Vice President, Clinical Digital Platforms

Health First Careers • Rockledge, FL

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About The Position

The Vice President, Clinical Digital Platforms is accountable for enterprise clinical digital platforms across Health First’s Integrated Delivery Network (IDN), with primary ownership of the Epic ecosystem. The Vice President, Clinical Digital Platforms ensures clinical technology enables high-quality, efficient, and scalable care delivery while improving clinician experience and delivering measurable clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. The Vice President, Clinical Digital Platforms, under the direction of the Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer, drives Epic platform strategy, governance, optimization, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled innovation in close partnership with clinical, operational, and revenue cycle leaders. The Vice President, Clinical Digital Platforms also builds a high-performing clinical applications organization and ensures disciplined execution and value realization from enterprise platforms.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Healthcare or Business Administration (MHA/MBA), Information Systems (MIS), or a relevant field.
• Ten (10) or more years progressive healthcare leadership experience with accountability for enterprise clinical platforms, care delivery operations, or system-level transformation initiatives.
• Certified Healthcare Chief Information Officer (CHCIO) certification OR Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) certification OR Similar executive-level certification.
• Deep Epic platform expertise – including governance, architecture, workflow design, and module integration across care settings.
• AI and emerging technology fluency – with practical knowledge of ambient AI, predictive analytics, and clinical decision support applications in Epic environments.
• Executive-level communication skills – with demonstrated ability to influence physicians, executives, and boards.
• Strong change management competency – including formal experience with OCM frameworks in healthcare technology contexts.
• Data literacy and analytics acumen – with the ability to leverage Epic and third-party reporting to drive strategic decisions.
• High emotional intelligence – with a track record of navigating complex organizational dynamics and building trust across diverse stakeholder groups.

Nice To Haves

• Formal clinical education (e.g., RN, PharmD, MD, PA).
• Formal clinical training (e.g., RN, PharmD, MD, PA) with active or previous licensure is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated expertise in driving large-scale organizational and behavioral change, particularly when aligning diverse clinical stakeholders around standardized workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise strategy, roadmap, and performance for Epic and clinical digital platforms aligned to Health First’s care delivery model and strategic priorities.
• Serve as executive partner to clinical, physician, operational, and revenue cycle leaders to enable standardized, high-performing, and clinician-centered workflows.
• Lead enterprise governance covering demand intake, prioritization, standardization, and investment decisions across clinical platforms.
• Drive systemwide optimization and reduction of unwarranted variation while preserving flexibility where clinically necessary.
• Advance AI, automation, and advanced platform capabilities to reduce administrative burden, improve decision-making, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing clinical applications organization with strong leadership bench, succession planning, and future-ready skills.
• Ensure disciplined execution of large-scale initiatives with strong change management and clear measurement of outcomes and value realization.
• Define and communicate a clear, compelling vision for the team that effectively ties into the mission and vision of Health First and inspire the team to achieve that vision.
• Provide leadership, motivation, coaching, feedback and support to foster and strengthen growth and development of an effective, high performing team.
• Lead change through effective communication, explaining the connection and value to the organization, creating stronger buy-in and urgency, while understanding impact to the team to obtain commitment.
• Demonstrate openness to hearing diverse ideas and thoughts; create a sense of inclusivity; and encourage collaboration across teams to help break down silos to meet the team’s and organization’s goals.
• Recruit, select, grow, and retain highly engaged, high performing diverse and inclusive associates.
• Display strong strategic and financial acumen in areas of responsibility in alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.

Benefits

• Diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution.
• Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates.
• Different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results.
• It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

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