Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer - East Region (New Jersey)
Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health | |
United States, New Jersey, Cherry Hill | |
2201 Chapel Avenue West (Show on map) | |
Sep 14, 2024 | |
This role would be 0.7 FTE as the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer and 0.3 FTE clinical in the specialty of the person hired. The Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer (ACMIO) for the East Region of Jefferson Health is the physician leader responsible for the overall relationship between Information Services and Technology (ISamp;T), the Office of Clinical Informatics (OCI), and the Jefferson Health provider community across the northern divisions of the organization. Internally to ISamp;T, the ACMIO represents the regional voice of the provider to guide critical decision-making regarding direction and user experience of technology solutions, including thought leadership around new innovations aligned with the strategic goals and objectives of the medical enterprise. The ACMIO, in conjunction with other informatics leaders, is responsible for driving enterprise and divisional standardization of the use and adoption of technology solutions and associated workflows to promote high quality, safe, and efficient patient-centered care. In this role, the CMIO leverages significant leadership presence and diplomacy to obtain appropriate balance between standardization and provider personalization. As an ISamp;T representative to the provider community, the ACMIO is often the key advocate to message the ldquo;why and howrdquo; a certain technology advances productivity, quality, and wellbeing, and does so through various committees, clinical initiatives, as well as significant and frequent informal interactions. As a member of the OCI, the ACMIO is an essential partner to the enterprise CMIO, the other divisional ACMIOrsquo;s, and the entire nursing informatics team to identify and develop solutions that appropriately blend the best clinical, technology, and informatics principles to meet all necessary business requirements. The ACMIO is an advocate for clinicians and patients, to help them leverage technology effectively. In this role, a customer service orientation and strong change management capabilities are critical. The ACMIO relies on strong clinical experience and must use analytical skills, creativity, and problem solving to help the organization build the information technology for today and the future. The ACMIO reports directly to the Enterprise CMIO, but also maintains a strong working relationship with the divisional medical and operational leaders. Description of Job Responsibilities:
Education Requirements: MD or DO degree required. Board certification in Medical Informatics or other equivalent education and work experience preferred. Other advanced education, such as Masterrsquo;s degree in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Business Administration, are highly desirable. Licensure/Certification Requirements: Board certification in American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) medical specialty. ABMS Member Certification in Clinical Informatics preferred. Professional Experience Requirements: Requires a minimum of 5 years of clinical work experience as an attending physician, with at least 3 years of demonstrated incremental leadership experience in the areas of EHR management and informatics. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements: Understands and applies principles, procedures, requirements, regulations, and policies related to clinical informatics expertise. Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds. Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science. Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership. Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.
As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans. |