Job Category: Healthcare IT

Albany Med Health System has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Vice President of IT Clinical Systems.

Albany Med Health System is a four-hospital system and the only regionally governed, not-for-profit health system serving three million people in northeastern New York and western New England.

Comprised of Albany Medical Center, Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, and Saratoga Hospital, the Albany Med Health System has a century-long tradition caring for its communities. 

Albany Med Health System has 1,520 hospital beds, more than 800 physicians, 125 outpatient locations, and is supported by a longstanding affiliation with the Albany Visiting Nurses, providing services to patients of all the System hospitals.

The hospitals, physicians’ practice offices, and urgent care centers of the Albany Med Health System retain their own unique identities for the communities they serve. Each hospital maintains its own name, leadership, employees, board and fundraising team.

Albany Med Health System is Northeastern New York’s only academic medical center and the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in the region and one of the area’s largest private employers.

Albany Med Health System incorporates the 766-bed Albany Medical Center Hospital and Albany Medical College, which trains the next generation of doctors, scientists and other healthcare professionals. Albany Medical College is the 19th oldest medical school in the country. The college includes a biomedical research enterprise and the region’s largest physicians practice with 500 doctors. 

During 2020, Albany Med Health System researchers received more than 250 grants totaling more than $20 million to study numerous conditions, including the novel coronavirus.

Albany Med includes: 

  • Regional Trauma Center
  • Regional AIDS Treatment Center
  • Regional Resource Center
  • Region’s most sophisticated Emergency Department
  • Air medical transport service (LifeNet)
  • Region’s only kidney and pancreas transplant program
  • Children’s Hospital, including peds and neonatal ICUs, and the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders

Vice President of IT Clinical Systems Position Overview

The Vice President of IT Clinical Systems is a senior executive providing leadership for the development, management and integration of information and technologies necessary to support the mission, strategies, objectives and goals of the Albany Med Health System.  

Reporting to the System CIO and working as a collaborative partner with senior leader colleagues, the VP will oversee and coordinate the day-to-day operations of the information technology systems for Albany Med Health System, including:

  • Application implementation and support
  • Operations
  • Transformation coincident with a full-scale system wide continuous health record (CHR) deployment

Upon completion of a system-wide implementation, the VP will oversee the full CHR portfolio and that working team.

The incumbent is a leader of the transformation program officer/structure and will work with the System CIO, the overall transformational leadership, the IT management committee and other leadership teams as necessary to understand and influence information technology direction. 

The VP will routinely report progress work at the IT board committee and other board committees as requested.  Through these forums and other less formal interactions and relationships,the VP will develop and foster a culture of responsive customer-oriented services and internal accountability, as well as create teams that are people-perceptive, technically gifted,and have a sound understanding of business sand clinical processes.  

The position has direct responsibility for the Technology CHR transformation team. The VP will teach, advocate, and mentor managers and staff on how to apply standards, tools, and methodologies while delivering high quality business focused customer service. 

Key critical relationships include the system chief medical informatics officer, system chief nursing informatics officer and many executive colleagues.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent.  
  • Successful history of planning, implementing and supporting systems in a complex, academic health care environment.
  • Experience implementing a CHR across a scaled, multi-hospital integrated delivery network is required, including either Epic or Cerner Millennium as the key vendor.   
  • Proven leadership experience in an academic health system/integrated delivery system.
  • A solid business orientation and strong, credible executive record in healthcare and information systems delivery.

Preferred: 

  • Master’s degree in business, engineering, or health/public administration.
  • Experience implementing a CHR in an affiliated rather than merged organization.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby.

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Chief Information Officer.

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) is a leading not-for-profit, healthcare organization, offering a full range of the finest professional healthcare services available in west-central Missouri.

Ranked as one of the top 10 hospitals in Missouri by the Lown Institute, GVMH has a high-tech 56-bed hospital, 24/7 emergency department, and four multi-specialty clinics located in Clinton, Osceola, Warsaw, and Windsor. 

GVMH also has an outpatient clinic and cancer center, as well as home health services, hospice services, and therapy services. 

GVMH provides convenient access to highly trained medical specialists that provide a full range of services, including specialized areas such as obstetrics, oncology, orthopedics, pediatrics, urology, and more.

The organization is dedicated to providing its patients with the Golden Standard of Care. This begins with knowing the people they serve, both inside and outside their facilities. GVMH’s patients are not just patients. They are members of their community—their families, friends, and neighbors. 

The Golden Standard of Care is understanding how to best care for their patients and treating them with the highest level of personal care, compassion, and friendliness. 

Mission: To provide exceptional healthcare with friendliness and compassion.

Vision: Great people committed to innovative healthcare; recognized by their families, friends, and neighbors as the provider and employer of choice.

Values: Quality, Professionalism, Accountability, Compassion, and Excellence

Chief Information Officer Position Overview

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare, one of the Top Ten hospitals in Missouri, is a bit different from other hospital systems, according to CEO Craig Thompson.

We are independent,” he says. “We make all decisions within our four walls, we don’t answer to a corporate office in another city, and we have been profitable 24 of the past 25 years.”

It’s now time, according to Craig, for the organization to hire its first CIO to provide technology vision and leadership initiatives for the future.

The CIO will direct the planning and implementation of enterprise IT systems to improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and business development.

The CIO will lead a staff of twenty IT team members, reports to the Executive Director of Service and Experience, and is a member of the Executive Team.

The system is on Meditech Expanse.

Initial projects will include:

  • Assessing and improving electronic security
  • Developing plans to optimize applications and technology
  • Creating strategies to identify grant opportunities
  • Growing telemedicine
  • Directing development and execution of enterprise-wide disaster recovery and business continuity plans

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree in the field of computer science or business administration
  • 3+ years of experience managing and/or directing an IT operation
  • 5+ years of experience working in the healthcare IT industry
  • Experience in strategic planning and execution
  • Proven leadership ability

Preferred:

  • Master’s degree
  • Experience with Meditech EMR
  • Strong background in community/rural health

Please note, residency in or relocation to the Clinton, Missouri area is required.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Senior Director, Data Science, Genomics.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties, treating children from birth to 18 years old as well as a small number of adults with certain conditions that are served by Rady’s specialized services.

In addition, Rady Children’s Hospital is:

  • The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions)
  • The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare
  • The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center
  • Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children

Rady Children’s, in partnership with UC San Diego School of Medicine, is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians. Each year, Rady trains more than 550 residents, 240 medical students and 150 fellows.

Rady Children’s is a major pediatric clinical research center, with more than 770 active research studies underway, including more than 170 active clinical trials. 

Rady collaborates with world-class institutions, including: 

  • UC San Diego
  • The Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  • The Scripps Research Institute
  • The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is a non-profit research organization embedded within Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The Institute assembles a team of world-class scientists, researchers and clinicians who focus their talents on preventing, diagnosing, treating and curing childhood disease through genomics and systems medicine research.

Senior Director, Data Science, Genomics Position Overview

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is seeking a Senior Director, Data Science, Genomics to serve as head of data science for the organization. 

This is a new position reporting to the VP of Research and Clinical Management of the Genomics Institute.  

This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced leader to implement state of the art approaches to analyze next generation genomic sequencing and other “omics”.  

The Senior Director will have the opportunity to build a team of data scientists.

The Senior Director will also:

  • Execute data analyses for multiple research studies across a broad range of pediatric health conditions  
  • Provide expertise on study design 
  • Lead analysis and interpretation of next generation genomic sequencing data to advance precision medicine
  • Lead the development of products and data models to support the strategic growth of a state of the art rapid genome laboratory

Culturally, Rady Children’s is a mission-driven organization and progressive children’s hospital.  They seek out employees who “care about their career as much as they care about kids” and they’ve built an exceptional employee culture of strong performers. 

There is a lot of tenure within the organization, and for an individual committed to making a difference, this is a great position. 

Qualifications

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine seeks candidates with strong training in the analysis and interpretation of next generation genomic sequencing data to advance precision medicine. 

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate their ability to build and sustain a stellar team of data scientists, contribute and participate in internal and external presentations, peer-reviewed manuscripts, conference proceedings, and applications for extramural funding. 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • PhD required in an area of study in a field related to the position
  • 10+ years of related experience
  • 5+ years of experience providing data science leadership in the field of Genomic Medicine 
  • 3+ years of leadership experience
  • Expert level familiarity with data science and statistical modeling (e.g. Python, R, Stark, SAS and equivalent) 
  • Familiarity with the data science challenges facing the modern genomics laboratory and healthcare settings including common workflow models; capable of planning for future growth and change
  • The ability to use machine learning and other artificial intelligence methods 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • PMI Certification 
  • Research Administration Certification 
  • Clinical Research Coordination Certification 
  • Membership in regional or national research administration professional organization

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Rady Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Director, Genomics Research & Projects.

Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego is the region’s pediatric medical center serving San Diego, Imperial and southern Riverside counties, treating children from birth to 18 years old as well as a small number of adults with certain conditions that are served by Rady’s specialized services.

In addition, Rady Children’s Hospital is:

  • The largest children’s hospital in California (based on admissions)
  • The only hospital in the San Diego area dedicated exclusively to pediatric healthcare
  • The region’s only designated pediatric trauma center
  • Provider of care to 91 percent of the region’s children

Rady Children’s, in partnership with UC San Diego School of Medicine, is also the region’s teaching hospital for the next generation of pediatric physicians. Each year, Rady trains more than 550 residents, 240 medical students and 150 fellows.

Rady Children’s is a major pediatric clinical research center, with more than 770 active research studies underway, including more than 170 active clinical trials. 

Rady collaborates with world-class institutions, including: 

  • UC San Diego
  • The Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
  • The Scripps Research Institute
  • The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
  • St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine is a non-profit research organization embedded within Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego. The Institute assembles a team of world-class scientists, researchers and clinicians who focus their talents on preventing, diagnosing, treating and curing childhood disease through genomics and systems medicine research.

Director, Genomics Research and Projects Position Overview

Reporting to the VP of Genomics Research and Clinical Management, the Director Genomics, Research & Projects functions as both a collaborative and independent administrator, strategic planner, and project manager. 

The Director will design, implement, maintain, and monitor institute-wide research and project priorities, initiatives, activities and policies and procedures that optimize day-to-day operations, promotes research, and builds a positive culture to support research across the institute. 

Responsibilities include seeking new extramural funding sources and communicating with external funding agencies. 

Additionally, this person oversees the regulatory aspects of research and ensures with ongoing compliance. As a skilled technical writer, the director facilitates and mentors team members developing scientific presentations and articles. 

Additionally, the Director:

  • Assists with harmonizing data sets
  • Engages in decision making which has a positive impact on people, cost, risk and quality of services
  • Develops and fosters optimal communication and collaboration between leadership, staff, faculty and collaborators 

Culturally, Rady Children’s is a mission-driven organization and progressive children’s hospital.  They seek out employees who “care about their career as much as they care about kids” and they’ve built an exceptional employee culture of strong performers. There is a lot of tenure within the organization, and for an individual committed to making a difference, this is a great position. 

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree 
  • 7+ years of related experience 
  • 5+ years of project management experience

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • PhD, in an area of study in a field related to the position
  • PMI Certification 
  • Research Administration Certification 
  • Clinical Research Coordination Certification 
  • Membership in regional or national research administration professional organization

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Divurgent has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Principal – Tech Consulting.

Divurgent is a privately owned and operated healthcare consulting firm committed to healthcare IT evolution, deploying tailored solutions that help client partners achieve improved operational effectiveness, financial performance, and quality of patient care.  

Divurgent has experienced year-over-year growth in its 13-year history, measured in both revenue and staff size. 

In an industry filled by capital infusion and acquisition, Divurgent has the freedom to make decisions that are in the best interest of their client partners, rather than shareholders. 

Since 2007, Divurgent has been driven by the ELITE values of: Excellence, Learning, Innovation, Trust, and Enthusiasm to redefine consulting and transform healthcare for their clients and the communities they serve. 

Divergent is passionate about helping healthcare organizations navigate complex technology-enabled initiatives across:

  • EHR
  • ERP
  • Payer systems
  • Security
  • Infrastructure platforms

Divurgent has delivered tangible business outcomes for several large health systems. 

A list of client project scopes and highest value outcomes can be found here.

Principal – Tech Consulting Position Overview

The Principal – Tech Consulting position at Divurgent is an incredible opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare technology consulting services firm. 

The Principal will be responsible for delivering high-value outcomes to clients by overseeing engagements which include everything from advisory engagements to large go-lives. They will develop strong client relationships while delivering and executing on projects.

This Principal has an incredible opportunity to make an impact and influence Divurgent’s strategic direction through developing more offerings. 

A key part of this role is having an “entrepreneurial focus”, identifying revenue opportunities, and building solutions to meet client needs. 

Quality is important to the Divurgent culture; this position is outward facing, responsible for driving client satisfaction in support of remaining in the top 3 of KLAS ratings. 

Key priorities: 

  • Help clients define and evaluate corporate and business strategies 
  • Be a thought leader and subject matter advisor in technology 
  • Lead the development of Divurgent’s solutions and innovations 
  • Strengthen and differentiate the Divurgent brand 
  • Provide guidance on quantitative and qualitative analysis to drive outcomes 
  • Build strong client relationships 
  • Architect and deliver solutions and services 
  • Provide sales support in the technology area

Qualifications

Divurgent seeks a qualified leader to advise and lead in their area of expertise such as digital transformation, program management, ERP applications, or enabling change.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree 
  • 10+ years working on large complex, multiple service line delivery engagements
  • 8+ years working with digital transformation, technology solutions, change management & enablement and/or technology development and products
  • 10+ years of project management experience on complex projects with multi-location teams
  • 10+ years of working with cross-functional teams and matrixed organizations 
  • Strong understanding of emerging technologies or trends 
  • Understanding of the software development life-cycle

Preferred qualifications: 

  • MBA 
  • Specific, relevant experience in: IT Infrastructure or cloud solutions, service desks, networking or data centers, data Governance or integration, cross-functional ERPs, security and privacy, cloud optimization, IT strategy, and/or RPA.

Please note: Divurgent’s corporate headquarters are in Virginia Beach, VA. The position is remote but will require some travel.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby

Samaritan Health Services has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Vice President, Information Systems – Managed Care.

Samaritan Health Services is a not-for-profit regional network with five hospitals, including a Level 2 trauma center in Corvallis, clinics, and health services caring for 290,000 residents in the mid-Willamette Valley and central Oregon Coast. 

Samaritan Hospitals:

  • Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center
  • Samaritan Albany General Hospital
  • Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital
  • Samaritan Pacific Community Hospital
  • Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital

Samaritan works together to provide innovative medicine and world-class quality in a way that supports the values of the communities they serve. That includes caring for all people, regardless of their ability to pay.

Samaritan Health Plans: 

Samaritan Health Plans (SHP) is passionate about transforming the Oregon healthcare delivery system by providing health insurance that works to improve the customer experience while lowering costs and improving the health and well-being of our members and their communities. 

Samaritan Health Plans employs 300 people in its Corvallis, Oregon offices, and operates across Oregon. 

SHP has a portfolio of health plan products under several different legal structures: InterCommunity Health Plans, Inc. (IHN) is designated as a regional Coordinated Care Organization (CCO) for Medicaid beneficiaries; Samaritan Health Plans, Inc. offers Medicare Advantage, Commercial Large Group, and Commercial Large Group PPO and EPO plans; SHP is also the third-party administrator for Samaritan Health Services’ self-funded employee health benefit plan. 

As part of an Integrated Delivery System, Samaritan Health Plans is strategically and operationally aligned with Samaritan Health Services’ mission.

Vice President, Information Systems – Managed Care Position Overview

The Vice President, Information Systems – Managed Care is a new, highly strategic position focused on Samaritan Health Plan.  

The VP’s primary focus will be aligning health plan strategy and technology solutions.  

This position plans, directs and coordinates SHS Health Plans Information Services. This includes setting strategic direction and management of Data and Configuration, Production Support, Application Development and Data Warehouse.

A Cognizant Facets upgrade is on the horizon.

The VP reports to CIO of Samaritan Health Services with a dotted line to the CEO of Samaritan Health Plan.  They will oversee a team of 32 (including 4 managers).  

Samaritan Health Plans seeks a leader to drive change. 

This is an incredible opportunity for an experienced leader to inform strategy for an organization with a strong market share, build synergies between Samaritan Health Services and Samaritan Health Plans, and create a more data-driven culture.  

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required (preferably in an Information Systems related field)
  • An advanced degree in Information Systems, Business, Planning or a related field preferred

Experience:

  • Ten or more years professional and/or leadership experience in an IT related field
  • Seven or more years experience in the management of personnel, business, technology, and communications functions required
  • Project management and continuous process improvement experience required
  • Experience in multiple technology disciplines required
  • Cognizant Payor tools (Facets and Care Advance Utilization Management Module) experience highly preferred

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby

Hospital for Special Surgery has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Senior Director of Network Infrastructure.

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is the world’s leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. HSS medical staff includes hundreds of experts from diverse specialties, including joint replacement, spine care, sports medicine, and rheumatology. 

Founded in 1863, HSS is the oldest orthopedic hospital in the United States. More than 32,000 surgical procedures are performed annually, including more hip surgeries and knee replacements than any other hospital in the United States. The global standard total knee replacement was developed at HSS in 1969.

The HSS Rehabilitation Network comprises over 170 independently owned physical and occupational therapy practices throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida. 

The HSS Research Institute comprises 20 laboratories and 300 staff members, focused on leading the advancement of musculoskeletal health through the prevention of degeneration, tissue repair, and tissue regeneration. 

The HSS Innovation Institute was formed in 2016 to realize the potential of new drugs, therapeutics, and devices. 

The HSS Education Institute is the world’s leading provider of education on musculoskeletal health, with an online learning platform that offers more than 600 courses to more than 21,000 medical professional members worldwide. 

HSS eAcademy is a digital education platform for professionals with over 30,152 members from over 130 countries. 

HSS Global collaborates with medical centers and other organizations to advance the quality and value of musculoskeletal care and to make world-class HSS care more widely accessible nationally and internationally.

Senior Director of Network Infrastructure Position Overview

The Senior Director of Network Infrastructure is a key member of the HSS IT leadership team.  Reporting to the CTO, the Senior Director is a highly influential role, making investment and priority trade-off decisions, as well as negotiating and managing vendor contracts.

The Senior Director is a forward-looking technology leader who can not only develop an infrastructure strategy but also drive it through to execution and support.

This senior leader will be responsible for delivering high-quality, reliable technology while also developing a strategic plan for world-class digital transformation.

The Senior Director will lead strategic planning for aligning network and voice/data technology with the digital transformation strategy, including omnichannel communications (IVR tech, contact center, pilot w/ Google), customer engagement (texts, voice improvements, video, etc.), and reporting and analytics on those touchpoints.

The Senior Director will also recruit, retain, and develop a high-performing team.  Currently, the team is tightly-knit, well-functioning, and comprised of 14 people overseeing: 

  • Cloud-based and on-prem data and voice services
  • Unified communications 
  • Local and wide-area network infrastructure

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Master’s degree preferred

Experience/Background: 

  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in technology leadership positions with an emphasis on infrastructure services
  • A strong technical background as a data and/or voice network engineer
  • Substantial experience leading, directing and controlling a complex, highly technical network operation or organization
  • Demonstrated knowledge of current and emerging technologies and the ability to apply those technologies to business needs
  • A track record of working collaboratively and productively with business partners
  • Additionally, the well-qualified candidate will have a great service orientation, a strong executive presence, an engaging personality, and be a visionary technologist.

Please note that candidates must live in or relocate to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut or another location where they can commute to the HSS campus.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

SolutionHealth has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their System Director of Analytics Resource Center.

SolutionHealth is a regional healthcare organization that represents a combination of Elliot Health System and Southern New Hampshire Health. As an integrated health system, SolutionHealth is uniquely focused on providing access to high-value primary and specialty care that meets the growing needs of the communities they serve.

Additionally, through SolutionHealth’s affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital, they are bringing more advanced, world-class care and innovative treatments and technologies to southern New Hampshire.

System Director of Analytics Resource Center Position Overview

The System Director of Analytics Resource Center for SolutionHealth is one of the most important roles SolutionHealth will fill in the near future.

SolutionHealth is a new system and will continue in a growth mode. There is a pent-up demand for data; you will be implementing and growing both your systems and team. This key executive will be responsible for further development, maturation and execution of the enterprise strategy that effectively serves the analytic, data, and reporting needs of the system.

The Director will lead and oversee the analytics and data warehouse teams that provide the infrastructure as well as the mining, analysis, forecasting and reporting of data to support the strategies associated with ongoing growth, care transformation and business development and evolution.

Orchestrating, organizing, structuring and developing a cohesive team to enable a robust analytics function in support of data-driven decision-making across the health system are also key objectives. This person will inspire their team to greatness and foster an environment of customer obsession leveraging the voice of the customer through analytics with the goal of decreasing healthcare costs, improving patient outcomes and improving the healthcare experience.

The Director reports to the Chief Strategy Officer with a dotted line to the Chief Information Officer.

Qualifications

Education:
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree preferred

Experience:
• 10+ years of information systems experience required
• 5+ years of related experience in healthcare required
• 5+ years of management experience required
• Epic experience preferred

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

UW Medicine has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Chief Information Security Officer.

UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that directly connects care with a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. 

UW Medicine’s health system includes three hospitals, the region’s only Level I adult and pediatric trauma and burn center, as well as more than 300 outpatient sites of care.

Chief Information Security Officer Job Overview

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) will provide leadership for planning, developing, directing, and operating an innovative, trusted, and reliable information security program to support the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic institutional information at UW Hospitals and Clinics. 

The CISO Reports to the CIO at the University of Washington (UW) Medicine Information Technology Services and has a dotted line reporting relationship to the President of UW Medicine Hospitals and Clinics. 

Collaboration will be a key part of this position, both with key stakeholders at UW Medicine and the university.  As a federated system, being able to influence, as well as develop and maintain relationships will be critical to success.  The three-year vision for the IT department is orientated towards service and people.  

The CISO will provide leadership to the security team of approximately 27 staff, which includes identity and access management, risk and security operations.  While the team is high-performing, there is plenty to be accomplished and the ideal candidate will bring a blend of technical acumen, strategic focus, and strong leadership.  

Some of the key projects in which the CISO will play an integral role will be:

  • Helping to streamline IAM
  • Providing information security recommendations during the implementation of Workday
  • Improving security awareness training
  • Reviewing current third-party contracts for liability issues
  • Leading IT security governance

The CISO chairs the Tier 2 governance committee on security and attends the Tier 1 committee.

The CISO also serves as the UW Medicine HIPAA Security Official and will advise UW Medicine and UW Medicine IT Services leadership on enterprise security strategies, best practices, security architecture, and security design work. 

The CISO will be responsible for initiatives that affect the UW Medicine enterprise and its entities that include:

  • Harborview Medical Center
  • UW Medical Center Montlake
  • UW Medical Center Northwest
  • UW Neighborhood Clinics
  • UW Physicians
  • UW School of Medicine
  • Airlift Northwest

UW Medicine has recently become co-owner of the Fred Hutchison Cancer Center.

In addition, UW Medicine ITS Security collaborates closely with the UW Office of the Chief Information Security Officer, UW Medicine Compliance, UW School of Medicine and UW IT to synchronize policies, clarify roles and responsibilities, assess risks and coordinate mitigation efforts.

Qualifications

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required

Experience/Background: 

  • Ten or more years of IT leadership experience with significant responsibilities in IT security
  • Five or more years in a senior level leadership role
  • Relevant security industry certifications (i.e., CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, CHPS)
  • Demonstrated familiarity with HIPAA requirements and broad knowledge of integrated healthcare delivery administration  

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Bryan Kirby.

 

TMC HealthCare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Director of Technology.

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) has been Tucson’s locally governed nonprofit regional hospital for more than 75 years. 

TMC is Southern Arizona’s leading provider for emergency care and pediatric care (including Tucson’s first Pediatric Emergency Department), with intensive care units for adults, children, and newborns. 

Other specialty areas include women’s, maternity, cardiac care, orthopaedic, neuroscience, hospice, surgical, vascular, palliative, and geropsychiatric care.

TMC HealthCare is the corporate entity that includes Tucson Medical Center, Benson Hospital, and TMCOne primary and specialty care practices.

Director of Technology Job Overview

Partnering with TMC’s new CIO, the Director of Technology will be taking the organization on an exciting technology journey that will result in a great digital experience for TMCH employees and patients.

This position directs and coordinates the planning, production and activities of the IT Infrastructure environment, including Network Services, Server Management, Interfaces, Telecommunications, Desktop Management, Clinical Engineering, and Data Security.

Highlights:

  • Opportunity to take a solid healthcare technology foundation and move it to the next level
  • Oversees a team of 60+
  • Reports to the VP/CIO of Information Technology
  • Opportunity to be involved in the technology planning for a new hospital

Qualifications

Education: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent required.

Required Experience: 

  • Eight+ years of IT experience.
  • Five+ years of supervisory or management experience.

Key Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Thorough knowledge of best practices for system analysis and review, developing documentation and SOW’s.
  • Knowledge of budget development and management, and analyzing costs for new projects.
  • Skill in leading, guiding and evaluating performance and providing training to improve performance.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from employees, patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.

Desired Attributes:

  • Collaborative visionary dreamer with skills in driving innovation.
  • “People person technologist” who knows how to engage patients from a technology perspective.
  • Certification related to or associated with data security, and project management is highly desirable.

Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this job opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.