Director Ancillary Applications

careers-primehealthcare; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Healthcare seeks a Director Ancillary Applications to lead strategy and governance for all clinical and ancillary applications across the enterprise. You will ensure stability, security, and interoperability while aligning technology with patient care and organizational growth.

You will collaborate with operational leaders, cybersecurity, and executive teams, and travel up to 50% as needed to manage vendor relationships and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IS/Healthcare Informatics or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years IT leadership experience in healthcare applications.
• Experience with ancillary clinical applications and healthcare integrations.
• Strong knowledge of HL7, APIs and interface engines.
• Familiarity with Epic and Meditech EMR systems.
• Excellent vendor, project, and stakeholder management skills.
• willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for all Ancillary and third-party applications.
• Oversee governance, operations, and lifecycle management across enterprise applications.
• Ensure stability, security, interoperability, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with clinical, cybersecurity, and executive teams to align tech with patient care goals.
• Drive vendor oversight, application rationalization, and enterprise integration strategies.
• Prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and operate with minimal supervision.

Skills

Healthcare IT leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Communication skills

Travel up to 50%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Informatics, or related field

Tools

HL7

APIs

Interface engines

Epic EMR

Meditech EMR

Job description

Overview

Prime Healthcare is an award-winning health system headquartered in Ontario, California. Prime Healthcare operates 54 hospitals and has more than 360 outpatient locations in 15 states providing more than 3.0million patient visits annually. It is one of the nation’s leading health systems with over 60,000 employees and physicians. Twenty-one of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Prime Healthcare is actively seeking new members to join our corporate team!

Responsibilities

Director Ancillary Applications provides strategic leadership, governance, operational oversight, and lifecycle management for all Ancillary and third-party applications across the enterprise, including clinical systems, departmental applications, standalone platforms, specialized vendor solutions and acquired legacy systems supporting hospital and ambulatory operations. This role is responsible for ensuring these applications remain stable, secure, integrated, compliant, and aligned with organizational objectives through effective application support, interoperability management, vendor oversight, application rationalization, and enterprise integration strategies across clinical, operational, and business domains. This position collaborates closely with operational leaders, clinical stakeholders, cybersecurity, infrastructure, enterprise applications, and executive leadership to ensure technology solutions effectively support patient care, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and organizational growth initiatives. This position requires the ability to independently identify and fulfill responsibilities with minimal oversight, especially on critical matters. The role frequently involves exercising discretion and independent judgment, evaluating different options, and making informed decisions. The position is expected to effectively prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and ensure deadlines are consistently met.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of progressive IT leadership experience supporting healthcare applications.
• Experience managing ancillary clinical applications, standalone systems, and healthcare integrations.
• Strong understanding of healthcare interoperability standards including HL7, APIs, and interface engines.
• Strong knowledge of EMR’s like Epic and Meditech.
• Knowledge of imaging systems, laboratory systems, cardiology, pharmacy, surgical systems, and other specialty platforms.
• Strong vendor management, project management, and operational leadership experience.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Open to travelling up to 50% of the time.

Preferred qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or other relevant certifications.
• Experience working in large-scale healthcare systems or hospital settings.

Pay Transparency

Prime Healthcare offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. Benefits may vary based on employment status, i.e. full-time, part-time, per diem or temporary. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $79,872.00 to $252,241.60 on an annualized basis. The compensation estimate noted above is specific to California and has not been adjusted for any other geographic location. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

Employment Status

Full Time

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

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