Director of Clinical IT Operations

As an accomplished IT professional, you will join our organization as a Director of Clinical IT Operations. This role requires an individual with strong technical skills, and a passion for academic collaboration. The successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the integration of technology with dual roles as director as well as engineer.

Strategic Leadership:

• Through collaboration with system wide leaders and technical engineers, execute a comprehensive strategic plan for clinical IT operations that supports the University System’s mission and academic goals.
• Collaborate with IT leaders, engineers, and academic, research and clinical staff to develop and integrate innovative technologies into educational programs and clinical practices.

Clinical Systems Management:

• Implement, optimize, and maintain clinical information systems and alignment with academic initiatives.
• Drive innovation in healthcare technology within clinical workflows, focusing on enhancing both patient care, telemedicine, and educational experiences.

Academic Collaboration:

• Build vendor partnerships, fostering collaborative projects that integrate IT solutions into academic and clinical settings.
• Lead initiatives to enhance academic curricula through the incorporation of emerging technologies and best practices.

Innovation Management and Leadership:

• Identify opportunities for innovation in clinical and academic settings, evaluating emerging trends and technologies in healthcare IT and education.
• Champion a culture of innovation within the organization by supporting research projects, academic collaborations, and technology-driven learning experiences.
• Build consensus and lead multidisciplinary teams, including clinical systems analysts, academic coordinators, and project managers.

Quality Assurance and Compliance:

• Establish and maintain robust quality assurance processes for clinical IT operations and academic initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, academic accreditation standards, and best practices.
• Leverage the current staff and institutional investments to implement standards designed to optimize revenue and cost while averting risks.

Security

• Implement a system that is HIPPA compliant, following NIST standards with a goal of Hitrust certification to optimize potential for revenue growth and partnership potential.
• Standardize policies and procedures while reducing risks associated with vendors and data loss.
• Leverage modern data practices to ensure data, vendors and hosted service providers have appropriate security measures in place and exceed HIPAA regulations ensuring availability, confidentiality, and integrity of data.
• Implement a security strategy, in partnership of Information Security, to meet the needs of research, clinical specialties and university data.

Education/Experience

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 5 or more years as a technology professional. Experience in the healthcare /academic setting preferred.
• Certifications in cybersecurity and cloud providers.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Microsoft Azure and Amazon Infrastructure.
• Cloud-based networking standards.
• Regulatory knowledge, aligned to ISO, HIPAA and SOC 2 assessment.
• Experience with RBAC, and PowerShell scripting.
• Experience working with "Team-Based Practices," like Agile, Kanban.
• Ability to work on multiple concurrent projects.
• Ability to follow standard change management processes.
• Ability to understand and follow complex oral and written instructions.

Travel

• As needed, infrequent national travel to select Touro clinical locations.
• Flexible working hours, with the occasional possibility of work outside standard hours including weekends.