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Southern Illinois Healthcare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Senior Director of Enterprise Applications.

Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH), located in Carbondale, Illinois, is a not-for-profit health system that includes four hospitals, a comprehensive cancer center, a Level II Trauma Center, and more than 30 outpatient and specialty practices.

SIH holds affiliations with Prairie Heart Institute, SIU School of Medicine Family Practice Residency Program, Siteman Cancer Network, and the BJC Collaborative (a partnership among health care systems throughout Illinois, Missouri and Eastern Kansas).

Facts and Figures:

3,826 employees
621 medical staff
2,171 births
378 licensed beds
17,577 inpatient discharges
724 ICU discharges
79,038 ED visits
192 special care nursery discharges
11,307 surgeries (inpatient and outpatient)
226,486 primary care clinic visits
518,619 outpatient registrations
$175,951,860 total community benefit

* Figures based on SIH 2022 Annual Report

Senior Director of Enterprise Applications Position Overview

The Senior Director of Enterprise Applications (SDEA) is a newly created position for SIH. The SDEA will report to the CIO and oversee four direct reports (the total team size is 50). This key leadership position will bridge the gap between the CIO and the manager level, adding accountability, improving productivity, and providing mentoring.

The SDEA will:

Plan and manage large-scale implementation projects
Develop and promote standardization
Anticipate the needs of the organization
Partner with leadership to deliver high-value IT solutions
Align/exceed organization objectives
Build and sustain professional relationships at all levels of the organization

Initial projects include these high-visibility initiatives:

Assisting with the transition and implementation of Epic into a newly acquired hospital
Application optimization and Epic updates
Workday implementation (June 2024)
Transition to Epic Hyperdrive (2024)
Potential implementation of Salesforce into the call center

Culturally, SIH is a mission-driven organization focused on compassionate care, safety, and quality. SIH offers a good work/life balance, and the SDEA may work remotely. To support career growth and development, the organization offers tuition reimbursement.

This position is an excellent opportunity for an individual wanting to work for a progressive CIO and shape the future of a department. For candidates seeking career growth, this position may provide a career path to the CIO role.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of healthcare/business operations experience
10+ years of information technology solutions experience
5+ years of complex project leadership and/or supervisory experience
Verifiable Application Team and Project Management training or competency
Extensive experience mentoring and developing future leaders

Preferred:

Master’s degree in appropriate discipline with significant systems, project management, and leadership training
Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems or equivalent
Experience moving applications to a cloud environment
Significant Epic experience
ServiceNow experience
Salesforce experience

Other:

The SDEA can enjoy a remote working environment with occasional travel on-site (1-4 times a year).

For more information about the organization, the Senior Director of Enterprise Applications position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar).

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 Jaclyn Gates.

Kirby Partners has been retained to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for an Enterprise Architect.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree
15+ years of IT leadership experience
Working experience and understanding of Enterprise Architecture best practices
Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture, business re-engineering principles and processes
Basic knowledge of financial models and budgeting
Proven leadership ability
Expert level background in three or more defined EA applications areas

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree
Working knowledge of hospitals and healthcare industry
TOGAF certification

The Work Environment:

This position can be remote/hybrid, but successful candidates will reside or relocate within the region the system serves. The individual will be required to be on-site weekly.

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

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:

Payer systems
EHR
ERP
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 – Client Services Position Overview

The Principal — Client Services 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 payer clients by overseeing engagements which include everything from advisory engagements to data integration 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 payer area

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree
10+ years of experience in the business of healthcare
Comprehensive understanding of the healthcare landscape
Excellent working knowledge of evolving reimbursement landscape and the practice management environment
Proven ability to identify the need for change, anticipating, recognizing, and creatively resolving resistance to change
Work with others to view change as a positive challenge and opportunity for growth

For more information about the organization, the Principal – Client Services position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar).