Manager, Clinical Applications – Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +4 more states.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and nurture a team of Clinical Application Analysts and Specialists.

• Set departmental objectives, performance standards, and plans for professional growth.

• Oversee staffing, scheduling, workload prioritization, and budget management.

• Supervise the implementation, maintenance, enhancement, and support of clinical applications including EHR, LIS, RIS, pharmacy systems, and other clinical technologies.

• Create and sustain application roadmaps that align with the organization's strategy.

• Ensure system availability, performance, and reliability.

• Coordinate application upgrades, patches, testing, and releases.

• Manage application lifecycle planning and vendor relationships.

• Lead cross-functional projects for implementation and optimization.

• Oversee project timelines, resource allocation, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication.

• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, ancillary departments, and operational leaders to enhance workflows through technology.

• Analyze clinical processes and suggest enhancements to applications.

• Ensure compliance of clinical applications with HIPAA, CMS, Joint Commission, and relevant state and federal regulations.

• Support cybersecurity initiatives related to clinical systems.

• Develop policies, procedures, and documentation for application governance.

• Participate in audits, disaster recovery planning, and business continuity efforts.

• Act as the primary contact for clinical application vendors.

• Manage vendor performance, contracts, issue resolution, and service level agreements.

• Evaluate new technologies and software solutions.

• Coordinate third-party integrations with enterprise systems.

• Support organizational change management initiatives.

• Work with education teams to create user training programs.

• Ensure effective communication regarding system changes and upgrades.

• Monitor application performance metrics and key performance indicators.

• Prepare reports for executive leadership on application utilization, support metrics, and project status.

• Leverage data to identify opportunities for improvement and measure outcomes.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, information technology, computer science, nursing informatics, or related fields.

• 5-7 years of progressive leadership experience in healthcare technology, clinical systems, or interoperability.

• A minimum of 3 years managing enterprise healthcare technology teams.

• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards and integration architectures, including HL7, FHIR, CCD/CCDA, and API-based integration.

• Proven experience leading large-scale clinical technology implementations, optimizations, and interoperability initiatives.

• Strong knowledge of clinical workflows, healthcare operations, and regulatory compliance requirements.

• Experience managing vendor relationships and enterprise technology contracts.

• Experience leading cross-functional transformation initiatives in complex, multi-entity healthcare environments.

• Technical expertise in healthcare information systems, application architecture, interfaces, databases, and system integrations.

• Working knowledge of HL7, FHIR, DICOM, CCD/C-CDA, and interface engines.

• Understanding of Active Directory, identity and access management, SSO, role-based security, and user provisioning.

• Familiarity with SQL, reporting tools, dashboards, and data analytics.

• Knowledge of cloud-based and on-premises application environments, virtualization, and infrastructure dependencies.

• Understanding of ITIL, change management, release management, and incident/problem management processes.

• Ability to interpret technical documentation, logs, and system performance metrics for troubleshooting and root cause analysis.

• Working knowledge of APIs, web services, and application integration methodologies.

• Understanding of cybersecurity principles, vulnerability management, disaster recovery, business continuity, and HIPAA security requirements.

• Preferred: advanced degree in health informatics, healthcare administration, information technology, or equivalent.

• Preferred: PMP, CPHIMS, or CHDA certification.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary range of $103,043.00 to $162,698.00.

• Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodation support for the application or interview process.