Manager - Epic Inpatient Orders (Remote Available)

About the role

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operates globally. It is committed to advancing health and wellness through teaching, discovery, and patient care. Vanderbilt Health is dedicated to creating a workplace where employees feel valued and respected.

Responsibilities

• Manages IT staff by recruiting and training employees, communicating job expectations, assigning projects/tasks, and monitoring performance.
• Ensures staff alignment with mission and strategic plan.
• Ensures staff compliance with budgets, resource allocation, operational plans, and policies.
• Safeguards projects by keeping them on track and regularly communicating status to department leadership and business/operational leaders.
• Regularly reviews/implements advances in technology and industry best practices.
• Aids in preparing operating and capital budgets following established guidelines and using benchmark data.

Requirements

• Prior management experience (preferred).
• Epic Inpatient Orders certification (required).
• Bachelor's degree (required).
• Operations Planning (intermediate): Anticipates resource needs to meet objectives and implements appropriate processes.
• Leadership (intermediate): Formulates a vision while motivating & guiding employees promoting engagement. Leaders state precise goals, ensures the commitment of individuals to those goals, defines the methods of measurement, and provides the incentive to accomplish measureable outcomes.
• Quality Management (intermediate): Developing a systematic process of checking to see whether a process or service is meeting specific requirements.
• Business Results (intermediate): Ability to achieve business results while focusing on quality, customer satisfaction, and stewardship.
• People Management (intermediate): Interacting, communicating, building relationships and developing employees.
• Compliance (intermediate): Understanding the rules, regulations, sanctions and other statutory requirements, guidelines and instructions relating to governing bodies and organizations, both internally and externally.

About the Department

The Health IT department provides the best health information technology tools that support Vanderbilt University Medical Center's mission. Our tools, developed in-house or selected from the market, are essential for delivering personalized care, improving health outcomes, and supporting research. We collaborate closely with VUMC Information Technology to ensure our solutions meet the evolving needs of our 24,000 colleagues.

Core Accountabilities

• Organizational Impact: Directs activities to achieve operational plans with some near-term effect on results of the department/area.
• Problem Solving/Complexity of Work: Identifies issues, gathers facts to resolve technical and operational problems.
• Breadth of Knowledge: Applies in-depth knowledge and skills of a professional/technical area and basic management knowledge to manage the work of the team.
• Team Interaction: Leads a complex department with a focus on implementation. Typically executes on a short to medium-term strategies.

Position Qualifications

• Certifications: Epic Inpatient Orders certification (required).
• Experience: Relevant work experience (7+ years preferred).
• Education: Bachelor's degree (required).