Chief Nursing Informatics Officer & Executive Director

About the role

The position has a dual-reporting relationship to the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) & Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the strategic liaison within Information Technology (IT) representing the nursing community and patient care team needs.
• Create a communications strategy and cross-organizational vision for nursing and clinical informatics in concert with the overall nursing communication strategy.
• Understand the impact of regulatory changes with the ability to interpret and evangelize informatics impact for internal and external constituents.
• Develop nursing and clinical informatics strategies related to technology procurement, implementation, maintenance and optimization.
• Combine knowledge of patient care, informatics concepts and change management to effectively address the information and knowledge needs of healthcare professionals and patients to promote safe, effective and efficient use of IT in clinical settings.
• Develop clinical informatics nursing system strategies in collaboration with other senior nursing/clinical, medical informatics and operational leaders to support quality patient care and professional practice.
• Design, develop and implement appropriate service delivery in collaboration with nursing and technology leadership in defining, delivering and improving services for the enterprise and its customers.
• Incorporate nursing research and evidence-based nursing knowledge into nursing informatics practice.
• Collaborate with nurse leaders in planning and implementing program expansion and growth, including new business ventures, construction, and projects.
• Promote advancement of clinical and business intelligence systems capable of reporting variables to evaluate patient outcomes and to support research and operational improvement across the continuum of care.
• Apply strong interpersonal communication skills to maintain open channels of discussion and partnership among staff members, other health care professionals and hospital departments.

Requirements

• A visionary, ethical, transformational Nursing and IT leader with a passion for applying innovative technologies.
• Master’s degree in Nursing Informatics or related Nursing/ Healthcare field.
• Post Graduate Informatics certification strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of experience from an academic medical center environment with a minimum of 5 years progressive leadership and oversight of clinical informatics & nursing infrastructure.
• Significant Epic experience with a notable record of accomplishments from an Epic environment.
• Current RN license, or eligible for licensure in the state of Illinois.
• Knowledge of processes such as software development lifecycle, Agile, Lean and Six Sigma highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated superior listening, written and verbal communication skills, with a strong executive presence.
• Able to serve as a catalyst for change, a “change agent”, who can catapult our organization by speaking to users in terms they can understand, digest, and to which they can adequately respond.
• Solid reputation as an individual who can provide sound leadership and build effective teams to maximize organizational success.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain open channels of discussion and partnership among staff members, other health care professionals and hospital departments.

Benefits

• The opportunity to become a change agent at the forefront of medicine and modernize UChicago Medicine’s IT infrastructure by identifying opportunities for automation, standardization, and innovation.
• The ability to direct the application of technology in strategic initiatives.
• Visibility as the face of technology infrastructure for UChicago Medicine, managing key internal and external relationships.
• The scope of authority of this position involves the entire health system with affiliates and joint venture partners.
• Positioned to be a visible and transformative leader, capable of directing innovative informatics projects and driving cultural change across the enterprise.
• Foster efforts to positively impact the organization’s visibility, image, and relationship with its surrounding community.

Pay

Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.