Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Director of Clinical Informatics you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join North Texas Division Office which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

THIS POSITION WILL BE LOCATED ONSITE AT MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD

Benefits

North Texas Division Office, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at North Texas Division Office!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Director of Clinical Informatics (DCI) is responsible for facilitation and leadership of facility Clinical Informatics by leading the implementation of and providing ongoing support for corporate/division/facility projects related to the electronic health record (EHR) including:

• standardization
• utilization
• integration
• optimization

The DCI is responsible for development, coordination, support, completion of workflow mapping, project advancements, resources and implementation focused on Clinical Informatics initiatives. This includes (but not limited to) computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and documentation, EBCD, Meaningful Use and other technology that supports clinician workflow, Clinical Excellence scorecard and publicly reported data such as Leapfrog. The DCI will participate in the community of Clinical Informatics by working with facility leadership to ensure clinical applications are well supported throughout the facility.

• Implementation and support of facility-wide standardization, utilization, integration, and optimization activities related to the EHR and other clinical informatics initiatives.
• Development, execution, and support of clinical informatics data to drive quality and performance improvement.
• Development, execution, and support of education plan, tools and resources focused on the EHR and other clinical quality informatics initiatives.
• Facilitation and facility project leadership of CPOE and Evidenced-Based Clinical Documentation (EBCD) and other technology implementations that support clinician workflow.
• Assesses impact on clinical workflow and facilitate workflow redesign to gain maximum benefit of new technology
• Optimization of quality informatic tools to drive regulatory compliance, standardization, and quality patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with the Vice President of Quality, Directors of Patient Safety, and Medical Staff Directors in SEA, FMEA, OPPE, and FPPE processes to drive quality outcomes.
• Collaborate with the Vice President of Quality, service line directors, and front line staff on clinical quality initiatives to advance the Clinical Excellence scorecard.
• Collaborate with clinical IT Teams in the development of new EHR components to ensure most efficient clinical workflow.
• Oversight of Evidence Based Order set review, approval, build and maintenance updates.
• Ongoing monitoring of various EHR utilization trends. Identify gaps/areas of opportunity and develop action plan to address areas of concern.
• Collaborate with IT&S to ensure standardization and compliance with best practice models, specifically as it relates to the integrity of the electronic health record.
• Establishes regular communication with facility Chief Nursing Officers (CNO’s) and Chief Medical Officer (CMO’s) and engages them as key contacts regarding process and review of workflow analysis to identify workflow improvements.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with the entire project team, clinical leaders, business leaders, IT&S leaders, and staff.

What qualifications you will need:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required, clinical degree preferred with strong healthcare facility
• Master Degree preferred ideally with focus on Health Informatics

Licensure/Certifications:

• Current (per State) RN license for RN applicants
• Nurse or Health Informatics Certification encouraged

Experience:

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of clinical experience in an acute care hospital setting
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Clinical/Healthcare Informatics, clinical applications support, or equivalent preferred
• Meditech experience strongly preferred
• Must have previous experience facilitating large projects which includes implementation of health technology

This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

Medical City Healthcare strives to deliver excellence. We are committed to the care and improvement of human life. We provide the highest quality, cost-effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Medical City Healthcare is one of the North Texas region’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare providers. We have 16 hospitals, 5,000 physicians and more than 17,000 employees in Dallas-Fort Worth. Medical City Healthcare is the only healthcare system in North Texas with an adult and children’s hospital on the same campus. We are a part of HCA Healthcare. HCA Healthcare includes 185 hospitals in the United States and England. Medical City Healthcare has six hospitals that are Magnet® recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet Recognition Program®. We have been recognized by Texas Monthly as a Best Companies to Work for in Texas. HCA Healthcare has been named to LinkedIn’s 2021 Top Companies list of 50 best workplaces to grow your career.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Director of Clinical Informatics opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.