Director, Clinical Informatics

UMC Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director, Clinical Informatics Position.

 

Organization Overview

For more than 30 years, UMC Health System has pioneered better healthcare in the Lubbock region. Today, their Centers of Excellence – the UMC Trauma Center, the Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center, the Southwest Cancer Treatment and Research Center, the UMC Children’s Hospital and the UMC Heart Center – are nationally recognized for the quality and sophistication of the specialized care they provide.  UMC is the primary teaching hospital for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, where today’s leading experts are training the doctors and nurses of tomorrow. Because of this partnership, they deliver technically sophisticated healthcare that ranks alongside the best in the nation. UMC benefits the health, welfare and economy of the entire region.

Director, Clinical Informatics Position Highlights

Reporting to the Senior VP & CIO, the Director of IT Clinical Informatics will possess clinical informatics expertise, leadership experience, and project management skills. The Director will provide leadership that promotes inter-professional collaboration and integrates clinical practice knowledge and electronic health record principles. The Director supports internal clients to help change the electronic documentation, clinical workflow, and the use of technology in all phases of the healthcare continuum to promote clinical quality and patient safety. This position will manage 6 direct reports and about 30 indirect reports.