realization.
Champions the deployment and effective use of clinical information at the local, regional and System level, aligned with operations groups within the organization.
Provides overall direction and guidance to assigned personnel.
Manages resources and processes in a cost-effective manner dedicated to clinical information systems including design and implementation of new systems.

Qualifications:

Required:

Bachelor’s degree
Formal training and at least 5 years practice experience in a clinical field (e.g. nursing, physical / occupational therapy, pharmacy, or similar)
At least 5 years of progressive healthcare management experience (primary budget responsibility ideal)
Previous experience as clinical leader for multiple clinical projects, large multi-faceted capital projects and/or leadership within complex organizations

Desired:

Master’s degree in clinical area, business, information systems, or closely related field strongly preferred; doctorate in related field ideal
A background with Epic
Experience with a large, complex organization
Experience with a multi-hospital system
Experience within an academic healthcare organization

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The University of Maryland Medical System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Senior Director IT Infrastructure Development Position.

Organization Overview:

Key Network Indicators:

2,252 Licensed Beds
24,187 Employees
110,371 Hospital Admissions
1,315,096 Outpatient Visits

Senior Director IT Infrastructure Development Position Description:

The Senior Director Infrastructure Development is a highly responsible position that reports to the IT Vice President and is in front of leadership, key stakeholders, and physicians. As UMMS moves forward with integrating new hospitals, the Senior Director will be key to the success by involving the leadership at these facilities. This Senior Director is also responsible for licensing of contracts and leads a large portfolio of projects, overseeing approximately 100 staff members and contractors.

Responsibilities:

Implement the enterprise architecture
Develop and maintain the organization’s computing/IT environment
May oversee any or all of the following functions:

-Operating Systems Programming

-Technical Support

-Systems Integration

-Data/Voice Networks

-Packaged Product Evaluation

Qualifications:

Required:

Bachelor’s degree
Healthcare information technology experience
Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in information systems development and implementation
Eight or more years of management experience with demonstrated leadership ability overseeing technical teams
High level of proficiency and demonstrated effectiveness in problem-solving and implementing new processes related to increased departmental and organizational operating efficiency
Work experience within a large environment
A strong understanding of budgets, both capital and operating
Ability to develop a Total Cost of Ownership model

Desired:

Master’s degree
Strong systems background
Ability to remove roadblocks to project progression
Understanding of infrastructure licensing