Director, IT Applications Full-Time Day Shift 25128

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center • Paramus, NJ

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About The Position

Join Our Team at New Bridge Medical Center! We are dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate care to our diverse community. As a leading healthcare provider, we offer a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you’re passionate about making a difference and thrive in a collaborative setting, New Bridge Medical Center is looking for a Director, IT Applications.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience working closely with application development teams and software engineers to deliver solutions in a collaborative, innovative manner
• 5+ years of experience in an application management position
• Proven project management track record
• Familiarity with healthcare industry
• Familiarity with clinical
• Familiarity with developing training materials
• Proven experience with the complete software application development life cycle
• Microsoft Office skills including MS Project
• Competent computer skills
• Excellent organizational, oral and written communication, and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in English
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or other related discipline or prior applications management experience required

Responsibilities

• Implement enterprise application projects supporting patient care and safety and hospital clinical applications
• Responsible for planning, developing and supervising projects to completion using established project management tool and techniques.
• Responsible for development, validation, and ongoing maintenance activities for all hospital operational and clinical applications.
• Assess institutional needs and develop improvement initiatives accordingly.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to a team of applications services professionals.
• Support and develop the technical expertise needed to meet long-term organizational needs.
• Responsible for annual performance appraisals for applications staff assigned.
• Responsible for planning and establishing internal policies and procedure regarding operations, change and problem management, as well as project methodologies around applications.
• Oversee communication with and support provided to application end users.
• Serve as the primary liaison between third party application vendors and the organization.
• Perform quality assurance at technical and procedural levels.
• Work with application staff to direct data analytics and performs analysis; provide written and oral reports and proposals to management.
• Ensure compliance with local/state/federal regulations as they pertain to the organization’s applications.
• Ensure upgrades are reviewed, performed timely and rolled out to stakeholders to ensure successful communication along with working with Tech team from infrastructure standpoint.
• Develops a full list of applications, versions, EOL, etc.
• Integrate best practices and technology standards across supervised groups.
• Collaborate with other IT, hospital departments to ensure cohesiveness in application rollout.
• Develop training requirements as needed and have application staff versed on training end users.
• Collaborate with other Director/Managers within the department.
• Develop interoperability program with applications internally and externally
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Assesses gaps in policies and procedures, and create necessary policies and procedures to fulfill these gaps.
• Understands and adheres to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct.
• Familiar with the Medical Center’s Mission, Vision, and Values Statements
• Participate in and/or lead multidisciplinary task forces, committees and projects.
• Continue professional development through reading, participation in seminars and optional training.
• Keep informed on direction and happenings in the healthcare industry and within NBMC.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the overall objectives of the department and organization.

Benefits

• We provide a comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• We prioritize work-life balance with a generous time off policy that includes ample vacation days, personal time, sick leave and nine paid holidays.
• Additionally, we are committed to the personal and professional growth of our employees, offering robust tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs to help support our employees ongoing development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director