Position Summary

Under the direction of the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, the Assistant Director will perform all informatics functions with electronic medical record and informatics solutions. The purpose of this position is to develop, implement, and evaluate information technology needed to enhance the clinical practice environment. The incumbent is responsible for leading clinical transformation by engaging the correct stakeholders on both the operational and information technology side to coordinate change through a data driven and evidence-based approach at a system level.

Duties of an Assistant Director of Clinical Transformation may include the following but are not limited to:

• Lead ongoing workflow analysis and process improvement initiatives through all clinical and operational aspects of the hospital and ambulatory setting.
• Understand, analyze, and reinforce the use of data and reporting in daily routines and to support decision making.
• Supervision and oversight for Clinical Transformation Informatics Analysts.
• Lead and facilitate the change management process to support system level standardization transformations.
• Manage informatics projects from start to completion and ensures tasks are appropriately assigned and completed by the deadlines agreed upon.
• Work closely with the clinical operational teams to prioritize and determine needs for process change or educational focus to improve patient safety or meet regulatory needs.
• Partner with the IT teams to ensure optimization with hardware, software applications, and interfaces to improve outcomes.
• Support clinical and operational workflows with informatics solutions throughout the hospital and ambulatory settings by troubleshooting, reinforcing workflow and educating to the functionality.
• Implement and evaluate new technologies for safety, ease of use, cost effectiveness, and application for the patient care delivery system.
• Collaborate with the staff to identify systems issues that impact the care delivery system.
• Facilitate an interdisciplinary approach with the team to meet technology needs in the division.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in identifying and resolving informatics related issues.
• Participate in the evaluation, selection and integration of new and improved technology to improve clinical workflow and patient outcomes.
• Responsible for the management of clinical enhancement requests and associated data analytics.
• Manage and coordinate the onboarding process for the Clinical Transformation analysts.
• Continually assess informatics analysts learning needs and competence in the use of technology and information informatics best practices.
• Remain current with trends in informatics and provides the staff with the resources and environment conducive to learning.
• Demonstrate professional responsibility to share knowledge by sharing knowledge with colleagues by presenting at conferences or publication.
• Facilitate change and fosters a positive image of Clinical Transformation.
• Demonstrate excellent team building and collaboration skills with colleagues.
• Continuously strive to increase core knowledge and role competency through leadership development activities.
• Promote a culture of day-to-day recognition and creates an environment where everyone understands the value of recognizing each other on any given day (for both big and small contributions).

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Allied Health Professional or informatics related.
• Five (5) years full time informatics experience.
• Two (2) years tertiary care center experience.
• Two (2) years project leadership experience.
• Five (5) years bedside clinical experience.
• Informatics Certification (ANCC or HIMSS).
• Knowledge of process improvement, workflow design/analysis, and project management tools.
• Analytic and problem-solving skills.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Able to lead/facilitate meetings and present content to various leadership forums.
• Understand overall hospital and ambulatory operation processes from front end registration through clinical care and billing to consider implications of changes at a system-wide level.
• Various application skills including, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, and SharePoint.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in informatics, computer science, Nursing or other clinical bedside specialty (i.e. pharmacy, PT, OT, RT).
• Registered Nurse.
• Cerner experience.

Special Notes: Resume/CV should be included with the online application.

Posting Overview: This position will remain posted until filled or for a maximum of 90 days. An initial review of all applicants will occur two weeks from the posting date. Candidates are advised on the application that for full consideration, applications must be received before the initial review date (which is within two weeks of the posting date).

If within the initial review no candidate was selected to fill the position posted, additional applications will be considered for the posted position; however, the posting will close once a finalist is identified, and at minimal, two weeks after the initial posting date. Please note, that if no candidate were identified and hired within 90 days from initial posting, the posting would close for review, and possibly reposted at a later date.

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• Stony Brook Medicine is a smoke free environment. Smoking is strictly prohibited anywhere on campus, including parking lots and outdoor areas on the premises.
• All Hospital positions may be subject to changes in pass days and shifts as necessary.
• This position may require the wearing of respiratory protection, which may prohibit the wearing of facial hair.
• This function/position maybe designated as "essential." This means that when the Hospital is faced with an institutional emergency, employees in such positions may be required to remain at their work location or to report to work to protect, recover, and continue operations at Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook University Hospital and related facilities.

Prior to start date, the selected candidate must meet the following requirements:

• Successfully complete pre-employment physical examination and obtain medical clearance from Stony Brook Medicine's Employee Health Services*
• Complete electronic reference check with a minimum of three (3) professional references.
• Successfully complete a 4 panel drug screen*
• Meet Regulatory Requirements for pre-employment screenings.
• Provide a copy of any required New York State license(s)/certificate(s).

Failure to comply with any of the above requirements could result in a delayed start date and/or revocation of the employment offer.

*The hiring department will be responsible for any fee incurred for examination.

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Anticipated Pay Range:

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established as - $12000 - $134400.

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