Director System Applications Specialty Applications - IS App

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Penn State Health - Penn State Health Corporation

Location: US:PA: Hershey

Work Type: Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Shift: Day

Hours: 8 hours

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

The System Director of Specialty Applications will provide leadership and direction for the Applications Services team and is responsible for strategizing, planning, coordinating, and supervising all activities including service line alignment with Facilities, Marketing, Security & Clinical service lines. Scope of systems infant security, physical security, employee duress, secure texting, patient flow, nurse call integration, quality reporting, and complex architecture, and environment management.

The System Director of Applications Services, as a member of the Information Systems Leadership team and reports to the Vice President, Chief Application Officer.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES : The percentage of time spent performing essential functions is 95%. Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Personal presences that support integrity, honestly, and caring to inspire and motivate others to promote Penn State Health’s mission, values, goals, and values of Penn State Health.
• Develop and maintain a culture that promotes respect, inclusion, operational and service excellence. Leads with compassion, caring, honesty and integrity.
• Oversees the growth and optimization of Penn State Health specialty systems including the facilities, security, secure texting, quality, and patient alerting systems and serves as a leader with the application strategies to include vendor management.
• Transformational leader by collaborating with executive, operational leaders, and teams to identify areas for improvement, implement innovative processes, and facilitate organizational change.
• Generates original ideas and suggests solutions.
• Directs the architecture, development, implementation and keep the lights on support and maintenance of application systems that enable Penn State Health’s objectives.
• Partners effectively and influences others (including external vendors) who are responsible for managing environments to audit and ensure their compliance to security standards, including collaborative planning for areas that are at risk or non-compliance.
• Research and stay current with technologies and solutions to identify and implement innovative solutions to meet clinical and business objectives while maintaining quality performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S)

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum eleven (11) years' experience supporting healthcare applications utilized in hospitals, ambulatory clinics, and academic medical centers (examples: EMR, laboratory, pharmacy, security, radiology, dietary, nurse call, radiation oncology, and learning).
• Five (5) years of management experience required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION(S)

• Proven experience leading successful EHR, Imaging, Advanced Clinicals implementation and optimizations for large Health Systems
• IS Leadership position in Academic Medical Center
• Certification Project Management Institute (PMI) (PMP)
• Experience with Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

WHY PENN STATE HEALTH?

Penn State Health offers exceptional opportunities to learn and grow, exposure to a wide patient population, and the ability to provide individualized, innovative, and specialized care to patients in the community.

Penn State Health offers an exceptional benefits package including medical, dental and vision with no waiting period as well as a Total Rewards Program that highlights a few of the many additional offerings below:

• Be Well with Employee Wellness Programs, and Fitness Discounts (University Fitness Center, Peloton).
• Be Balanced with Generous Paid Time Off, Personal Time, and Paid Parental Leave.
• Be Secured with Retirement, Extended Illness Bank, Life Insurance, and Identity Theft Protection.
• Be Rewarded with Competitive Pay, Tuition Reimbursement, and PAWS UP employee recognition program.
• Be Supported by the HR Solution Center, Learning and Organizational Development and Virtual Benefits Orientation, Employee Exclusive Concierge Service for scheduling.

WHY PENN STATE HEALTH CORPORATION?

There are many ways to make an impact with one of the leading research, teaching, and clinical healthcare systems in the country. Through a combination of operational, corporate, clinical, and nonclinical roles, we are advancing excellence and innovation in health care together as one team. As Penn State Health continues to evolve for the future, we are committed to hiring dedicated employees who are passionate about delivering the best possible support across our entire integrated health system.

Within Penn State Health’s Shared Services Entity, we encourage our employees at every turn to continue their education and advancement. Numerous opportunities are available for professional development and career growth.

YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. State-of-the-art equipment, endless learning, and a culture of excellence – that’s Penn State Health. But what makes our healthcare award-winning? That’s all you.

This job posting is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position. Eligibility for shift differential pay based on the terms outlined in company policy or union contract. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities.

Penn State Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected class including disability or veteran status. Penn State Health’s policies and objectives are in direct compliance with all federal and state constitutional provisions, laws, regulations, guidelines, and executive orders that prohibit or outlaw discrimination.

Union: Non Bargained