Director EHR Applications - Patient Experience - Community Engagement Team

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.

$120K — $145K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma/GED required; Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or Healthcare preferred.
  • 7-10 years of progressive experience in Information Services or a combination of Information Services and direct healthcare experience required.
  • Experience with medium to large-scale implementation/upgrades of EHR systems required.
  • Strong project resource and budget management skills essential.
  • Experience in managing healthcare operations or large hospital IDNs beneficial.
  • Demonstrated team leadership abilities necessary, including coaching and mentoring staff.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills are a must.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the design, development, implementation, and lifecycle management of EHR and clinical applications.
  • Align application strategy with organizational goals to optimize clinical workflows and enhance provider experience.
  • Lead cross-functional teams in project planning, testing, and deployment of applications.
  • Manage vendor relationships, budgets, and performance metrics associated with projects.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and industry best practices in technology solutions.
  • Identify and mitigate project risks and conflicts to ensure timely completion of initiatives.
  • Advocate for operational changes and serve as a positive role model for technology adoption.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance packages available.
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance provided.
  • Flexible spending accounts and retirement plans are part of the benefits.
  • Tuition assistance and discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after service milestones.
  • Access to voluntary benefits with group rates on additional insurance and discounts.
Full Job Description
Job Details
Responsible for the strategic leadership and oversight of the design, development, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise EHR and related clinical applications. Ensures alignment of application strategy with organizational goals to optimize clinical workflows, enhance provider experience, and improve patient outcomes across the health system. Partners with senior clinical and operational leaders to define requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive adoption of technology solutions that support regulatory compliance and industry best practices. Provides governance for application configuration, optimization, and integration, ensuring scalability and interoperability. Leads teams in planning, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of applications, while managing vendor relationships, budgets, and performance metrics. Champions innovation and operational efficiency through technology, fostering collaboration and accountability across multidisciplinary teams.

Job Description

Summary
Responsible for the strategic leadership and oversight of the design, development, implementation, and lifecycle management of enterprise EHR and related clinical applications. Ensures alignment of application strategy with organizational goals to optimize clinical workflows, enhance provider experience, and improve patient outcomes across the health system. Partners with senior clinical and operational leaders to define requirements, prioritize initiatives, and drive adoption of technology solutions that support regulatory compliance and industry best practices. Provides governance for application configuration, optimization, and integration, ensuring scalability and interoperability. Leads teams in planning, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement of applications, while managing vendor relationships, budgets, and performance metrics. Champions innovation and operational efficiency through technology, fostering collaboration and accountability across multidisciplinary teams.

Job Duties
  • Manages and assures adherence to the Guiding Principles of the Epic EMR implementation
  • Leads and assists in developing project business cases and requests for proposals/information (RFP/RFI)
  • Leads efforts to define requirements, deliverables, objectives, resources, and project schedules
  • Ensures appropriate processes are identified and followed, specifically scope management, change management, communications, and risk management.
  • Demonstrates leadership by identifying and mitigating tasks, conflict, and communication
  • Escalates issues and risks to executive leadership, to ensure proper awareness and efficient resolution, to sustain the project implementation timeline.
  • Effectively manages the Epic and related projects to successful completion in a matrix project management organization serving critical healthcare operations
  • Ensures all outcomes and deliverables meet organizational goals, objectives and quality standards.
  • Functions as an advocate, Change Agent and serves as a positive role model for encouraging others to embrace operational changes and transformation associated with the Epic EMR and other application technology projects
  • Responsible for the growth and development of staff at various levels, including managers

Minimum Qualifications
  • High School Diploma/GED
  • 7 years Implementation and support experience and
  • Progressive experience in Information Services, or a combination of Information Services and direct healthcare experience and
  • Medium to Large-scale implementation/upgrades and
  • Project resource and budget management
  • Large Hospital/IDN Information Technology Experience and/or Healthcare Operations Experience
  • Program/Large Project Management
  • Implementation/Upgrade Facilitation
  • Integrated Systems Architecture Planning, Development and Implementation
  • Technical Collaboration (e.g. Interfaces, Hardware and Reporting)
  • Team Leadership
  • Coaching and Mentoring
  • Triaging On-call/DR/BC
  • Strong oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree Computer Science or Healthcare or
  • Master's Degree Computer Science or Healthcare
  • 10 years Progressive experience in Information Services, or a combination of Information Services and direct healthcare experience and
  • Implementation and support experience
  • EPIC Certification - Epic Systems or
  • PMP - Project Management Professional - Project Management Institute

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 25 lbs. frequent sitting/standing, frequent keyboard use, *patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling, bending, squatting and performing CPR.

Job Description Disclaimer: This position description provides the major duties/responsibilities, requirements and working conditions for the position. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current position, however management reserves the right to revise or change as necessary to meet organizational needs. Other responsibilities may be assigned when circumstances require.

Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type
Regular

Employee Entity
Thomas Jefferson University
Primary Location Address
1100 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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