Director, Information Technology - Valencia County Hospital

Major Responsibilities

• Manages the local structure for supporting hospital applications and infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration between the EHR, financial systems, and specialized clinical modules.
• Ensures system uptime and reliability, while planning for downtime efficiencies.
• Develops a local IT strategic roadmap that aligns the facility’s strategic plans and industry advances, while leveraging CHC standards for efficient scalability.
• Align technology initiatives with hospital goals. Recommend emerging technologies that improve patient care and operational efficiency.
• Ensures compliance with regulations: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requirements, Accreditation regulations, state healthcare regulations, information security standards and audit requirements.
• Acts as the primary local advocate to ensure Valencia County Hospital’s unique IT needs are aligned and prioritized by CHC, Ardent, and local IT vendors.
• Affords assistance with the local development and implementation of IT policies and procedures.
• Analyzes and makes recommendations for the ongoing improvement of the hospital IT infrastructure, systems, and operations. Ensure data integrity.
• Maintains oversight of vendor contracts and manages local IT and informatics staff to ensure a smoothly operating hospital environment.
• Manages service level agreements (SLAs) and collaborative relationships with Ardent/Lovelace for EHR support and CHC Corporate IT for core infrastructure and systems.
• Maintains awareness of regulatory changes and requirements in healthcare-related information technology (e.g., Promoting Interoperability, Interoperability, HIPAA).

Pay

Salary range: $90,000 - 100,000

Benefits

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Schedule

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About the Role

The Director reports to the CEO and is responsible for the strategic planning and operational oversight of IT infrastructure, applications, and support services. This role serves as the critical liaison managing relationships and service levels between the local facility, Ardent/Lovelace (for EHR support), and CHC Corporate IT (for core infrastructure).

Qualifications

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Skills

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Requirements

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