Vice President Clinical Informatics - IT Administration

POSITION SUMMARY

The Vice President of Clinical Informatics is a senior enterprise-level leader that leads and translates clinical strategy into measurable, technology-enabled outcomes across Health First’s Integrated Delivery Network (IDN). Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Vice President of Clinical Informatics works in close partnership with the Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO), Vice President, Chief Nursing Executive (CNE), Vice President, Chief Medical Officers across the Hospital Division, and Health First Medical Group (HFMG), and clinical service line leadership to align clinical technology strategy with care delivery priorities across the IDN.

As Health First completed its Epic go-live in 2025 and is now entering a critical phase of optimization, maturation, and value realization, the Vice President of Clinical Informatics will take the IDN from adoption to mastery, ensuring that clinical technology meaningfully improves care delivery, clinician experience, patient safety, and operational performance. The Vice President of Clinical Informatics designs and executes a service line–aligned clinical informatics operating model—embedding informatics leadership, accountability, and decision-making within clinical programs while preserving enterprise standards, governance, and data integrity. The Vice President of Clinical Informatics is a clinical leader that leverages deep informatics expertise, strong executive presence, and a proven ability to lead and cultivate complex transformation at scale.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Directs and oversees continuous optimization of Epic and other clinical platforms, including governance of enhancement intake, prioritization of clinician experience improvements, and alignment with enterprise programs such as Gold Stars, AI enablement, and clinical decision support modernization.
2. Collaborates closely with the CIO and CMIO to define, refine, and execute the enterprise clinical informatics vision; translating health system strategy into a concrete, measurable roadmap.
3. Champions a data-driven culture: leverage analytics to evaluate technology impact, monitor adoption, and demonstrate ROI on clinical technology investments.
4. Stays ahead of emerging trends in AI, machine learning, and digital health; leading thoughtful, practical deployment of these tools to reduce clinician burden and improve outcomes.
5. Ensure process redesign is embedded into every technology initiative; eliminating inefficient workflows before they are digitized, not after.
6. Provides executive oversight over all major EHR upgrades, new releases, and enhanced functionality rollouts, directing both the technical and human sides of change.
7. Oversees Clinical Applications Education (CAE); directing the development and sustainment for a best-in-class education model that drives genuine end-user proficiency, not just checkbox completion.
8. Models and leads organizational change management strategy for clinical technology programs, creating the engagement, communication, and support infrastructure that accelerates adoption.
9. Builds and cultivates trusted, productive relationships with nursing, physician, pharmacy, and allied health leadership; functioning as an advocate and translator in the technology space; advises and actively supports clinically led governance committees and represent informatics with credibility at the executive level.
10. Partners directly with clinical and operational leaders to align technology investments with care delivery priorities, patient experience goals, and operational performance targets.
11. Drives measurable clinical improvement and program maturity by adopting recognized advancement frameworks such as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM), or equivalent maturity models; establishing baseline assessments, setting stage-advancement goals, and marshaling the cross-functional effort required to achieve and sustain higher levels of clinical adoption, documentation quality, and outcomes improvement.

LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Define and communicate a clear, compelling vision for the team that effectively ties into the mission and vision of Health First and inspire the team to achieve that vision.
2. Provide leadership, motivation, coaching, feedback and support to foster and strengthen growth and development of an effective, high performing team.
3. Lead change through effective communication, explaining the connection and value to the organization, creating stronger buy-in and urgency, while understanding impact to the team to obtain commitment.
4. Demonstrate openness to hearing diverse ideas and thoughts; create a sense of inclusivity; and encourage collaboration across teams to help break down silos to meet the team’s and organization’s goals.
5. Recruit, select, grow, and retain highly engaged, high performing diverse and inclusive associates.
6. Display strong strategic and financial acumen in areas of responsibility in alignment with the organization's strategic objectives.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Master’s degree in Nursing Informatics, Health Informatics, Healthcare Administration (MHA), or a relevant field in clinical or technology environment.
• Work Experience:

1. Ten (10) years’ progressive healthcare, digital health, or health information technology leadership experience.
2. Seven (7) years’ in informatics leadership roles supportive enterprise clinical systems.
3. Experience in executive leadership across EHR implementation, optimization, and governance.
4. Experience operating within a large-scale organizational change and influencing executive stakeholders.
5. Direct experience operating within and developing service line-aligned, or dyad-based informatics models.

• Licensure: Any one of the following:

1. Registered Nurse (RN) licensure in the State of Florida OR
2. Applied Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) / Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) / Nurse Practitioner (NP) licensure in the State of Florida OR
3. Physician Assistant (PA) licensure in the State of Florida OR
4. Pharmacist licensure in the State of Florida OR
5. Medical License in the State of Florida OR
6. Equivalent allied health or clinical licensure in the State of Florida.
7. Certification: Informatics certification (e.g., Epic Clinical Informatics, ANCC Nursing Informatics, CPHIMS, or equivalent) prior to start date and maintained.

• Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

1. Demonstrated track record of delivering clinical improvement and EHR program maturity through structured adoption frameworks (e.g., HIMSS EMRAM Stage advancement, AMAM, or equivalent).
2. Ability to lead and articulate specific stage-level achievements and measurable clinical outcomes resulting from their informatics leadership.
3. Demonstrated understanding of organizational change management theories and principles.
4. Demonstrated success delivering measurable clinical, operational, and adoption outcomes.
5. Practical expertise and knowledge deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to improve clinical and operational workflows.
6. Ability to leverage data in driving decisions, measure outcomes, and tell compelling stories.
7. Possesses Clinical Credibility to ensure physicians, nurses and allied health professionals trust your judgment.
8. Ability to simplify the complex, galvanize a room, and write with clarity and purpose.
9. Ability to visualize how workflow, technology, people, and culture interact, and design with all four in mind.
10. Working knowledge of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations, and compliance considerations in EHR design.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Doctorate’s degree in Health Informatics (DHI), Nursing (DNP), Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine (MD/DO), or Pharmacy (PharmD).
• Work Experience:

1. Peer-reviewed publication and/or presentation experience in clinical informatics.
2. Experience with population health platforms and value-based care analytics (e.g., Epic Healthy Planet, Arcadia, or equivalent).

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Majority of time involves sitting or standing; occasional walking, bending, and stooping.
• Long periods of computer time or at workstation.
• Light work that may include lifting or moving objects up to 20 pounds with or without assistance.
• May be exposed to inside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting and/or low to moderate noise.
• Communicating with others to exchange information.
• Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks.
• Workspace may vary from open to confined.
• May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle.

ABOUT HEALTH FIRST

At Health First, diversity and inclusion are essential for our continued growth and evolution. Working together, we strive to build and nurture a culture that recognizes, encourages, and respects the diverse voices of our associates. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds create a stronger and more collaborative work environment that delivers better results. As an organization, it fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our associates, customers, and the communities we serve.