State: AZ

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their VP, Clinical Systems.

Phoenix Children’s is one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems. It is comprised of: 

  • Phoenix Children’s Hospital–Main Campus
  • Phoenix Children’s Hospital–East Valley at Dignity Health Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
  • Four pediatric specialty and urgent care centers
  • 11 community pediatric practices
  • 20 outpatient clinics
  • Two ambulatory surgery centers
  • Six community-service-related outpatient clinics throughout the state of Arizona 

The system has provided world-class inpatient, outpatient, trauma, emergency and urgent care to children and families for nearly 40 years. 

Phoenix Children’s Care Network (PCCN) includes more than  pediatric primary care providers and specialists who deliver care across more than 75 subspecialties. 

PCCN has grown to include more than 85% of Maricopa County’s pediatricians and 80% of the area’s pediatric subspecialists. 

Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children’s offers pediatric neurosurgery, neurology, psychology, psychiatry, developmental pediatrics, and rehabilitation. 

Phoenix Children’s has a robust research enterprise that provides access to leading therapies, novel diagnostics, and clinical management options in Arizona, the Southwest and around the country. 

Phoenix Children’s cancer research is the largest pediatric program of its kind in Arizona and is on the front line of pediatric malignancy and hematologic disorder research. There are currently more than 70 clinical trials offered through the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders for patients with leukemias, lymphomas, solid tumors, brain tumors and rare diseases.

VP, Clinical Systems Position Overview

Phoenix Children’s is seeking a new VP, Clinical Systems to lead a team of 42 professionals (with 2 direct reports).   Reporting to the CIO, the VP will be responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operations of clinical systems. They will also have budgetary responsibility for multi-million-dollar capital and operational budgets. Additionally, the VP stands in for the CIO when he is not available.   

The CIO is straightforward and business savvy. He asks his direct reports to take the lead on achieving system, clinical, and technology objectives. He says there will be many opportunities for the VP to make strong contributions to the organization.The opportunities include ongoing projects, as well as projects arising from Phoenix Children’s growth.    

Phoenix Children’s runs Altera (Allscripts) as its EHR. Allscripts allows direct data access so Phoenix Children’s can do some amazing things with its data.  

Phoenix Children’s frequently builds solutions when there isn’t software on the market to meet pediatric demands. Rather than just buying a solution, the VP, Clinical Systems will sit down with end users, break down problems and solve them innovatively. 

To that end, the Phoenix Children’s IT team, including clinical applications, has a strong partnership with Arizona State University and utilizes students to partner on solving problems through innovation. 

For an individual strongly committed to making a difference, this is a great position and an opportunity to: 

  • Work with one of the nation’s premier and fastest growing pediatric health systems in a highly desirable location 
  • Work with innovative technology projects 
  • Lead an exceptional applications team and make major contributions to the organization

Qualifications

Phoenix Children’s seeks a dynamic and innovative leader. They should be adept at dealing with challenging, fast-paced environments. Also, they should have demonstrated success in moving projects from vision to reality. The ability to look beyond vendor solutions and “think outside of the box” are critical. 

To be successful, this VP will need to be a strong collaborator capable of driving change.  They must also be able to communicate the vision of IT technology persuasively.  A strong customer service orientation is critical as well. 

Building relationships with stakeholders and large physician groups will be crucial to success. They must continue to improve governance, providing a “healthy tension” and not just saying “yes”. 

The successful candidate must have demonstrated success leading, growing, and mentoring a team.

Minimum Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 10+ years of experience in clinical IT 
  • Experience managing a team of 25+ people 
  • Experience in a multi-facility organization with clinics and physician practices 
  • Budgetary experience 
  • Residency or relocation to the Phoenix area  

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Clinical background 
  • Master’s degree 

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

TMC HealthCare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Director of Technology.

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) has been Tucson’s locally governed nonprofit regional hospital for more than 75 years. 

TMC is Southern Arizona’s leading provider for emergency care and pediatric care (including Tucson’s first Pediatric Emergency Department), with intensive care units for adults, children, and newborns. 

Other specialty areas include women’s, maternity, cardiac care, orthopaedic, neuroscience, hospice, surgical, vascular, palliative, and geropsychiatric care.

TMC HealthCare is the corporate entity that includes Tucson Medical Center, Benson Hospital, and TMCOne primary and specialty care practices.

Director of Technology Job Overview

Partnering with TMC’s new CIO, the Director of Technology will be taking the organization on an exciting technology journey that will result in a great digital experience for TMCH employees and patients.

This position directs and coordinates the planning, production and activities of the IT Infrastructure environment, including Network Services, Server Management, Interfaces, Telecommunications, Desktop Management, Clinical Engineering, and Data Security.

Highlights:

  • Opportunity to take a solid healthcare technology foundation and move it to the next level
  • Oversees a team of 60+
  • Reports to the VP/CIO of Information Technology
  • Opportunity to be involved in the technology planning for a new hospital

Qualifications

Education: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent required.

Required Experience: 

  • Eight+ years of IT experience.
  • Five+ years of supervisory or management experience.

Key Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Thorough knowledge of best practices for system analysis and review, developing documentation and SOW’s.
  • Knowledge of budget development and management, and analyzing costs for new projects.
  • Skill in leading, guiding and evaluating performance and providing training to improve performance.
  • Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from employees, patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.

Desired Attributes:

  • Collaborative visionary dreamer with skills in driving innovation.
  • “People person technologist” who knows how to engage patients from a technology perspective.
  • Certification related to or associated with data security, and project management is highly desirable.

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

TMC HealthCare has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for their Chief Information Officer.

Tucson Medical Center (TMC) has been has been Tucson’s locally governed nonprofit regional hospital for more than 75 years. TMC is Southern Arizona’s leading provider for emergency care and pediatric care (including Tucson’s first Pediatric Emergency Department), with intensive care units for adults, children and newborns. Other specialty areas include women’s, maternity, cardiac care, orthopaedic, neuroscience, hospice, surgical, vascular, palliative, and geropsychiatric care.

TMC HealthCare, is the corporate entity that includes Tucson Medical Center, Benson Hospital, and TMCOne primary and specialty care practices.

CIO Job Overview

As part of the executive leadership team, the VP/CIO of TMC Healthcare oversees all aspects of Information Technology, including Biomed, digitalization, BI, population health, data, Informatics, and security. TMC is strategically positioned for the future and this key role will report to the CEO. The organization has the largest market share in Tucson and is continuing to add physician practices.

Leading a team of over 150 individuals, the organization is looking for a successor for their retiring CIO. As a long standing Epic customer, they are continuing to improve stakeholder use and satisfaction as well as continuing to implement in physicians practices in the area. They see Epic as a tool for physician alignment with TMC. The executive leadership team is very collegial and collaborative, has a great sense of humor, and have mutual respect for one and other.

The organization is looking towards technology and this critical position will continue moving innovation and technology forward. While currently using kiosks, they are ready to improve their “digital front door” and improve their patient experience.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree
  • Previous experience serving as a CIO in a large, complex community health system
  • 10+ years of computer system technology experience
  • 6+ years in a leadership role, preferably as a CIO
  • Proven ability to lead and influence organizations leaders
  • Proven background in driving innovation
  • Relocation to or residency in the Tucson area

Preferred Qualifications:
  • A self-sufficient, self-starter, problem solver. The CEO says: “If you have a problem, work it out.”
  • Community Health system experience
  • Epic experience

About Tucson

Tucson is the second largest city in Arizona and is known for its legendary sunsets and beautiful landscape of rolling hills, flowering deserts, rugged canyons, and pine-topped peaks.

Hiking enthusiasts enjoy the wide open spaces in the surrounding five mountain ranges, including Mt. Lemmon which extends 9,000 feet above sea level and trails in bordering Saguaro National Park.

The University of Arizona, the #1 Public research university in the Southwestern U.S., is located in downtown Tucson making it a college town filled with sporting events and a vibrant cultural scene.

Tucson is ranked as one of the most affordable communities in the U.S.

The abundance of warm weather in Tucson provides many opportunities for outdoor recreation, including biking, hiking, golfing, horseback riding, and rock climbing.

Application Process

Final candidates should expect two interviews with Kirby Partners recruiters (including a video conference interview). You may be asked to complete an Executive Profile and submit references to be considered for presentation to the search committee.

All inquiries will be treated in confidence.

Interview Process

Kirby Partners will evaluate candidates and present a small slate of extraordinary candidates. Initial interviews will be virtual. The final two candidates will be invited to the Tucson Medical campus for face-to-face meetings.

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

Phoenix Children’s Hospital has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Vice President, Clinical Systems position.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital is one of the largest pediatric healthcare systems in the country and the most comprehensive children’s care facility in Arizona. They provide inpatient, outpatient, trauma and emergency care across more than 75 subspecialties.

In the last three decades, Phoenix Children’s has grown from a single hospital to 41 sites of service statewide.

Vice President, Clinical Systems Position Overview:

Phoenix Children’s current Vice President, Clinical Systems is retiring after being part of the system for over 25 years, creating a vacancy in this key leadership role. The new VP, Clinical Systems will continue partnering with executive leadership, physician leaders, and clinicians throughout the organization who are striving to provide the best possible care for their patients.  The retiring VP says candidates should be very excited about the important role this position will play in making Phoenix Children’s a leader in pediatric medicine. Phoenix Children’s has built an exceptional employee culture of strong performers who live their mission and there is significant tenure within the organization.

The Information Technology Department is a 125-person highly dynamic and integral part of Phoenix Children’s operations, enabling clinical and operational excellence, as well as serving as a vital strategic partner in changing the world of 21st century healthcare.  Phoenix Children’s utilizes Allscripts Sunrise as its electronic health record. Key upcoming milestones are the construction of a new womens and children’s hospital that will open in 2020, a new free-standing emergency department site, and important initiatives in data, analytics and population health.

The Vice President, Clinical Systems, reports to the CIO and is responsible for the strategic and day-to-day operations of the IT clinical applications area. Areas of oversight include the EHR group, a clinical applications department (radiology, cardiology, lab, etc), and an optimization team. This Vice President oversees approximately 40 employees and is responsible for multi-million dollar capital and operating budgets. The Vice President of Infrastructure is a peer of this position. The VP, Clinical Systems will work closely with the CMIO and associate CMIO.

Qualifications

Phoenix Children’s seeks a dynamic and visionary leader, adept at dealing with challenging, fast-paced environments, who embraces moving vision to reality.  To be successful, this VP, Clinical Systems will need to be a collaborator who is able to drive change, lead, grow and mentor a team, and communicate the vision of IT technology in a consistent and persuasive manner.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 10 years of clinical applications management experience
  • Strong clinical applications management background

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree
  • Allscripts Sunrise experience

Note: Relocation to the Phoenix area is required for this position; a relocation package is offered.

For more information about the organization, position, and the community, click the “Full Profile” link (top right sidebar) or click here.

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.

St. Joseph’s/Candler has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director of Technology position.

 

Organization Overview:

St. Joseph’s/Candler is a faith-based, not-for-profit health system in Savannah, Georgia that offers healthcare services across the entire continuum, including local and regional primary care, specialized inpatient and outpatient services.

St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospitals and facilities:

  • Joseph’s Hospital
  • Candler Hospital
  • Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion
  • The Heart Hospital
  • Mary Telfair Women’s Hospital
  • Institute for Advanced Bone and Joint Surgery
  • Institute for Neurosciences

To learn more about St. Joseph’s/Candler visit https://www.sjchs.org/

 

Director of Technology Position Description:

The Director of Technology assists the Chief Information Officer (CIO) in directing the daily activities of Information Systems and Telecommunications for all facilities within St. Joseph’s/Candler Healthcare System.

  • Identifies and implements technologies that align with the needs of the business unit
  • Ensures technology is operating at levels that meet or exceed the expectations of the co-worker community by putting into place survey mechanisms and action plans that can be enacted when necessary
  • Demonstrates the attitude of excellent customer service and ensures end users’ technology and customer service needs are met
  • Protects hospital systems and data through development of a solid disaster recovery plan, security, and integrity measures as well as redundancy
  • Recruits, manages, and develops staff.
  • Functions as a backup to the CIO and is part of the CIO succession plan

 

Responsibilities:

  • Develop a technology and information security strategy that is aligned with the strategic plan and budget
  • Strengthen change control process
  • Ensure IT security plan is in place
  • Develop a vision and strategy for SQL database consolidation
  • Evaluate high availability of Meditech
  • Continue uptime of 99.9%

 

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • At least five years of experience in a technical role in Information Services
  • At least three years of leadership responsibility
  • Strategic focus
  • High energy

 

Desired:

  • Meditech experience
  • Technical certifications (CISSP, MCSE, etc.)
  • Master’s degree