Associate Vice President of Clinical Applications- Operations Team

Jefferson Health; Washington, Northern (Washington County, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferson Health in Fort Washington, PA seeks an senior leader to design, develop, implement, manage and support clinical software applications across healthcare settings. You will optimize workflows, collaborate with clinical staff to translate requirements into configurations, and ensure regulatory compliance to improve patient care.

Lead end-to-end lifecycle management for Epic modules and related clinical systems, driving governance-aligned projects and cross-department integration with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 15+ years of progressive applications and leadership experience.
• Experience working with clinical software or healthcare IT settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle management of clinical application solutions—planning, development, testing, configuration, optimization, and implementation.
• Drive end-to-end activities for assigned solution portfolios, ensuring high performance and alignment with goals.
• Establish relationships with stakeholders and governance committees to prioritize projects.
• Provide leadership for teams managing clinical systems (Epic modules, ancillary applications) and ensure cross-department integration.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

Tools

Epic modules

Job description

Number of Positions in Requisition 1 Job Details

Responsible for the design, development, implementation, management, and support of clinical software applications used in healthcare settings. Ensures that clinical applications meet the needs of healthcare providers by optimizing workflows and improving patient care. Analyzes clinical workflows and collaborates with clinical staff to gather requirements and translate these into system configurations. Configures and optimizes applications, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical operations through the use of technology. Supports application testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding application enhancements.

Job Description Summary

Responsible for the design, development, implementation, management, and support of clinical software applications used in healthcare settings. Ensures that clinical applications meet the needs of healthcare providers by optimizing workflows and improving patient care. Analyzes clinical workflows and collaborates with clinical staff to gather requirements and translate these into system configurations. Configures and optimizes applications, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical operations through the use of technology. Supports application testing, deployment, maintenance, and evolution activities by correcting programming errors, responding to scope changes, and coding application enhancements.

Job Duties

Lead full lifecycle management of clinical application solutions—including strategic planning, development, testing, configuration, optimization, and implementation. Drive end-to-end activities for assigned solution portfolios, ensuring high-performance outcomes and alignment with organizational goals. Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, collaborating on governance committees to prioritize projects and workloads. Promote consistent use of tools, workflows, and platforms, advocating for industry best practices and innovative solutions to enhance patient and user experience. Provide leadership and oversight for teams managing clinical systems (e.g., Epic modules, ancillary applications), ensuring integration and optimization across departments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• 15+ years progressive applications and leadership experience.

Physical Demands

Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer

This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift

Rotating (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular Employee

Entity

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Location Address

1100 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.

All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.

In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees.

Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education.

With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years.

Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization.

From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.