[Remote] Regional CIO

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Community Health Systems is seeking a Regional CIO who will provide leadership for strategic planning and evaluation of information systems operations across the organization. The RCIO will be responsible for developing market information systems plans in alignment with corporate strategy, while also overseeing information security and fostering strong relationships with market executives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain strong business relationships with market executives serving as a consultative partner on all technology topics to include articulation of short- and long-term strategic goals and operational implications.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively lead initiative in planning, development, and execution of business process re-engineering, architecture, analytics, contract management, financial management, and resource management.
• Actively partner with market executives/business on technology needs from ideation to disciplined demand/project management and fulfillment including market-level portfolio prioritization.
• Recruits, hires, evaluates, develops, and retains staff with appropriate skills to design, implement, and support complex hospital and physician practice information technology and systems.
• Directs the evolution of the information systems staff organization in concert with hospital, division, and corporate goals and objectives.
• Ensures on-time and on-budget performance of information systems operations and projects, and compliance with regulations and hospital and corporate policies.
• Uses metrics to demonstrate value and quality of information systems and projects. Defines appropriate service levels and regularly reports on system availability and performance.
• Provides exceptional communication with all stakeholders regarding facility/market-level technology portfolio.
• Staying updated on IT trends and emerging technologies for regional needs; developing and enforcing IT best practices across the regional organization; ensuring IT strategies and processes support company-wide goals; and align to regional strategies.
• Overseeing relationships with vendors, contractors and service providers at regional level and aligned to corporate dictates.
• Oversee Information Security alignment with business.

Skills

• Ten (10) years progressive experience in hospital information systems with a minimum of five (5) years in a leadership role with experience in information services management, implementation, program/project management and user support.
• Degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or hospital management. (Masters preferred)
• Demonstrates a high level of administrative and analytical skills necessary to provide overall direction and strategic planning in an information service environment.
• Demonstrates an extremely high level of interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written, to interact effectively with all customers.
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge of information processing and distribution systems including application/programming tools, voice, data, video, imaging and text communication systems and related networks, as well as applicable regulations.
• Healthcare industry professional certification(s) preferred (e.g., College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME); Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS); Society for Information Management (SIM); American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
• Acquisitions, divestitures, and mergers
• IT Contract Negotiation experience
• Return on investment ('ROI') analysis
• Contract review and management
• Team building
• Budget development and management
• Staff development and management
• Information system selection, implementation, support, and turn-down
• Strategic planning
• Management with metrics
• Data center operations
• LAN and WAN operations
• Physician and Clinician relationship management
• Centralized hospital business office operations

Company Overview

• Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers. It was founded in 1985, and is headquartered in Franklin, Tennessee, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.chs.net.

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