CHS Corporate
Director, Clinical Informatics (Regional)
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Full Time
Job Summary
The Regional Director of Clinical Informatics provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for regional Clinical Informatics services, clinician engagement, technology adoption, workflow optimization, and clinical transformation initiatives across assigned markets and facilities.
This role is accountable for ensuring technology solutions support patient safety, quality outcomes, clinician experience, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and organizational priorities. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to clinical, operational, and technology leadership while driving the effective adoption and optimization of clinical technologies throughout the organization.
The Regional Director leads Clinical Informatics Managers and team members, oversees multiple concurrent initiatives, and develops strong partnerships with Regional Chief Information Officers (RCIOs), physician leaders, nursing leadership, operational executives, and enterprise Digital Technology teams to ensure alignment between clinical transformation initiatives and technology strategies.
Essential Functions
The Regional Director of Clinical Informatics provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for regional Clinical Informatics services, clinician engagement, technology adoption, workflow optimization, and clinical transformation initiatives across assigned markets and facilities.
This role is accountable for ensuring technology solutions support patient safety, quality outcomes, clinician experience, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and organizational priorities. The Director serves as a trusted advisor to clinical, operational, and technology leadership while driving the effective adoption and optimization of clinical technologies throughout the organization.
The Regional Director leads Clinical Informatics Managers and team members, oversees multiple concurrent initiatives, and develops strong partnerships with Regional Chief Information Officers (RCIOs), physician leaders, nursing leadership, operational executives, and enterprise Digital Technology teams to ensure alignment between clinical transformation initiatives and technology strategies.
Essential Functions
- Clinical Informatics Strategy & Accountability
- Owns the strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for assigned Regional Clinical Informatics portfolios and services.
- Aligns Clinical Informatics initiatives with organizational priorities, quality goals, regulatory requirements, and clinical transformation strategies.
- Establishes regional success metrics and monitors portfolio performance across assigned service areas.
- Develops and executes strategic plans supporting technology adoption, workflow optimization, clinician engagement, and operational improvement.
- Identifies opportunities to improve clinical outcomes, clinician experience, and operational efficiency through technology-enabled solutions.
- Ensures Informatics services support enterprise standardization while addressing regional operational needs.
- Leadership & Organizational Design
- Leads and mentors Clinical Informatics Managers and team members through consistent leadership practices and accountability.
- Defines role structures, staffing models, workforce capability requirements, and organizational priorities.
- Recruits, develops, and retains high-performing Clinical Informatics professionals.
- Partners with Human Resources and executive leadership on workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
- Fosters a collaborative, service-oriented, and highly engaged team culture.
- Promotes accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across Informatics teams.
- Develops future informatics leaders through coaching, mentoring, and professional development programs.
- Clinical Governance & Decision Support
- Leads regional governance for clinical content, workflows, documentation standards, order sets, alerts, clinical decision support, and workflow standardization efforts.
- Ensures clinical content aligns with evidence-based practice, regulatory requirements, and organizational standards.
- Partners with physician, nursing, and operational leaders to establish priorities and governance decisions impacting clinical technology.
- Oversees testing, validation, readiness, and workflow review activities supporting clinical application implementations and enhancements.
- Supports optimization efforts focused on reducing clinician burden, improving usability, and increasing adoption of technology solutions.
- Ensures governance decisions support patient safety, quality outcomes, and operational performance.
- End User Engagement & Adoption
- Oversees regional clinician engagement strategies supporting adoption and utilization of technology solutions.
- Leads structured clinical rounding, office hours, stakeholder engagement programs, and feedback collection initiatives.
- Monitors adoption, utilization, and optimization metrics and develops improvement plans when necessary.
- Partners with physician, nursing, ancillary, and operational leaders to improve clinician experience and technology effectiveness.
- Ensures frontline feedback is incorporated into governance, prioritization, optimization, and workflow decisions.
- Supports regional readiness, communication, and change management activities for technology implementations and upgrades.
- Workflow Optimization & Clinical Transformation
- Leads initiatives focused on workflow standardization, process improvement, and technology optimization across the region.
- Evaluates clinical workflows and operational processes to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborates with operational and clinical leadership to redesign workflows supporting organizational goals.
- Promotes adoption of best practices, evidence-based workflows, and standardized technology utilization.
- Uses performance metrics, analytics, and stakeholder feedback to drive continuous improvement efforts.
- Supports enterprise transformation initiatives through effective change leadership and clinical engagement.
- Clinical Technology Partnership & Alignment
- Establishes a strategic partnership with Regional Chief Information Officers and Information Systems leadership.
- Collaborates on technology roadmaps supporting clinical, operational, and organizational priorities.
- Ensures alignment between clinical transformation initiatives and enterprise technology strategies.
- Serves as the liaison between frontline clinicians and technology leadership teams.
- Partners with Digital Technology teams to improve clinician experience, technology adoption, and workflow effectiveness.
- Collaborates on implementation planning, issue resolution, prioritization, and optimization efforts supporting clinical applications.
- Participates in executive governance forums and regional leadership discussions impacting technology and clinical transformation.
- Cross Functional Integration
- Partners with Quality, Safety, Operations, Education, Revenue Cycle, Care Management, and ancillary service leaders.
- Develops trusted relationships with physicians, advanced practice providers, nursing leaders, and operational stakeholders.
- Supports organizational initiatives focused on patient safety, quality improvement, clinician satisfaction, and operational excellence.
- Facilitates communication and coordination between regional stakeholders and enterprise Digital Technology teams.
- Promotes collaboration across departments, service lines, and facilities to achieve organizational goals.
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Clinical Informatics, Health Administration, or a related field required
- A combination of education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
- Master's Degree in Business, Clinical Informatics, Health Administration, or a related field preferred
- 9-10 years of experience in clinical informatics, healthcare operations, or health information technology required
- 8 years of Clinical informatics Experience required
- 3-5 years of Leadership experience managing teams, programs, or services required
- 1-3 Years of Experience in regional or enterprise healthcare environments, advising executive leadership and participating in organizational governance structures, and Technology adoption, optimization, and workflow transformation initiatives preferred
- Advanced understanding of clinical workflows, healthcare operations, and healthcare technology.
- Strong knowledge of Clinical Informatics principles, governance models, and technology adoption methodologies.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence physician, nursing, operational, and executive leadership teams.
- Proven ability to execute regional strategies supporting workflow standardization, testing, validation, and optimization.
- Expertise in change management methodologies and technology adoption strategies.
- Strong analytical skills to optimize operational performance and drive measurable clinical and business outcomes.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in a complex healthcare environment.
- Ability to identify and resolve complex organizational, workflow, and technology-related issues.
- Highly skilled in fostering cross-functional collaboration across departments, facilities, and leadership teams.
- Effective people management capabilities to lead, mentor, and develop high-performing informatics professionals.
- Strong team-building skills that promote a collaborative, inclusive, and highly engaged culture.
- Experience leading governance structures, optimization initiatives, and clinical transformation programs.
- Demonstrated success executing clinician engagement programs including clinical rounding, office hours, stakeholder forums, and feedback initiatives.
- Strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills.