Vermont Rural Healthcare IT and HIM Leadership Opportunities
About The Position
Rural Staffing Services (RSS) partners with rural hospitals, clinics, community health centers, long-term care organizations, and healthcare systems throughout Vermont to identify experienced information technology and health information leaders. These roles are crucial for ensuring dependable systems, protecting patient information, maintaining accurate records, and supporting safe, efficient, and connected care in rural healthcare settings. The ideal candidates understand that technology is about people, communication, trust, and providing employees with the necessary tools and information to serve their community. Opportunities may include leadership in Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, community hospitals, long-term care organizations, and integrated rural healthcare systems.
Requirements
- Progressive experience in healthcare IT, information systems, HIM, medical records, clinical informatics, privacy, cybersecurity, or data management
- Previous leadership experience as a director, manager, supervisor, CIO, or comparable professional
- Experience with healthcare systems, EHR platforms, networks, data, privacy, or records management
- Knowledge of HIPAA, information security, health information regulations, or documentation standards
- Experience managing projects, vendors, budgets, implementations, or system upgrades
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and team-development skills
- Experience working with clinical, operational, and executive leaders
- Experience within rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, long-term care organizations, or community healthcare settings
- Relevant education, certification, or technical credentials based on the position
- A practical, collaborative, and service-focused leadership style
Nice To Haves
- Credentials such as RHIA, RHIT, CHPS, CPHIMS, CISSP, PMP, or other healthcare information, privacy, security, data, or technology certifications
Responsibilities
- Providing strategic and operational leadership for IT, HIM, or information systems
- Supporting reliable technology, infrastructure, networks, devices, and applications
- Leading EHR optimization, implementations, upgrades, and user support
- Strengthening cybersecurity, access controls, backups, recovery, and business continuity
- Protecting patient information and supporting HIPAA compliance
- Overseeing medical records, document integrity, release of information, and retention
- Supporting accurate data, reporting, analytics, and information governance
- Managing vendors, contracts, budgets, projects, and technology planning
- Leading help desk, systems administration, applications, or technical-support teams
- Developing policies, procedures, and internal controls
- Supporting privacy, security, audit, and regulatory readiness
- Collaborating with clinical, operational, finance, revenue cycle, and executive leaders
- Training employees and helping teams adopt new systems and workflows
- Improving the connection between technology, information, and patient care
- Helping the organization prepare for growth, modernization, or system transition
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
