Blanchard Valley Health System · 5 months ago
Director of Clinical & Business Applications
Findlay, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expBlanchard Valley Health System is seeking a Director of Clinical & Business Applications to provide strategic and operational leadership for their application ecosystem. This role focuses on maximizing value from EHR and ERP platforms, guiding the development and optimization of clinical and business applications while collaborating with stakeholders to advance the organization's digital roadmap.
Health CareHospitalNursing and Residential Care
Responsibilities
Lead the development and execution of the enterprise applications strategy, with emphasis on driving value from EHR, ERP, and other core systems. Work collaboratively with business and clinical leaders to align technology initiatives with organizational goals
Define and guide application governance processes that ensure alignment with business priorities, resource capacity, and system lifecycle management. Facilitate informed decision-making, build consensus across stakeholders, and promote transparency
Scan the internal and external landscape to identify innovation opportunities. Evaluate and introduce forward-looking solutions that enhance patient care, staff experience, or operational efficiency, while mitigating risk and ensuring scalability
Collaborates with CIO to ensure appropriate IT staff via effective recruitment, retention and development
Oversees the development of detailed project schedules and manages the project budget, assessments, and service level agreements.Assists project managers on understanding and managing action items, risks/issues and all project deliverables.Facilitating project meetings and generating agendas/minutes. Driving projects through all deployment phases while reviewing project performance, and effect changes as needed to improve business processes and support critical business strategies
Establishes policies, procedures, standards and objectives for applications management with the rest of the IS leadership team.Ensures that the system portfolio list is kept updated and relevant with impact analysis on each change, including version, upgrades, system capacity, hardware requirements, additional features/functionality and required resources.Maintains documentation of all current integration points (hardware/software) that would be impacted by changes to any of the systems
Collaborates with the team to develop integration and interoperability opportunities and strategy.Defines strategies and approaches for the effective sharing of information between systems.Provides direction and expertise regarding the integration of applications across the enterprise.Collaborates with the Process Improvement department to ensure efficiencies and optimization of business and clinical workflow and continuous improvement of systems and technology use
Manages strategic relationships with key associates and IT strategic partners.Drives adoption of policy where necessary.Develops measurable department goals and objectives.Participates in executive and leadership meetings and presentations.Develops relationships with professional affiliations as appropriate
Works with various stakeholders to advance strategic partnerships to further the goals of BVHS. Develops and maintains relationships throughout BVHS to understand ongoing operational and strategic opportunities, challenges and achievements
Effectively manages the application portfolio as well as how these applications are being utilized. Recommends plans for adopting additional features or functions within the current solutions to improve operational efficiencies or improve the value realized from the current investment for improved patient satisfaction or quality
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred)
Minimum 10 years of progressive IT experience, with at least 5 in a healthcare leadership role
Proven success leading application portfolios in healthcare, including EHR and ERP systems
Demonstrated experience in IT governance frameworks, decision-making structures, and stakeholder alignment
Strategic thinker with a track record of implementing emerging technologies or new digital capabilities
Strong understanding of healthcare operations, regulatory environment, and clinical/business workflows
Excellent communication, change leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills
Prior responsibility for application roadmap ownership, vendor partnerships, and innovation initiatives
Proven experience in IT planning, organization, and development, including budget development and accountability
Excellent understanding of project management principles
Positive service-oriented interpersonal and communication skills required
Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment with satisfaction in helping others become more effective
A valid driver's license is required (if you do not have a valid Ohio driver's license you must obtain one within 30 days of your residency in the state). You must also meet BVHS's company fleet policy and insurance company requirements, and any other requirements that may be required to operate a vehicle
Company
Blanchard Valley Health System
Blanchard Valley Health System is a health system that offers a continuum of care as per the needs of the community with quality services.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Myron Lewis Lewis
President & CEO
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