State: NC

Duke Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for CTO job candidates.

Duke Health is a world-class healthcare system that integrates the Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System, Private Diagnostic Clinic, and incorporates the health research programs within the Duke Global Health Institute.

Duke University Health System includes three hospitals- Duke University Hospital on the Duke University Medical Center campus, Duke Regional Hospital, and Duke Raleigh Hospital.

Assistant VP/CTO Job Overview:

The Assistant VP/CTO position at Duke Health is an incredible opportunity for an experienced IT leader seeking a high-profile, collaborative position to join a financially healthy and prestigious organization. The Assistant VP/CTO will support an excellent CIO in his mission to create a world-class academic health IT structure.

The Assistant VP/CTO plays a critical role as a trusted advisor to the CIO on all things technical. The incoming Assistant VP/CTO needs to evaluate how IT is currently provisioned while creating a vision and plan for driving technology forward over the next five years.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Proven track record of success in senior IT roles with both infrastructure and software experience
  • 10+ years of progressive IT leadership experience
  • Past success leading information technology in a complex, highly matrixed environment with numerous stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to manage contracts and vendor relationships
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Graduate degree
  • Healthcare experience
  • Academic institution experience
  • Experience with process improvement methodologies (e.g., ITIL or LEAN)
  • DevOps experience

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

Vidant Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for candidates for this VP, Clinical Informatics job.

Vidant Health is a mission-driven health care system that serves more than 1.4 million people across 29 counties in Eastern North Carolina. Their partnership with The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University provides a continuum of care that addresses wellness, prevention, and community health issues as well as acute care, post-acute care, home health, and hospice.

Additionally, in 2013, Vidant Health opened James and Connie Maynard Children’s Hospital, and in April 2018, they opened Vidant Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower in Greenville. The 418,000-square-foot facility serves as the region’s hub for oncology care.

VP, Clinical Informatics Job Overview:

Blending strategy, team building, and mentorship, the VP, Clinical Informatics at Vidant Health will drive a variety of technology projects across all care settings to enable the health systems digital transformation strategies. Current initiatives include value-based care, patient and clinical team member experience, quality improvement, capacity management, and precision medicine.

As a dynamic executive leader, the VP of Clinical Informatics will partner with operations to help grow and deliver on the strategic roadmap, prioritize projects, set organizational expectations, and “get into the weeds” when needed.

The VP of Clinical Informatics will report to the CIO and collaborate with the CMIO, IT leaders, as well as the nursing and clinical leadership teams.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Master’s degree in Nursing or related clinical discipline
  • Current RN or other clinical licensure required
  • Informatics certification (ANCC Nursing Informatics or CPHIMS)
  • Minimum seven years progressive informatics leadership experience, preferably in large multi-facility health system
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex informatics solutions to clinical and executive audiences
  • Demonstrated understanding of business operations and clinical workflows
  • Ability to multi-task and manage complex issues with executive stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Doctorate in Nursing Practice or Informatics
  • Professional publication experience
  • Epic experience highly preferred
  • Organizational change management experience
  • Participation in application of AI such as predictive models, precision medicine, or pharmacogenomics

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

Atrium Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Assistant Vice President Enterprise Architecture position.

The Assistant Vice President Enterprise Architecture is a Senior IS Executive accountable for providing top-level leadership and direction on technology strategy plans for Atrium Health’s technology environment, including the infrastructure and technical architectures, acquisition, design, and deployment of complex, integrated and standardized IS solutions to satisfy clinical, corporate and business functional requirements.

Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, is located in Charlotte, North Carolina and is one of the nation’s leading and most innovative healthcare organizations.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 7,600 licensed beds
  • Over 65,000 employees
  • 11.6 million patient encounters
  • $9,771,454 million net revenue

 

Assistant Vice President Enterprise Architecture

 

Position Description:

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), the AVP Enterprise Architecture is responsible for providing strategic technical direction on the solution architecture designs and systems engineering for infrastructure, middleware, mobile and platform solutions. The AVP Enterprise Architecture will oversee a staff of 14 (11 solution architects and three enterprise architects).

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
  • Over 10 years of previous IS Executive experience managing operations services, teams & vendors.
  • Over 12 years of experience in IT Service Management and Service Operations.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  • Relocation or residency in the Charlotte area.
  • Strong budgetary management abilities.
  • Proven background of being visionary and strategic.
  • Solid project management skills.

Desired:

  • ITIL Expert Certification strongly preferred.
  • Proven record of ITIL process implementation and continuous improvement.
  • A healthcare background is strongly desired.
  • Strong technical knowledge of key platform technologies and infrastructure, including cloud, WAN, telephony, storage, servers and desktops.
  • Experience in quality and and performance management an asset.
  • Ability to quickly and creatively analyze and provide solutions to complex challenges.
  • Familiarity with healthcare industry drivers such as Affordable Care Act, Population Health, and Meaningful Use Stages would be considered an asset.

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Duke Health has retained Kirby Partners to conduct a nationwide executive search for their Chief Information Security Officer position.

Duke Health integrates the Duke University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Nursing, Duke University Health System, Private Diagnostic Clinic, and incorporates the health research programs within the Duke Global Health Institute. Duke University Health System is a world-class hospital and health care network supported by outstanding and renowned clinical faculty, nurses and care teams. Duke’s services span the full continuum of care, from primary care to medical and surgical specialties and sub-specialties.

Duke University Health System includes three hospitals – Duke University Hospital on the Duke University Medical Center campus, Duke Regional Hospital and Duke Raleigh Hospital.

Duke Network Services:

Duke Network Services has more than 25 years of experience in 44 community-based specialty and hospital affiliations across the region and nation. Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture between DUHS and LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to making communities healthier. DUHS joined forces with LifePoint as they share an interest in collaborating with hospitals, healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality, innovative healthcare services to communities.

  • Duke University School of Medicine
  • Duke University School of Nursing
  • Duke Global Health Institute
  • Duke Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Duke Clinical Research Institute

 

Chief Information Security Officer Position Overview:

The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is Duke Health’s senior leader responsible for establishing the information security strategy and direction for the enterprise. A key responsibility will be collaborating with key business and IT leaders to develop security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Duke Health systems and data.

The Chief Information Security Officer will be part of the Duke Health Technology Solutions (DHTS) leadership team. Reporting to the VP/CIO, the CISO will be responsible for technology security across the entire continuum and will partner closely with the Duke University CISO.

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Master’s degree strongly preferred
  • At least 15 years’ experience in IT
  • 5+ years managing large, cross-functional teams
  • 5+ years practical experience designing and implementing enterprise IT security in healthcare
  • 5+ years working with HIPAA
  • 5+ years working with information security and privacy
  • Experience with NIST
  • CISSP certification

 

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 Bryan Kirby.

 

Vidant Health has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify, and present individuals for their Director, IS Population & Analytics position.

The Director, IS Population & Analytics position requires a high level understanding of healthcare financing, as well as health care delivery and the ability to think strategically and offer innovative solutions to complex challenges. The IS Director Population Health and Analytics partners with the IS Director, Analytics and Integration to develop and implement the analytics road map for VH, as well as drive the implementation of the Vidant Health population health strategy.

Vidant Health is a mission-driven, 1,447-bed health system that annually serves more than 1.4 million people in Greenville, North Carolina.

Key Network Indicators:

  • 63,093 admissions
  • 47,630 surgeries
  • 5,914 births
  • 335,004 outpatient visits

 

Director, IS Population & Analytics job at Vidant Health

 

Position Description:

The Information Services (IS) Director of Population Health and Analytics is a seasoned clinical and business professional who has significant subject matter experience in defining and developing analytic and population health strategies that align with organizational strategic priorities. The position requires a high level understanding of healthcare financing, as well as health care delivery and the ability to think strategically and offer innovative solutions to complex challenges. The IS Director of Analytics and Population Health has overall responsibility for vendor management, as related to population health technology tools, and ensures alignment of tools to achieve maximum ROI. The IS Director works with the CIO, CMIO, VP of Clinical Informatics, as well as other executive leaders, to strengthen and develop population health strategies to improve value based outcomes, patient experience of care, and cost of care delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Partners with executive leadership in defining and developing the overall IS population health, supporting analytics strategy, and associated performance reporting to drive success in population health outcomes, patient experience, and cost of care delivery.
  • Liaises with operational leaders to support operational analytics, tools, and dashboards to support efficient, high quality, and cost effective patient care and improvements in outcomes.
  • Responsible for forming key partnerships both internally with key business partners, as well as externally, with state and national partners as related to population health initiatives.
  • Ensures key decisions that are necessary for a successful population and analytics strategy are clearly defined, vetted, and executed with key stakeholders and governance.
  • Stays abreast of present and emerging market trends as related to population health, and brings this information forward into actionable planning and improvement initiatives.
  • Defines the governance and prioritization infrastructure to support population health analytics, and collaborates with clinical leaders, quality, finance, and marketing across the system.
  • Responsible for vendor management, as related to population health tools, and ensures alignment of tools to achieve maximum ROI.
  • Advises on turning data into action, monitors the effectiveness of the use of data in context to the overall population and analytics strategy, as well as the impact on performance of value-based payment arrangements.
  • Serves as a highly visible leader, colleague and mentor, providing leadership, direction, and education across the system as it relates to analytics and population health.
  • Partners with VH leadership to create alliances as related to population health and analytics; obtains support and respect from diverse groups and fosters an understanding and commitment to VH population and analytics strategy.
  • Defines key operational readiness activities to ensure success of a population health program, and works with VH leadership to ensure understanding of the necessary drivers for success.
  • Defines analytics initiatives in support of transforming care and driving value in Value Based payment and incentive programs.
  • Collaborates with the IS leadership and business partners to promote and sustain a culture of access to data, where end users have timely, trustworthy, and accurate intelligence through self-service or analytics tools consistent with the organizations strategic priorities, resources, and governance.
  • Oversees inventory management of existing and new reports that support organizational strategic priorities, and leads the management of requests and prioritization efforts.
  • Develops professional credibility across the system; Gains respect and builds relationships that support population health, both internally and externally.

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in clinical discipline
  • Master’s Degree
  • Experience in quality improvement, healthcare data analysis or clinical outcome management
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Carolinas Healthcare System has retained Kirby Partners to identify, qualify and present individuals for their Director, Analytics with DA2 Position.

 

Organization Overview

Carolinas Healthcare System started as a community hospital in 1940, and has since grown into one of the leading non-profit health systems in the country. The extensive health network consists of more than 40 hospitals and several hundred care centers that serve a variety of communities in the southeast. DA2 is owned by Carolinas Health System and is their analytics department. It was founded in 2013, when analytics in all departments came together as a team to use innovative tools and technologies to help provide better healthcare.

 

Director, Analytics with DA2 Position Highlights

The Director of Cost and Value Analytics works closely with the administrative and clinical leaders of the enterprise to develop and execute data-driven initiatives improving the value of clinical services. The role leads a matrix-based team of business intelligence specialists, clinicians, quality and administrative professionals.