As an accomplished IT professional, you will join our organization as a Technical Director of Clinical IT Operations. This role requires an individual with strong technical skills and experience with healthcare, a passion for academic collaboration, and a commitment to driving excellence in both clinical operations and academic initiatives. The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the integration of technology with dual roles as director as well as engineer.

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Through collaboration with system wide leaders and technical engineers, execute a comprehensive strategic plan for clinical IT operations and academic alignment, supporting the University Systems mission and academic goals.
  • Collaborate with IT Leaders and Engineers, academic, research and clinical staff to develop and integrate innovative technologies into educational programs and clinical practices.
• Clinical Systems Management:
  • Implement, optimize, and maintain clinical information systems and alignment with academic initiatives.
  • Drive innovation in healthcare technology within clinical workflows, focusing on enhancing both patient care, telemedicine, and educational experiences.
• Academic Collaboration:
  • Build vendor partnerships, fostering collaborative projects that integrate IT solutions into academic and clinical settings.
  • Lead initiatives to enhance academic curricula through the incorporation of emerging technologies and best practices.
• Innovation Management and leadership:
  • Identify opportunities for innovation in clinical and academic settings, evaluating emerging trends and technologies in healthcare IT and education.
  • Champion a culture of innovation within the organization by supporting research projects, academic collaborations, and technology-driven learning experiences.
  • Build consensus and lead multidisciplinary teams, including clinical systems analysts, academic coordinators, and project managers.
  • Promote a collaborative environment that encourages creativity, academic excellence, and the pursuit of innovative solutions.
• Quality Assurance and Compliance:
  • Establish and maintain robust quality assurance processes for clinical IT operations and academic initiatives.
  • Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, academic accreditation standards, and best practices.
  • Leverage the current staff and institutional investments to implement standards designed to optimize revenue and cost while averting risks.
• Security
  • Implement a system that is HIPPA compliant, following NIST standards with a goal of Hitrust certification to optimize potential for revenue growth and partnership potential.
  • Standardize policies and procedures while reducing risks associated with vendors and data loss.
  • Leverage modern data practices to ensure data, vendors and hosted service providers have appropriate security measures in place and exceed HIPAA regulations ensuring availability, confidentiality, and integrity of data.
  • Implement a security strategy, in partnership of Information Security, to meet the needs of research, clinical specialties and university data.

Education/ Experience

• 4 or more years as a technology professional.
• Certifications in cybersecurity and cloud providers.

Knowledge/ Skills/ Abilities

• Experience in the healthcare /academic setting preferred.
• Microsoft Azure and Amazon Infrastructure
• Cloud-based networking standards
• Regulatory knowledge, aligned to ISO, HIPAA and SOC 2 assessment
• Experience with RBAC, and PowerShell scripting.
• Experience working with "Team-Based Practices," like Agile, Kanban
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to follow standard change management processes. Document and evaluate the impact of required changes to the various systems: plan, schedule, and communicate.
• Ability to understand and follow sometimes complex oral and written instructions.

Travel

• As needed, infrequent
• Flexible working hours, with the occasional possibility of work outside standard hours including weekends.