Health Informatics Director jobs in California

Updated: Feb 23, 2024
Location: Orange
Job Type:
Department: Clinical Informatics

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Chief Medical Information Officer and dotted line reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, the Director of Clinical Informatics provides enterprise-wide informatics leadership to effectively champion the strategy, adoption, and optimization of information technology and promote and advance transformative innovations from an informatics perspective. The Director of Clinical Informatics is a visionary leader who combines knowledge of patient care, informatics, and change management to enhance the design and optimization of the electronic health record (EHR) to achieve maximal patient safety, quality of care, and operational efficiency. The Director of Clinical Informatics is a relationship-based leader who pulls people together to form a unified voice and strategy, whenever possible. The Director leads the Informatics team in the achievement of these goals, as well as promotes their continued learning and advancement in informatics. In addition, the incumbent oversees the Informatics Training team and the Engagement & Adoption programs. The Director of Clinical Informatics will collaborate with IS team to ensure Informatics strategies are in alignment with goals and priorities. The director of Clinical Informatics will represent UCI Health nationally as a leader in health informatics and will participate on national committees and organizations focusing on health IT. Additional responsibilities include the clinical quality, safety, and operational integrity of clinical information systems; and integrating quality improvement and regulatory standards to maximize the capability of the clinical data warehouse for quality, research, and evidence-based practice activities.

Total Compensation

In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our:

Compensation practices (https://www.hr.uci.edu/partnership/totalrewards/compensation.php) and

Benefits (https://careersucirvine.ttcportals.com/pages/benefits).

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Experience in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all levels of the campus community, external agencies, universities, and industry
• Strong communication skills to communicate using a variety of methods with all levels of staff and with external agencies
• Current CA RN license
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience implementing and supporting EMR in ambulatory / clinical setting
• Minimum 7 years of nursing information technology leadership experience; must be knowledgeable and up-to-date with trends in the use of clinical systems.
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical information systems
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of clinical informatics systems, concepts, policies, practices, and methodologies, including programming design, modification, deployment, data security, and quality assurance
• Proven ability to organize, manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and delegate clinical informatics work functions efficiently, with strong human resources management skills and knowledge
• Demonstrated leadership skills managing IT professionals and collaborating with clinicians. Proven managerial, skills in planning and delegating work, deploying staff, resource management, budgeting, and financial management
• Proven ability to work effectively with senior management on operational and performance issues in developing goals, policies, plans, strategies, quality improvement programs, and systems for ensuring user competence in clinical informatics
• 5 years of leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of clinical operations
• Ability to coordinate and motivate staff
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple tasks, maintain schedules and timelines
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Ability to recommend original and creative solutions to situations occurring outside administrative policy.

• Knowledge of UC policies and procedures
• Experience working for an academic medical center.

Conditions of Employment:

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement:

The University of California, Irvine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.

We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.