Presbyterian Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Executive Director of Epic and Clinical Applications Position.

 

Organization Overview

Presbyterian Health is a $3 billion healthcare system with 8 hospitals and over 10,000 employees. They are a locally owned and operated not-for-profit healthcare system known nationally for their extensive experience in integrating healthcare financing and delivery. They serve one in three New Mexicans with healthcare or coverage.

 

Executive Director of Epic and Clinical Applications Position Highlights

The Executive Director of Epic and Clinical Applications is a IT senior leadership position who reports to the CIO and is responsible for the adoption of Epic and other clinical systems in a large integrated delivery system.

  • Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to a team of over 100 people including 2 Senior Managers and 6 Managers
  • Engage customers throughout the organization and provide leadership on optimization
  • Performance Excellence – Establish departmental metrics/goals and objectives; report department accomplishments and plans on a regular basis
  • Manage a budget of approximately $40-$50M
  • Compliance Excellence – Ensure compliance with all regulatory and security requirements associated with system implementation and ongoing support
  • Operational Excellence – Direct, organize & control the planning, deployment and maintenance of the Presbyterian Healthcare Services enterprise-wide software systems
  • Support and comply with IT systems management processes and metrics (i.e. problem management, change management, configuration management, escalation management, release management, etc.)

 

Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree desired
  • Epic Experience
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage
  • Clinical background desired

 

 

 

Owensboro Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Officer Position.

 

Organization Overview

Owensboro Health is a not-for-profit health system that serves the needs of twelve counties in Western Kentucky and two counties in southern Indiana; their facilities include:

  • Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
  • One Health Medical Group
  • Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
  • Healthpark

 

Chief Information Officer Position Highlights

Provides technology vision and oversees the development and implementation of the system-wide information technology (IT) program. The CIO will lead the health care system in planning and implementing information systems to support clinical and business operations and achieve effective operations.

  • Serves as a member of the executive team and participates in development of the organization’s vision, policies and short/long-term objectives.
  • Oversees the Information Technology vision and continually has constant knowledge of future systems improvements to recommend.
  • Serves as the authority over matters relating to information technology, process methodology and design and delivery of information services.
  • In collaboration of IT management, oversees the development and implementation of the IT disaster recovery plans and ensures security of sensitive data
  • Ensures systems are high quality and results in cost effective processes.
  • Maintains knowledge of information technology trends and understands the value of new technology and makes recommendations to the executive team.
  • Oversees IT management in the design, implementation, operation and security of the organization’s IT systems and applications.
  • Oversees IT operating and capital budgets to assure corporate goals and objectives are met.
  • Serves as liaison between Board of Directors, executive leadership, management, external contacts and regulatory agencies.
  • Provides strategic and tactical planning, development, evaluation, and coordination of the information and technology systems for the entire system
  • Adheres to all organizational policies and procedures. Executes all tasks and behaves in a manner consistent with a culture of safety and a high reliability organization; behavior supports the organization’s core commitments of Integrity, Service, Respect, Teamwork, Excellence, and Innovation.

 

Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
  • 8 or more years of experience in a related field required
  • 5 or more years in a leadership role required
  • Healthcare CIO or high level leadership experience required
  • Epic is a plus
  • ITIL experience a plus
 Hackensack Meridian has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Officer Position.

 

Organization Overview

Hackensack Meridian is composed of thirteen core hospitals and is recognized as New Jersey’s most integrated and comprehensive health care system.

 

Chief Information Officer Position Highlights

The CIO will work across all of Hackensack Meridian Health to deliver secure and efficient systems; the CIO will also develop and lead high performing teams that provide exceptional technology and customer service.  An initial and immediate task for the new CIO will be blending the cultures, organizational charts and technology of the Hackensack and Meridian teams.

Responsibilities include:

  • Setting overall IT strategy that supports the goals, vision, mission and strategy of Hackensack Meridian Health
  • Leadership of large technical teams as well as executive and board interaction
  • Setting strategy and vision for current and future technology needs
  • Operation management of technology in a large IDN with multiple locations, including an academic facility and community hospitals that serve numerous locations
  • Providing data analytics knowledge, expertise and support for clinical reporting, research, and data warehouses
  • Driving innovation to increase patient engagement, patient safety and patient as well as employee satisfaction
  • IT security leadership

 

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 15+ years of IT leadership
  • Experience in a $1 billion+ organization
  • Leadership of 200+ personnel
  • Experience managing large capital and operational budgets

Desired:

  • Master’s Degree
  • Clinical background
  • Epic experience
  • Extensive ambulatory experience
  • Experience with transformational leadership

Detailed position requirements can be found on the full position profile, available on request or by clicking the “download” link on this page. 

 Grady Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Executive Director of Technology Position.

 

Organization Overview

Grady Health System is one of the largest public health systems in the United States and has been serving the city of Atlanta since 1892.  The hospital has the region’s premier Level I Trauma Center as well as best in class burn and stroke care.

Grady’s physicians, who are on the faculties of Emory and Morehouse medical schools, provide Grady patients with unparalleled care in specialties like cancer, urology, cardiology, neurology, and chronic disease.  Grady also provides family medicine and senior care.  Grady has a staff of about 5,800 employees, 953 beds and numerous ambulatory locations throughout Atlanta and the surrounding area.

 

Executive Director of Technology Position Highlights

The Executive Director of Technology is responsible for planning, implementation and management of technology services consisting of data center, server, storage, network, telecom, information security, PC/desktop support and helpdesk.  Responsibilities include:

  • Supporting all technology aspects of 24×7 operation
  • Developing technology strategies to support organization and IT strategy
  • Managing maintenance of technology and equipment (e.g. software and hardware) to enable minimal disruption to business operations
  • Hiring, developing and retaining talent to support an effective technology environment
  • Effectively communicating to administration and customers
  • Developing relationships within IT and the customer base
  • Creating a technology environment to achieve acceptable uptime levels
  • Designing and implementing technologies to support new projects/initiatives
  • Managing team performance and productivity standards and taking action as necessary
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field
  • Five years’ experience managing technology teams
  • Strong technical acumen with proven experience developing system architecture and the design of high availability systems
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills; highly collaborative
Valley Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Technology Officer Position.

 

Organization Overview

Based in Winchester, Virginia, Valley Health is composed of six core hospitals:

  • Hampshire Memorial Hospital
  • Page Memorial Hospital
  • Shenandoah Memorial Hospital
  • War Memorial Hospital
  • Warren Memorial Hospital
  • Winchester Medical Center

The health system has 5,300 Employees and 604 Inpatient beds and received Healthcare’s Most Wired designation in 2015.

Chief Technology Officer Position Highlights

The Valley Health System Director & Chief Technology Officer’s (CTO) role is to align technology vision with business strategy by integrating company processes with the appropriate technologies.

Key position responsibilities include:

  • Developing, implementing and maintaining technology initiatives within the organization, assuring high performance, consistency, reliability and scalability of all technology offerings.
  • Maintaining existing enterprise systems, while providing direction in all technology-related issues in support of information operations and core company values.
  • Ensuring IT security operations are performed in accordance with all security policies as defined by IT and VHS security.
  • Performing capacity planning, IT service level management, configuration management, data center operations as well as disaster recovery, planning and testing.
  • Providing overall support for on campus and off campus LAN/WAN connectivity, VoIP phone system, end-user device engineering and configuration (e.g. desktops, laptops, mobile PCs, BYOD, MDM/MAM, etc.), server systems, storage systems (including backup and recovery operations), backup, and redundancy (i.e. business continuity/high availability) for all technology systems as appropriate.
  • Evaluating and recommending strategies for outsourcing, “cloud sourcing” and hosting opportunities where it makes technical and economic sense for VHS.
Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field required
  • Master’s Degree in Technology or Business Admin preferred
  • Minimum 15 years’ experience in technology operations management
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience working in the healthcare industry
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience in strategic technology planning, and execution
  • Strong record of healthcare IT successes
  • Technical skills in the areas of telemedicine, security and data centers
  • Experience with developing relationships and building strong communication bridges
  • Senior executive experience with a multi-hospital system
  • Proven experience with transformational leadership

Atlantic Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Corporate Director, Health Information Management Position.

 

Organization Overview

Atlantic Health System is based in Morristown and is one of New Jersey’s largest and most influential non-profit healthcare systems. As a six hospital organization that maintains nearly 1,000 community-based health care provider affiliations, Atlantic Health System continuously sets the standards of quality health care and is uniquely suited to serve the needs of the New Jersey and Metropolitan New York City areas.

With over 14 thousand dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.

Corporate Director, Health Information Management Position Highlights

The Corporate Director of HIM is a new corporate-level position at Atlantic Health System.  This position will focus on standardizing HIM processes and centralizing release of information. The Corporate Director of HIM will oversee a staff of about 220 people. Candidates should possess strong change management experience working at a multi-site health system.

The Corporate Director of HIM is responsible for leadership and strategic direction, oversight, and coordination of the Health Information Management departments for a 5 hospital organization.  Directs the functions which ensure the content, format, release and maintenance of health information – meeting hospital system and medical staff needs and regulatory agency requirements.  Collaborates with other health care professionals to ensure appropriate measures are in place to maintain and safeguard the privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient health information.  Oversees the Clinical Documentation teams at all sites. This position will have a dominant role in the Epic implementation and roll-out including standardization and centralization of ROI for the enterprise.

Requirements

  • Registered Health Information Administrator or Registered Health Information Technician
  • Minimum of 7 years experience in Health Information Management in a hospital setting with 5 of those years in progressive management
  • 3+ years experience leading HIM in a multi-hospital setting
  • Proven leader with excellent human relations skills
  • Embraces change by being able to change focus and adapt to new enterprise strategies while encouraging development of the team and leading them to success
  • Epic experience preferred – project management skills required
  • Extensive knowledge of HIPAA required
  • Knowledge of state regulations for hospital facilities preferred
  • Coding knowledge ICD-10
  • Travel between hospitals and corporate office is required
Nebraska Methodist Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Information Security Officer Position.
Organization Overview

A leading regional integrated health care delivery system, Nebraska Methodist Health System provides quality health care and preventive services to residents throughout the Midwest. Founded in 1982 as the first health care system formed in the region, Nebraska Methodist Health System’s mission is simple: “NMHS is committed to caring for people.” The health system strives to ensure that its programs and services, and those of its affiliate corporations, are of superior value and readily available to all residents of the regions it serves.  The health system includes three hospitals (Methodist Hospital, Methodist Women’s Hospital and Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital), 21 health clinic locations, as well as a nursing and allied health college.

Chief Information Security Officer Position Highlights

The CISO will be responsible for the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide information security program. Responsible for planning, managing, coordinating programs, and implementing strategic initiatives to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the organization’s information resources.  This role interfaces with senior leadership, front-line team members, executes corporate development strategy, and drives change initiatives across the system to optimize organizational potential. Works with executive management to govern policies and procedures for information security in a matter that meets the needs of the organization’s patients, medical staff, management and employees, and establishes customer confidence in the system’s information security program.

Atlantic Health System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Corporate Director, Patient Access Position.

 

Organization Overview

Atlantic Health System (“AHS”), based in Morristown, New Jersey, is one of New Jersey’s leading and most influential non-profit, integrated health care delivery systems.  With more than 14,000 dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.

 

Corporate Director, Patient Access Position Highlights

The Corporate Director of Patient Access is a new corporate-level position at Atlantic Health System.  This position will have a high profile within the organization and will regularly meet with leadership including Senior Leadership.  The immediate focus of this position, among other initiatives, will be reducing scheduling wait times and increasing point of service collections. This position will manage a team of approximately 150 people.

 

Hackensack University Health Network has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Chief Technology Position.

 

Organization Overview

Hackensack University Health Network is the non-profit, New Jersey-based parent company of HackensackUMC, the HackensackUMC Foundation, Hackensack University HealthPartners Medical Group, and corporate joint venture partners with LHP Hospital Group in ownership of two hospitals: HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley and HackensackUMC Mountainside. With more than 9,000 employees and 2,200 credentialed medical staff members at hospitals within the Network, Hackensack University Health Network is the largest healthcare system in northern New Jersey.

 

Chief Technology Officer Position Highlights

This key leadership position will lead and manage all technology for the organization. The CIO is innovative and is looking for the CTO to also innovate and help move the organization forward. As a large system, they understand the need for technology to play a key role in progressive medicine. Responsibilities include: Manage, lead and mentor a team of approximately 150 people in all areas of technology from security, infrastructure, data warehouses, mobile technology, cloud, networks, and telecommunications; Set and implement (in conjunction with the CIO) a strategic technology vision; Maintain and improve customer service; Prepare for new system implementations and new organizational growth.

Organization Overview

Atlantic Health System (“AHS”), based in Morristown, New Jersey, is one of New Jersey’s leading and most influential non-profit, integrated health care delivery systems.  With more than 14,000 dedicated employees throughout the organization, Atlantic Health System is highly capable of maintaining their promise that anyone who enters their system will receive the right care, at the right quality, at the right time, at the right place and at the right cost.

Position Highlights

The VP, Chief Information Officer (CIO) will work with a cross disciplinary team to develop a strategic information and technology plan and vision that will allow Atlantic Health to use technology to execute on the clinical, operational and financial goals set as a priority by the executive management team. This individual will be a visionary, insightful and inspiring executive leader, capable of attracting, retaining and retraining the appropriate team needed for the executive team to exceed its expectations. The CIO will be experienced in designing and implementing customer service operational models that have clear customer service metrics that include quality and financial targets.

The CIO must be capable of attracting, retaining and retraining a team that is highly motivated and enabling the move to a healthcare delivery model that has a 360 accountability structure.  Experience is building and managing matrix teams with cross functional rewards and accountability.  The CIO will lead the healthcare delivery system and the broader Clinically Integrated Network in planning and implementing enterprise information systems to support both distributed and centralized clinical and business operations to support a consumer centric and cost beneficial, value based enterprise-wide IT operations.