Senior Healthcare IT Director & Strategy Leader

Sonoma Valley Hospital; Sonoma (CA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 313,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Sonoma Valley Hospital (SVH) invites applications for an IT Director who will set the strategic IT direction to advance SVH clinical, operational, and business goals. The role reports to the UCSF VP and Health CIO and to SVH's CEO, aligning with enterprise standards and contracts.

The director will drive governance, operating models, and service delivery, leading an autonomous team and partnering with UCSF to optimize IT value and risk management while ensuring security, continuity, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training.
• 5-10 years of experience managing an information technology organization.
• 5+ years of healthcare related experience
• Experience working within health systems, large academic centers, and community hospitals
• At least one prior implementation of IT systems in a hospital and clinic environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate individuals with different professional training, skill sets and personalities, across teams, and regardless of relative rank or status, in order to execute complex, impactful projects and initiatives in a collaborative manner.
• Demonstrated proficiency with the design of workflow processes integrated with automated systems.
• Demonstrated ability to promote and maintain good interpersonal relationships, and a proficiency in team building, conflict resolution, group interaction, and customer service.
• General knowledge of information technology components especially in the areas of infrastructure, security and applications support

Responsibilities

• Makes day to day decisions on IT-related matters, prioritize the focus of the SVH IT team and ensures achievements of objectives.
• Manage the performance and skillset of the SVH IT team to establish and maintain high performance which may include coaching, developing and transitioning staff as appropriate.
• Reviews status of information technology operations and projects and prepares recommendations for new systems or improvements.
• Coordinates agendas and preparation of materials for local IT-related governance or decision-making meetings. Participates in appropriate UCSF Health IT governance forums to promote coordination.
• Evaluate ongoing user needs and identify gaps in client training or information technology (IT) service delivery.
• Establish and assign responsibilities for the administrative processes required to support selection, contracting, acquisition, payment and management of IT vendors and partners.
• Leverage UCSF information technology practices and procedures for operational excellence in IT areas where appropriate, e.g. end user security awareness training/communication.
• Provides responsive advice, counsel, education, and service to SVH leaders concerning IT matters, engaging other SVH and UCSF team members for support as appropriate.
• Keep senior leaders at SVH informed and involved in major IT operational issues.
• In conjunction with CEO and UCSF Health CIO, develop annual operating and capital budgets for IT.
• Act as a key point of coordination for projects and services provided by UCSF.
• Establish and maintain a culture of teamwork and effective collaboration.
• Assign and delegate activities across the SVH IT team
• Develop and support culture of Service Excellence

Skills

IT Leadership

Healthcare IT

Team management

Budgeting

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in related area

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Sonoma Valley Hospital (SVH) invites applications for an IT Director who will set the strategic IT direction to advance SVH clinical, operational, and business goals. The role reports to the UCSF VP and Health CIO and to SVH's CEO, aligning with enterprise standards and contracts.

The director will drive governance, operating models, and service delivery, leading an autonomous team and partnering with UCSF to optimize IT value and risk management while ensuring security, continuity, and