Located in Manhattan, The New York Proton Center (NYPC) is one of the most unique and respected clinical partnerships in the world of proton therapy. The collaboration between Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Montefiore Medical Center and Mount Sinai Health System brings state of the art proton therapy treatment to the patients of New York and the surrounding areas. 

Our team at NYPC is comprised of highly motivated, passionate, professional and engaged individuals working together as a dynamic team to deliver an exceptional level of patient care, providing the most advanced proton therapy technology. We offer our employees a competitive compensation and benefits package with flexibility for growth and career advancement.

If you meet the criteria and would like to be a part of our collaborative, innovative and patient focused team, please apply with a cover letter and copy of your resume, or CV, to the current opportunity listed below.

Position Summary:

The Director of Clinical Applications reports directly to the Senior Director of Information Systems. They support the development and effective and efficient delivery of applications that support the clinical mission of NYPC. The prime clinical applications are TouchWorks, Follow My Health, Aria, MIMS, imaging archive (IBM VNA), RayStation, Eclipse, and various electronic interfaces to partners, labs, pharmacies, and financial systems.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Owns the roadmap and plan for transition from legacy architecture (Aria/VisionTree/Eclipse/etc.) to planned state (TouchWorks/Follow My Health/Raystation/etc.), taking account of relevant risks.
• Organize the clinical application team to provide high-quality application support during extended operating hours and avoid key person risk; this includes the timely establishment of incident bridges for critical incidents, even if out-of-hours.
• Communicate plans and progress to all stakeholders (Executives, clinical leadership, and IT).
• Facilitate and/or participate in workshops to redesign business and clinical processes to incorporate new clinical applications.
• Prioritize feature requests, upgrades, and bug fixes across all the clinical platforms in consultation with stakeholders.
• Participate in the IT Change Management process/ release schedule to introduce changes to in a way that minimizes disruption to patient treatment; this must take account of organizational readiness to implement the changes.
• Implement IT work management processes that introduce system changes in a predictable, incremental manner (these may include Agile Scrum, Kanban, or other relevant practices)
• Own the technical relationships with organizations where NYPC exchanges data, including partners, labs, pharmacies, financial services, etc.
• Primary NYPC IT contact for the clinical application vendors.
• Stakeholder Management – ability to work with internal and external (partner) teams to ensure seamless data flow and operations.
• Business Continuity – exposure to disaster recovery, business continuity, and security planning to enable risk management.
• Compliance – understand HIPAA, data security, and other regulatory requirements and align system initiatives with these imperatives.
• Maintain a comprehensive technical document library for NYPC’s clinical applications.
• Maintain a document library for clinical application projects in progress per agreed standards (at a minimum to include an up-to-date project plan, schedule, and technical specifications for any new features).
• Provide complete transparency of activities to IT and executive leadership.
• Comply with all New York Proton Center policies related to Privacy Rules established under the Health Information Privacy and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
• Perform other job-related duties, as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors level degree in Computer Science or related discipline; Master degree preferred.
• At least 7 years IT experience.
• At least 3 years healthcare experience preferred.
• Experience implementing clinical applications, such as EMR, patient portal, image archive, or PACS preferred.
• Experience managing third-party vendors, including implementation teams.
• Experience working in a program environment, requiring coordination across multiple related initiatives.
• Knowledge of EMR systems (especially Touchworks, Aria) preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical interfaces, including HL7 and CCD messaging (eLink), preferred.
• Knowledge of clinical imaging and treatment planning applications (VNA, MIMS, RayStation) preferred.

About the Area:

New York City is a major metropolitan city and is home to world-renowned cultural offerings. Outdoor attractions include a variety of parks and greenspaces including Central Park, the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, the Bronx Zoo, and the High Line; multiple waterfronts on the island afford convenient access to scenic activities. Cultural activities abound in Broadway, Madison Square Garden, Lincoln Center, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, Iconic sites include the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and the One World Trade Center; championship teams in every major league sport; shopping abounds in SoHo, Fifth Avenue, Chelsea Market, and the Fashion district; and culinary offerings are second to none. The New York Proton Center is well-located for city living and suburb living, with multiple suburbs located 25 minutes from the Center, home to some of the best public-school systems in the country. 

The salary range and/or hourly rate displayed is a determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. NYPC takes into consideration several factors in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skillset, experience and training, licensure and certifications, internal equity and other business and organizational needs.

The New York Proton Center (NYPC) strives to maintain a workplace that accepts and appreciates the differences among our employees. The company will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, covered veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, status with respect to public assistance or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.