Senior Director of Informatics - IT, Data & Clinical Informatics

By the Bay Health; Larkspur (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

By the Bay Health, a non-profit serving the community, seeks a Senior Director of Informatics to lead IT, data, and clinical informatics across the organization. The role will translate strategy, build team discipline, and guide governance processes to optimize the EMR system and reporting capabilities.

The position leads a cross-functional team, collaborates with executives and clinicians, and drives analytics, predictive insights, and AI tool adoption within Epic to improve patient care in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Health Informatics, or related field
• 7+ years of IT leadership experience
• Experience overseeing an Epic Electronic Medical Records system

Responsibilities

• Lead Informatics, data & reporting, and IT functions across the organization
• Translate organization-wide strategy and establish team strategy
• Lead governance processes for IT and Informatics
• Ensure EMR performance supporting clinical and operational teams
• Partner with senior leadership to prioritize investments for high impact
• Lead Informatics Trainer to deliver high-quality education

Skills

IT leadership

Stakeholder collaboration

Governance

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems

Related field (Health Informatics/Data Science)

Tools

Epic EMR system

Job description

Senior Director of Informatics - IT, Data & Clinical Informatics

By The Bay Health, a non-profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care. Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

This full-time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.

As a member of the organization’s Senior Leadership Team, you will be responsible for all Informatics, data & reporting, and IT functions across the organization. You will translate the organization-wide strategy, establish your teams’ strategy, lead and manage them. You will partner with stakeholders within and outside the organization to ensure optimal performance of the Electronic Medical Record system, as well as accuracy and timeliness of operational reports. You will lead IT and Informatics governance processes.

Schedule:

Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm

Location:

Onsite at our Larkspur, CA with 2 days remote option

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Lead the Informatics team, ensuring performance and responsiveness to organization needs
• Lead the IT and Informatics Governance processes and ensure full alignment with senior and executive leadership
• Ensure Electronic Medical Records system performance, supporting clinical and operational teams
• Guide Informatics team to implement and maintain best practices
• Partner with organization senior leadership to prioritize investments effort for highest impact & return, as well as alignment with organization strategy
• Lead Informatics Trainer to deliver highest quality education in a timely and customer-centric manner
• Manage Informatics and IT team members to highest degree of excellence
• Responsible for organization-wide data-management and reporting strategy
• Evaluate and implement predictive analytics and generative AI tools within Epic Systems to drive operational efficiency, streamline clinical workflows, and improve patient care outcomes in hospice, palliative, and home health settings

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Health Informatics, or related field
• 7+ years of IT leadership experience
• Experience overseeing an Epic Electronic Medical Records system

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Epic certification, Dorothy/Comfort certification, preferred

Salary Range:

$190K-$270K

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.

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