Associate Chief Medical Information Officer

Job Summary:

UW Health, along with the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), is seeking a Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, on the CT or CHS Track.

Through a combination of coordinated teamwork and sophisticated individual effort the Associate Chief Medical Information Officer (aCMIO) will provide clinical leadership in evaluating, implementing, and advancing diffusion of health information technology at UW Health. An emphasis will be placed on the primary utilization of the Health Link electronic health record. This position will represent the provider community in decisions about technology functionality and usability, ensuring alignment with the tripartite mission. Offer strategic leadership to enhance physician practice, support operational needs, comply with regulations, and establish a foundation for analytics. The SMPH home department will be determined at the time of hire.

Responsibilities:

It is expected that the candidate will participate in teaching, clinical duties, and service as a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The successful candidate will also participate in professional, public, and university service appropriate to the faculty rank. The candidate will be expected to teach medical students, residents, and fellows.

UW Health physician leaders are expected to provide effective leadership for consistent delivery of high- quality, cost-efficient, and satisfying healthcare. They must embody UW Health Leadership Competencies and adhere to the UW Health Way, emphasizing shared responsibility for delivering "Remarkable Healthcare." In supporting this goal, leaders champion excellence in both culture and performance management, with Physician Informaticists performing standard work to contribute to this achievement. Collaborating with administrative partners, Physician Informaticists establish and maintain a team-based care culture, fostering a patient-centered and satisfying work environment. The aCMIO is responsible for maintaining comprehensive knowledge of performance measures, identifying improvement opportunities, implementing action plans, and utilizing the UW Health Way to drive positive changes in targeted areas.

The aCMIO will attend to tasks in a predictable and reported fashion at Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, and Annually cadence with these self-determined duties coordinated throughout the team and directed by the CMIO. These will change according to organizational targets and the needs of the IS and Informatics department but will consistently revolve around our organizational strategies and our shared missions, competencies, and UW Health Way directives.

ANNUAL GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS
Professional duties to be shared between informatics and clinical practice. It is expected that a clinical practice be maintained which should curate a deep understanding of clinician and care teams needs, opportunities, and limitations.

Partner with the CMIO, Associate CMIOs, Nursing Informatics, Pharmacy Informatics and other IS leaders on establishing Information Systems strategy and specific annual initiatives with a goal of continued process improvement and learning.

Identify opportunities for and participate in scholarship activities by working with interested partners to potentiate mutually beneficial developments and outcomes through the bountiful intersection of clinical, research, academic, and applied informatics entities within UW Health and UW SMPH.

Maintain a constant mindset towards User Centered Design, Usability heuristics and User Experience principles. The aCMIO will identify opportunities for up-skilling and application of these concepts to self, informatics partners, organization, and vendors for the mutual benefit of all.

Lead, facilitate, and/or participate in groups that advise on the design and implementation of health information technology. The team of aCMIOs will coordinate these functions with the CMIO and for the greater MI team through a flexible, resilient fashion. These groups will evolve as the IS and Informatics team integrates and matures as well as the evolution that comes from external factors (the ever-changing organizational priorities and structures, as well as the disruptive fast-paced health tech environment).
a. The team will develop and maintain a Medical Informatics personnel and groups registry, representing current state information, on the MI SharePoint site which will be reviewed and updated every 6 months (June and November). The registry will include:

Personnel name
MI personnel clinical and informatics assignments.
Group Membership & leaders
Group Purpose (& charter, if applicable)
Group Hierarchical accountability (and associations)
Maintain collaborative and shared efforts between aCMIOs to "run-the-business" activities. Including but not limited to:
Collaborate with Care Team oriented operational, IS and informatics, and support teams to optimize the care team's utilization of Health Link and other health IT functionality.
Oversee the development of education and training for students, residents, and faculty in the use of health IT. Similarly, we will share the development, deployment, inspiration, and monitoring of similar processes for ourselves and our partners within medical informatics.
Participate in shared responsibilities including but not limited to the Physician Informatics on call schedule, new faculty onboarding classes, and up-skilling sessions for our MI partners, IS partners, and the UW Health community at large.
Participate in efforts that maintain UW Health and UW SMPH as an industry leader in healthcare and applied informatics. Including but not limited to:
Attend Epics Physician Advisory Committee (PAC) and User Group (UGM / XGM) meetings.
Maintain certifications and credentials required of the job and specifically called out elsewhere.

Proudly represent UW Health at local, regional, and national informatics conferences through participation, presentation, leadership and professional decorum.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
Terminal Degree
MD/DO or Equivalent

Qualifications:

Strong interpersonal, leadership, decision-making, and team-building skills.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Supports collaboration and EHR confidentiality.
Effective communication with healthcare providers, organizational leadership, vendors, and staff.
Ability to represent the clinical enterprise outside of one's specialty/department.

3 years of clinical practice required
3 years of medical/health informatics leadership experience required
Ideal candidate would have minimum of 5 years clinical practice at faculty level.
Experience in leading implementation/optimization of health IT systems across ambulatory and inpatient enterprise at a tertiary/quaternary organization preferred

For appointment at Associate Professor or Professor rank on CHS Track, candidates will meet criteria established by the department and as outlined in the School of Medicine and Public Health guidelines for promotion or appointment to Associate or Professor on the CHS Track.

For appointment at Clinical Associate Professor or Clinical Professor rank on CT Track, candidates will meet criteria established by the department and as outlined in the School of Medicine and Public Health guidelines for promotion or appointment to Associate or Professor on the CT Track.

License/Certification:

Required

Board Certification in Primary Specialty Required
Board Certification in Clinical Informatics or Masters in Health Informatics Preferred
Epic Certification and Maintenance Pertinent to Role Required

Work Type:

Full or Part Time: 40% - 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Anticipated Begin Date:

JANUARY 01, 2025

Salary:

Negotiable
ANNUAL (12 months)

Additional Information:

Applicants for this position will be considered for the titles listed in this posting. The title is determined by the experience and qualifications of the finalist.

The department will not be able to support a request for a J-1 waiver. If you chose to pursue a waiver and apply for our position, neither the UW nor UWMF will reimburse you for your legal or waiver fees.

This position has been identified as a position of trust with access to vulnerable populations. The selected candidate will be required to pass an initial caregiver check to be eligible for employment under the Wisconsin Caregiver Law and then every two years.

How to Apply:

The deadline for assuring full consideration is November 3, 2024, however, this position will remain open, and applications may be considered until this position is filled. Your application must be received through https://careers.uwhealth.org/ to be considered as a candidate. Applications submitted outside of this system will not be considered.

To apply for this position, please visit https://eimy.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/requisitions/preview/34042/?keyword=34042 and use the online Job Application system to submit the following:
Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Cover letter describing your interest in this position

Contact:

Andrew Prickett
aprickett@wisc.edu
608-262-9886
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

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Official Title:

Clinical Professor(IC009) or Clinical Associate Professor(IC010) or Clinical Assistant Professor(IC011) or Professor (CHS)(IC014) or Associate Professor (CHS)(IC015) or Assistant Professor (CHS)(IC016)

Department(s):

A53-MEDICAL SCHOOL/MEDICINE/MEDICINE

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

306591-AS

 

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