FT Faculty Healthcare Informatics

 FT Faculty Healthcare Informatics

This role will be required to commute to campus in Harrisburg, PA twice per semester on weekends.

At this time Harrisburg University will not be offering sponsorship for this role.

About Harrisburg University:

Harrisburg University (HU) offers an applied science and technology education for students who want a degree and a dedicated pathway to a career. Its focus is to educate career-minded individuals in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), giving them the tools to succeed, while helping to shape their communities, locally and beyond. Our goal is to help stimulate economic growth in our region by establishing a STEM-educated workforce — a necessary resource in today's economy.

Mission:

Harrisburg University of Science and Technology is an independent educational institution offering innovative academic and research programs in science and technology that respond to local and global needs. The institution fosters a diverse community of learners, provides access and support to students who want to pursue a career in science and technology, and supports business creation and economic development.

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About Healthcare Informatics at HU:

This 36-hour graduate program provides unique educational opportunities in this emerging area for experienced clinicians (physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants), health insurers, and clinically oriented healthcare administrators.

Many graduate programs miss or short-change perhaps the most important skill set for this new kind of practitioner: the translational, communications, and interpersonal skills that make the difference between success and failure during selection, implementation, and optimization of healthcare IT systems. What makes our program unique is familiarity with critical skills in change management, knowledge management, project management, organizational psychology, generational differences, human-machine interfaces, analytics, and optimization tools such as Lean and Agile.

Today’s multi-institution healthcare delivery systems and even larger stand-alone hospitals employ clinician “Champions” to assist with the implementation of health-related information technology projects such as electronic medical records, meaningful use, and claims adjudication systems. Commonly, preparation for this role is simply familiarization with the operation of the installed system. This does not solve problems such as resistance to change and designs for optimization of data dashboards. A full set of change management skills adds significant value to employing either informaticists or champions during and after initial deployments of new systems or upgrades and optimization of present systems.

The M.S. in Healthcare Informatics at HU addresses the need for healthcare informaticists who require in-depth knowledge in selected informatics specialty areas and prepares students to:

• Interact effectively with analytics specialists to define priority subject areas, evaluate data sources, and understand the strengths and weaknesses of analytics results
• Communicate new knowledge and insights to senior management decision makers
• Facilitate implementation of management’s decisions

For more information on our Healthcare Informatics program, please visit: https://www.harrisburgu.edu/programs/ms-healthcare-informatics

Qualifications:

Harrisburg University requires dedicated professionals who have the experience and desire to work in an active and collaborative environment that stresses high-quality service delivery, entrepreneurial spirit, and close contact with a diverse group of internal and external constituents. HU is committed to the support and encouragement of a multicultural environment and seeks candidates who can make a positive contribution in this context. The university is seeking exceptionally qualified individuals who can teach high-quality courses and develop applied research initiatives.

In conjunction with the existing faculty, this individual will be responsible for teaching specific courses within the program and developing the curriculum. The individual will also provide services to the university community, such as academic outreach and student support. A willingness to interact with prospective students is necessary. The candidate must be willing to utilize technologies in the classroom. 

Additionally, he/she will need to be informed and able to incorporate new technologies, apply new concepts into the program as necessary, and work closely with the university administration to ensure that the curriculum responds to market trends. The candidate will need to forge relationships with corporate entities to bridge the gap between the classroom and the business community, as well as to secure partnerships and projects necessary as part of the university curricular framework. The successful candidate should be a team player, willing to work at growing and advancing the mission of the university, and capable of taking a collaborative approach with existing faculty and administration. This individual will also be responsible for making presentations outside of the classroom to peers, administration, and those outside of the university community. A successful candidate will also have demonstrated leadership within their previous roles.

Interested candidates should provide evidence of experience in teaching and instructional development, with prior corporate/industry experience being a major plus. We are looking for entrepreneurs and healthcare leaders with solid industry and academic backgrounds who can shape our rapidly growing program in healthcare informatics. 

Interested candidates should possess a/an:

• Medical Degree or Terminal Degree in Healthcare Information Technology, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Life Sciences, or a closely related field area
• Willingness and aptitude for graduate-level teaching
• Ability to initiate and supervise interdisciplinary, applied projects
• Experience in teaching and instructional development with prior corporate/industry experience is a major plus
• Professional experience in healthcare analytics, healthcare quality programs, population health analytics, and healthcare data

Further, interested candidates should provide evidence of experience in teaching and instructional development, with prior industry experience being a plus. 

Candidates interested in pursuing this opportunity should forward a cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy, and research statement to the attention of:

Michael Dorris, Executive Recruiter

Harrisburg University of Science & Technology

326 Market Street

Harrisburg, PA 17101

717.901.5130

EHill@harrisburgu.edu