Vice President of IT/CIO
Job ID: 20928
Category: Management/Executive
Facility: Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, Inc.
Department: Information Technology
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Days
Bi-weekly Hrs: 80
Job Details: The Vice President Information Technology & Chief Information Officer (CIO) reports directly to the President & CEO of Community Healthcare System and participates as an integral member of the senior management team.
Directs and manages all activities and provision of Information Technology and Application support for the multi-facility enterprise of Community Healthcare System. Establishes appropriate Governance processes as means to communicate with Senior Management for their information needs, strategic systems direction and performance of IT Services. Guides and participates in information system selections to ensure common integrated systems support all entities. Supports growing healthcare information needs for hospitals, providers and patients by providing advanced applications, communications and operations. Provides information system security services, disaster recovery capabilities and backup procedures. Position located at St. Catherine Hospital, East Chicago, Indiana.
Education/Experience: - Graduate degree required in computer science, information systems, healthcare administration, business or a related discipline.
- Minimum 5 years healthcare information technology experience in a medium to large healthcare system including operations management, contracting, negotiations, technical, infrastructure, budgetary, strategic planning, business and clinical decision support.
- Minimum 3 years healthcare information technology leadership experience in a Sr. Director/VP role. Knowledgeable in all functional areas of the healthcare delivery process.
- Technical competence in managing complex information systems' environments including deployment of multi-tier technology platforms.
- Customer orientation including willingness to achieve consensus to address problems and concerns.
- Expert knowledge of improvement methods within a healthcare setting.
- Excellent presentation and writing skills as well as interpersonal and verbal communication skills.
- Significant strategic business and information systems planning experience within a healthcare system.
- Skilled at building and maintaining relationships at all levels within the organization as well as vendors, current and potential partners/vendors.
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