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Health First has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their System VP Chief Information Officer.

Health First is a not-for-profit, community healthcare system located in Brevard County, Florida. Health First includes four acute care hospitals, a Level II Trauma Center, a Level II NICU, a robust Medical Group, four fitness centers, a vibrant home care division, a hospice care team, a variety of outpatient services, a training and education center and more. Health First is proud to have more than 8,500 associates committed to achieving the top 10th percentile nationwide for quality/no harm, stewardship and customer service.

Health First Hospitals:

Cape Canaveral Hospital
Holmes Regional Medical Center
Palm Bay Hospital
Viera Hospital

Health First also manages their own health plan that provides Group, Individual and Medicare Advantage insurance coverage to more than 150,000 members in six counties.

System VP Chief Information Position Overview:

Health First is a true Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) and is positioned for the future of healthcare. The opportunity to come into the organization as their System Vice President/Chief Information Officer (SVP/ CIO) and be part of a healthcare transformation and integration will be both challenging and rewarding. As an organization with the majority of the market in Brevard County, they are instrumental in the well being of their community. The SVP/CIO will be responsible for enterprise-wide technology, including vision, strategy and leadership.

The SVP/CIO will have responsibility for all information system resources to support Health First hospitals, Ambulatory, Physicians and the Health First Plan divisions. The role will lead the organization in planning and implementing enterprise information systems to support the business operations, strategic goals, and health system integrated corporate initiatives.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees
10+ years of CIO experience in healthcare
Experience with a health plan, insurance or managed care or equivalent experience in a leadership role
5+ years project management experience working in a health care environment or health care systems vendor or consulting firm
Lean Six Sigma or equivalent preferred

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Please note that Kirby Partners exclusively represents this opportunity and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Blanchard Valley Health System has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their next Chief Information Officer.

Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) is a non-profit, integrated health system with historical roots that exists to serve their community in Northwest Ohio. Dating back 125 years, Blanchard Valley Health System (BVHS) has grown from a single hospital to a comprehensive health system offering a full continuum of care. As one of the largest employers in the area with more than 3,000 associates, BVHS serves an eight-county area and benefits from their strong community ties; a group of more than 400 volunteers support them through their contributions of both time and money.

Blanchard Valley Health System offers its employees rewarding careers that positively impact the lives of those in the community. Their employees fill more than just a role, but rather are partners in helping to grow the organization and further their mission of “Caring for a lifetime.”

Chief Information Officer Overview:

The CIO reports to the CEO and is a key member of the senior executive team.

This an opportunity to be the senior decision maker for all areas of IT; decisions making will frequently be outside area of primary expertise. In addition, the CIO will be actively involved in community activities.

The CIO will also serve as the senior IT professional and is the key senior contact with key vendors to ensure they meet their commitments, as well as serving as Chief IT strategist and ensuring a cogent implementable plan to prepare for future IT needs.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred
CIO or similar leadership experience in a complex healthcare environment
Ten or more years of experience in management and support of healthcare IT
Varied IT experience including shared and outsourced solutions
Experience on an executive leadership team strongly preferred
Experience with practice management, financial management and clinical management information systems a plus
Cerner experience a plus

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MedAllies has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their next Chief Technology Officer.

MedAllies is an innovative, rapidly growing national healthcare consulting firm that focuses on: clinical practice and health system transformation, connecting providers as a health information service provider, and developing software which enables thousands of healthcare providers and organizations to provide efficient and effective patient care. MedAllies has $12 million in revenue with 51 employees.

MedAllies clients include:

Electronic Health Record vendors
Hospitals and Health systems
Integrated delivery networks
Physician practices
Health care communities
State and Federal Governments
Health IT vendors

Chief Technology Officer Position Overview:

The Chief Technology Officer is a top IT position that will oversee a staff of 15 people that includes the software development group.

The Chief Technology Officer has overall responsibility for the long-range direction of technological planning and development in order to attain MedAllies’ strategic goals.

This position reports to the CEO and is responsible for developing and implementing technology strategy to include the planning, implementation, management, administration, security and technical support of IT across departments.

The CTO will evaluate current disaster recovery and ensure a robust plan is in place.

Qualifications:

Healthcare experience, preferably with a vendor
Ability to set a strategic direction and investigate ways to mature the IT organization in areas like Cloud
Software development
Agile experience
Great communication skills
Flexible and reliable
Comfortable in a fast-paced environment
Bachelor’s degree
3-5 years in a similar role, 15 years of IT experience

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Charleston Area Medical Center has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their IT Manager Revenue Cycle Applications & Business Intelligence position.

As a senior leader in the IT department, the IT Manager, Revenue Cycle Applications & Business Intelligence will join a high-functioning team that is in the midst of an exciting transformation under a new CIO.

Charleston Area Medical Center, in Charleston, West Virginia, is truly a hidden gem in healthcare—as a recipient of the highly prestigious Malcom Baldrige National Quality Award, CAMC provides superior care and employment opportunities for a traditionally underserved community.

Key Network Indicators:

877 beds
800 physicians
Over 6,800 employees
$956 million operating revenue

IT Manager, Revenue Cycle Applications & Business Intelligence Position Description:

After being outsourced for many years, the IT department is developing new change management and governance processes and optimizing Cerner to create functionality that will further elevate the operation of the organization.
The IT Manager will lead a team of 20-30 employees and consultants to manage a suite of financial and revenue cycle applications, including Cerner (revenue cycle, scheduling, registration and HIM documentation imaging), Lawson, and Kronos and as well as business intelligence/analytics reporting. This is an ideal opportunity for a seasoned manager to continue to develop the skills necessary for an IT executive leadership role. The CIO is especially focused on mentoring her team and providing career ladders.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor’s degree
Six years revenue cycle/financial application management experience
Strong understanding of revenue cycle operations
Four years in healthcare environment with three years of direct personnel management

Desired:

Master’s degree
Cerner revenue cycle
Experience working with healthcare accounts receivable operating processes
Familiarity with HIM/coding process
Familiarity with data analytics/data mining
Experience with formal IT governance processes
Track record of delivering excellent customer service

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Health First has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Director, Enterprise Data Integration position.

Health First Hospitals:

Cape Canaveral Hospital
Holmes Regional Medical Center
Palm Bay Hospital
Viera Hospital

Health First also manages their own health plan that provides Group, Individual and Medicare Advantage insurance coverage to more than 150,000 members in six counties.

Director, Enterprise Data Integration Overview:

Health First, with their strong position in the county and their exceptional leadership team, is taking data to the next level and is partnering with AdventHealth (formerly Adventist Health) to better serve their organization. This is not an acquisition or merger, but instead a partnership to utilize each other’s strengths. Reporting to the System Vice President of IDN Decision Support Analytics, this individual will lead and grow a team, currently of 3-4 people.

Partnering with both the Chief Digital Officer and the Chief Information Officer, this individual will be involved in data architecture, as well as data governance, and will interface with key leadership across all areas of the IDN. In addition, they will be working closely with AdventHealth on shared data. This position provides the opportunity to be a part of cutting edge technology.

Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor’s degree is required
Master’s degree preferred

Management and Experience:

7+ years of healthcare-related data integration to support decision support analytics
Progressive leadership responsibilities
Knowledge of healthcare payer and/or provider analysis and reporting
5+ years of healthcare BI and data management experience
Experience with data architecture
Experience in a multi-entity complex, distributed organization
A background of developing data analytics solutions and performing true data governance

Preferred Skills:

Implementation of an EDW
Health plan technology management
Proven abilities in resource allocation

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Chapters Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Director PMO position.

The Director PMO is a new position and is responsible for ensuring that Chapters Health System’s project management standards are upheld and clearly defined throughout the entire process of each project’s development and execution.

Chapters Health System, headquartered in Temple Terrace, Florida, has been a progressive leader in hospice, palliative care and home health since 1983. A “Great Place to Work” health system, Chapters Health provides services for Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Polk counties.

Key Network Indicators:

~15,000 patients
$229 million total assets
$174 million total revenue

Director Project Management Office Position Description:

The Director PMO will report to the CIO, oversee two project managers and other IT staff that manage projects. This position will oversee the project portfolio which includes both IT projects and construction projects. At any given time there are generally 30-40 projects underway. The Project Management Office Director will have an opportunity to work with a mission-driven organization with a visionary new CEO in the midst of an EHR vendor selection.

Qualifications

8 years of project management experience; 4 years of management experience
Demonstrated success managing a range of complex medium to large projects
PMP certification
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage relationships with a range of stakeholders including executive sponsors, department leadership, and business/system analysts
Proven background in educating enterprise-wide staff members about the value of a PMO
Healthcare experience preferred

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Cincinnati Children’s has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Assistant Vice President, Information Services position.

Cincinnati Children’s, a nonprofit academic medical center established in 1883, is one of the oldest and most distinguished pediatric hospitals in the United States. The medical center offers comprehensive clinical services, from treatments for rare and complex conditions to well-child care. Clinical procedures and treatments pioneered at Cincinnati Children’s are used throughout the world.

The children’s hospital was ranked No. 2 in the 2018-19 Best Children’s Hospitals list published by U.S. News & World Report and has achieved long-standing Most Wired status.

A Best Place to Work

Cincinnati Children’s believes in nurturing employees’ lives as well as their careers. Their benefits equal or surpass other hospitals in the region, and they offer one of the best working environments in our field. They offer a diverse and inclusive workplace, and a high-energy, high-achievement culture.

Cincinnati Children’s ranked No. 18 in Forbes’ first-ever list of best employers for women in the United States for 2018.
The Human Rights Campaign named Cincinnati Children’s a 2018 Healthcare Equality Leader in recognition for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients, families and employees.
Cincinnati Children’s was inducted in to the Cincinnati Business Courier’s “Best Places to Work Hall of Fame” in 2008.

Assistant Vice President, Information Services Position Overview:

The Assistant Vice President will play a key role in setting strategic direction and shaping the future of technology at Cincinnati Children’s in conjunction with the IT leadership team and key stakeholders in the organization.

The role will be responsible for a variety of areas including:

Business Leadership including management of operating and capital budgets.
Change Leadership: This position partners with senior leaders and managers to lead and facilitate change in the delivery of technology.
People Management: The AVP manages the selection, development, evaluation and discipline of over a team in excess of 60 individuals.
Customer Service: The AVP serves as a source of expertise for enterprise-wide teams, clients, and senior leadership.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s strongly preferred)
Ten years of management experience is required
Ten years of experience within Information Systems is preferred
Strong strategy and planning skills
Customer focused
Demonstrated success leading large projects
Senior management of large-scale ERP, including installs
ITIL process preferred
Complex healthcare environment background, ideally in an academic system
Experience with large, complex organizations

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Please note: this is an exclusive representation by Kirby Partners and all candidates will be presented through our team of executive recruiters. If you have questions about this position, please email Steve Bennett.

Keck Medicine of USC has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their next Chief Technology Officer.

Keck Medicine of USC is the University of Southern California’s medical enterprise, one of only two university-based medical systems in the Los Angeles area. Encompassing academic excellence, world-class research and state-of-the-art clinical care, they attract internationally renowned experts who teach and practice at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the region’s first medical school.

In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked Keck Medical Center of USC among the top three hospitals in Los Angeles and top seven in California.

Facilities:

Keck Medical Center of USC, includes two acute care hospitals: Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (a community hospital)
More than 40 outpatient facilities, some at affiliated hospitals, in Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare and Ventura counties
USC Care Medical Group, a medical faculty practice

Working at USC:

USC is a leading private research university located in Los Angeles and the city’s largest private employer, responsible for more than $5 billion annually in economic activity in the region.

An award-winning employer, USC has been honored every year since the Chronicle of Higher Education began its Great Colleges to Work For program in 2008, including two mentions on their prestigious Honor Roll (“the best of the best”).

Chief Technology Officer Position Overview:

The Chief Technology Officer aligns the technical information technology vision with Hospitals’ and Health Sciences Campus (HSC), which includes Keck School of Medicine’s (KSOM) and USC Care Medical Groups, with overall strategy by integrating processes with the appropriate technologies to meet current and future needs.

The CTO actively contributes to the development and implementation of an IT strategic plan for the Health Sciences Campus and serves as senior technical IT leader for HSC with responsibility for all aspects of developing and implementing technology initiatives.

The CTO has responsibility for day-to-day management and operations work covering architecture, design and development, security, operational integrity, system support and maintenance of existing enterprise information and clinical systems, computer operations, email, and IT financial and human resource management.

The CTO reports to the CIO and manages a staff of approximately 125 people. Keck Medicine recently made significant investments in technology infrastructure. The incoming CTO will benefit from having a solid infrastructure in place and will be tasked with developing impactful solutions that are aligned with the organizational strategic plan.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred)
Demonstrated track record of progressively increasing sustained leadership within a complex environment across all areas of information technology
Comprehensive technical knowledge of and experience with systems design and leadership for a large and diverse organization
Successful, large-scale project management experience
Proven operational skills and keen sense of managing technology
Demonstrated ability to interpret technology and market trends as a foundation for technology and product roadmaps
Experience leading IT security
Experience in teaching or academic healthcare setting preferred

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Harris Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Vice President/Chief Technology position.

The Vice President/Chief Technology Officer will have overall responsibility for the architecture, design, implementation, operation, and support of the technology infrastructure services including end user computing solutions, network, servers, storage, messaging, telecommunications, database administration and other technology platforms across the enterprise. This position is also responsible for IT infrastructure facilities. Services include solutions engineering, desktop support and service desk, unified communications services, and IT software and hardware asset management.

Harris Health, located in Houston, Texas, is a fully integrated healthcare system, offering an array of primary care, specialty care and acute care, and includes two full-service hospitals. Harris Health is also a teaching system for Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Health).

Key Network Indicators:

1,947,989 total outpatient visits
172,345 total emergency visits
6,596 births

Facilities include:

Primary Care
Same Day Clinics
Specialty Care
Hospitals
Emergency Care

Position Description:

The CTO leads the development of infrastructure strategy, architecture, service delivery, standards, and procedures for the enterprise. This position analyzes and predicts trends and develops long-range plans designed to maintain cost effectiveness and competitiveness of the enterprise IT infrastructure. The CTO participates in IT strategy planning activities, bringing a current knowledge and future vision of infrastructure technology and systems and best practices as related to the needs of the business. The position proactively researches and recommends courses of action to prevent problems and to maintain high infrastructure service levels for the user community. The CTO establishes metrics, key performance indicators and service level agreements for driving the performance of IT service delivery. This position reports to the Chief Information Officer and leads a team of around 100 employees.

Position requirements:

Harris Health System’s IT organization has a highly developed ITIL framework ensuring a common language and standardized processes across the organization. Experience with ITIL is critical to the success of anyone in this positions.
Executive-level experience at the Vice President rank or higher with a $1.5B organization
Strong technical background with a consistent promotional track record
Oversight of the full scope of infrastructure technology: network, storage/data, database, help desk, desktop engineering and support, field services, and solution engineering
Proven success in disaster recovery and business continuity planning

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Seattle Children’s has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their next Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

The Chief Information Security Officer will embody Seattle Children’s mission to become the country’s #1 children’s hospital. This position is an incredible opportunity to serve as a senior IT leader setting strategic direction for information security and provide mentorship and leadership for a team of around 22, as well as outsourced staff.

Seattle Children’s, an award-winning leader in pediatric care and recognized as a Best Place to Work, invests in their people, passionately supports a healthy work-life balance, and provides great benefits. They are in the top five facilities in pediatric research and are experiencing tremendous growth, currently involved in multiple construction projects, including additions to the hospital, new research buildings, and a new build out for IT, located in downtown Seattle. The hospital serves as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country.

Seattle Children’s Key Network Indicators:

429,255 patient visits
403 licensed beds
7,977 employees

Seattle Children’s Chief Information Security Officer Position Overview:

Seattle Children’s lives its mission in everything it does: “We provide hope, care and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible.”

They are seeking a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) who will embody this mission while serving as a senior leader in the IT department. The CISO leads an information security team of approximately 22 individuals and manages outsourced staff. The CISO will play a key role in continuing to mature the information security program and policies, as well as building information security awareness. This position will work collaboratively with business stakeholders including appropriately managing risk while balancing agility.

Seattle Children’s is a complex organization. The Chief Information Security Officer will oversee information security for the health system as well as the ground breaking research done at Seattle Children’s Research Institute. The Seattle Children’s Research Institute was recently joined by The Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR). CIDR brought an annual $25 million National Institutes of Health-funded research portfolio. CIDR will add to the research institute’s extramural funding, which totaled over $120 million in 2017, and boost its position among the nation’s top five pediatric research centers.

Seattle Children’s is currently involved in multiple construction projects, including additions to the hospital, new research buildings, and a new build out for IT, located in downtown Seattle. One of their five pillars is innovation and involves relationships with major companies such as Amazon and Microsoft, as well as working with startups and conducting Hackathons. The entire organization is invested in being the best children’s hospital in the country. They are in the top five facilities in pediatric research and are experiencing tremendous growth.

The organization provides low-cost mass transit passes and actually provides a daily stipend for not driving solo to work. For each day you bike, take mass transit or carpool, you earn money. They also fit you for a bike and provide a helmet and maintenance if you agree to ride to work, two days per week.

Seattle Children’s is a great place to live your values and help care for children.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred)
10+ years of experience in information security and risk management leadership roles in an academic medical center, complex health system or life sciences role
CISM or CISSP preferred