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We're Hiring: Director of Informatics | Waimea, Hawaii
Meds Talent is seeking an experienced Director of Informatics to lead clinical informatics, EHR optimization, healthcare technology transformation, and data-driven quality improvement for a regional healthcare organization in Kauaʻi, Hawaii.
Position Details
- Job Title: Director of Informatics
- Location: Waimea, Kauaʻi, Hawaii 96796
- Salary: $150,000 annually
- Employment Type: Full-time
- Work Arrangement: On-site responsibilities
- Healthcare Setting: Critical Access Hospitals and Regional Clinics
Key Responsibilities
- Lead EHR governance, implementation, optimization, and clinical decision support initiatives.
- Drive clinical workflow standardization and healthcare technology transformation.
- Collaborate with physicians, nursing teams, IT, quality, finance, and executive leadership.
- Oversee clinical informatics projects, data analytics, interoperability, and data governance.
- Lead change management, clinical systems training, and technology adoption.
- Supervise informatics professionals and EMR specialists.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA, healthcare regulations, and patient safety standards.
Required Qualifications
- Master's degree in Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Information Systems, Nursing Informatics, Biomedical Informatics, or a related field.
- 5–7 years of healthcare informatics or related experience.
- At least 2.5 years of clinical or technical experience in a Critical Access Hospital.
- Minimum 3 years of managerial supervisory experience.
- Current Hawaii RN license or Hawaii medical license (MD/DO).
- At least one relevant certification, such as CPHIMS, CAHIMS, RN-BC, ABPM Clinical Informatics Board Certification, AHIMA health information certification, PMP, or CHDA.
Preferred Skills
- EHR platforms: Epic, Cerner, or Oracle Health.
- Healthcare data analytics, Power BI, Tableau, and SQL.
- Interoperability standards: HL7, FHIR, and DICOM.
- Clinical decision support, quality improvement, and data governance.
- Healthcare technology project management and organizational change leadership.
Salary : $150,000