MGB Digital Clinical Informatics Lead for Procedural Specialties (Part Time)

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General Summary/Overview Statement

The Mass General Brigham (MGB) Digital Epic Platform Architect/Clinical Informatics Lead for Procedural Specialties is responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the build and maintenance of the procedural Epic applications including (but not limited to) Radiant, Cupid and OpTime/Anesthesia. This role will report to the MGB Digital Associate Chief Clinical Informatics Officer and, in combination with the other Epic Platform Architects, will lead the creation, maintenance, and implementation of content for the Epic system, including workflow design and build. The Platform architect collaborates closely with Epic Application and Epic Portfolio Management teams, site CMIOs, and staff and subject matter experts across the enterprise.

The person in this role, in partnership with other digital relationship managers, will be responsible for developing and maintaining key site leadership and stakeholder relationships with procedural areas such as Radiology, Cardiology, and Surgery/Anesthesia, as appropriate, and in sustaining stakeholder engagement through the life cycle of digital health initiatives and ensuring that all clinical content is appropriately tracked and managed longitudinally.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as Epic Platform Architect/Clinical Informatics Lead for the Epic procedural products, (including, but not limited to, Radiant, Cupid, and OpTime/Anesthesia) and in that role, have a thorough understanding of the products’ capabilities, upcoming upgrades, and Epic’s longer term roadmap for these modules.

• Leverage this knowledge to manage solutions across the Epic application that are both clinically relevant and technologically feasible within the Epic software.

• Together with the application teams and Office of the CMIO, develop internal MGB roadmap for build within these modules to support the overall MGB Enterprise strategic goals.

• Accountable for the success of Procedural solution design and maintenance in close collaboration with associated Portfolio Manager and Epic Application team resources.

• Chair project team and stakeholder meetings to effectively manage design and build process.

• Stay current on broader technology trends and research and use this knowledge to inform the effective design and implementation of solutions at MGB

• Consistently engage in quality and process improvement activities to improve team performance

• Collaborate closely with enterprise leadership groups that oversee related but non-Epic systems including the Radiology MI2/EMI group, and Enterprise Cardiovascular Services.

• Ongoing clinical care activities.

• Mentor, coach, and support the career development of clinical informatics team members.

• Contribute to the broader community of health IT professionals through active participation in ongoing professional education, conference presentation, and/or publication.

• Participate in on-call coverage

• Other responsibilities as determined by the Chief Medical Information Officer and Associate Chief Clinical Informatics Officer.

Qualifications

• Respected healthcare leader with 3-5 years leadership experience and experience managing complex projects.

• Experience with clinical informatics activities.

• Experience managing multiple projects and project teams.

• Experience chairing and facilitating committees.

• Experience with change management.

• Epic certification preferred. Willingness to obtain and maintain Epic certification required.

• Experience creating and maintaining build in Epic preferred. Willingness to achieve proficiency and regularly build in Epic required.

• Clinical informatics board certified or board eligible preferred for MDs.

• Clinical licensure and ongoing practice required (physician, physician assistant, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist etc).

• Excellent knowledge of clinical workflow

• Demonstrated strong commitment to progress, customer service and teamwork

Mass General Brigham is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.