Medical Director, Clinical Informatics - Valley Region

Sutter Health • Sacramento, CA

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About The Position

The Medical Director of Clinical Informatics (Valley Region) is a physician leader responsible for advancing the effective use of health information technology to improve clinical quality, efficiency, and provider experience. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for informatics initiatives in the Sutter Health Valley Region. The incumbent partners closely with clinical, operational, and IT stakeholders to oversee the development, optimization, and adoption of the electronic health record (EHR) and related digital tools. The ideal candidate is an actively practicing physician with deep Epic expertise, strong leadership capability, and extensive experience integrating clinical workflows with technology to support exceptional care across Sutter Health’s Valley Region. This position requires ongoing concurrent clinical practice within a relevant clinical specialty at Sutter Health.

Requirements

• Doctorate: MD or DO
• MD-Doctor of Medicine Upon Hire OR DO-Doctor of Osteopathy of California
• EPIC-EPIC Certification within 180 Days of hire
• 8 years recent relevant experience
• Clinical practice experience and a strong background in health information technology
• Leadership and management experience within a complex multi-site matric managed healthcare environment
• Understanding of and proven experience in utilizing EHR technology to positively transform clinical practice by improving the quality of patient care, reducing costs and driving user satisfaction across the care continuum
• Working knowledge of the clinical care information systems implementation process, integration of workflows, use and support methodologies, regulatory requirements, strategic and tactical planning, project leadership/management and group dynamics
• Strong working knowledge of the Epic healthcare software
• Solid expertise in organizational change management concepts and strategies, including proactively using that body of knowledge to constructively transform the clinician and patient experience across the continuum of care
• Demonstrated knowledge regarding potential impact of Stark, privacy and security laws and regulations on implementation and ongoing use of health IT systems
• Understanding of and experience with process improvement philosophies and methodologies
• Solid expertise in selection, development and implementation of a broad range of clinical care information systems as well as process redesign and significant quality improvements
• Significant experience developing and leading electronic health record (EHR) training and support initiatives in a clinical care setting
• Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between patients, healthcare practitioners, enterprise leadership, and computer/data processing specialists, while maintaining and securing all patient records
• Recognized ability to energize, mobilize, influence, and build accountability with a broad range of stakeholders through effective communication of vision, and the fostering of productive and supportive working relationships with internal and external constituencies
• Superior negotiating and problem-solving skills with the proven ability to identify, research and analyze issues to offer effective solutions
• Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate business needs into application and operational requirements, as well as lay terms
• Advanced level of computer competency in Microsoft Office Suite, including EHR/computerized physician order entry (CPOE) applications, as well as other relevant software for research and analysis

Responsibilities

• Advancing the effective use of health information technology to improve clinical quality, efficiency, and provider experience
• Providing strategic and operational leadership for informatics initiatives in the Sutter Health Valley Region
• Partnering closely with clinical, operational, and IT stakeholders to oversee the development, optimization, and adoption of the electronic health record (EHR) and related digital tools
• Ongoing concurrent clinical practice within a relevant clinical specialty at Sutter Health

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees