Opportunity Details

Department of Pediatrics

Pediatric Administration

Clinician

Commensurate w/Experience

Chief Medical Information Officer - Administration

St. Louis Children's Hospital, BJC HealthCare, and Washington University School of Medicine seek candidates for the position of Chief Medical Information Officer at St. Louis Children's Hospital and BJC HealthCare. This individual will also serve in a leadership role within the Institute for Informatics and the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 7 years of informatics and information technology leadership experience and informatics certification or its equivalent, prior experience with EPIC including formal training and certification, prior medical leadership experience, excellent communication skills including consensus building skills, strong teamwork orientation, Board certification in a child health related discipline, and expertise in process improvement, data analysis, and use of information systems to develop and support outcome measurement and management of child health related patient safety, clinical quality, and population health management. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will have a faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine, will maintain clinical practice effort in her/his specialty, and will be responsible for optimizing educational and investigative strategies in clinical information systems at St. Louis Children's Hospital and BJC HealthCare. She/he will also be an active participant and leader within the recently created Institute for informatics at Washington University School of Medicine and the Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (Washington University's Clinical and Translational Science Award, UL1 TR000448). In addition, she/he will be engaged in Washington University's information technology planning and deployment including development of shared services across the University.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 7 years of informatics and information technology leadership experience and informatics certification or its equivalent, prior medical leadership experience, excellent communication skills including consensus building skills, strong teamwork orientation, Board certification in a child health related discipline, and expertise in process improvement, data analysis, and use of information systems to develop and support outcome measurement and management of child health related patient safety, clinical quality, and population health management. Prior experience with EPIC, including formal training and certification, is preferred but not required.

Please contact F. Sessions Cole, M.D., Director of the Division of Newborn Medicine, with any questions related to this posting.

F. Sessions Cole, M.D.

cole@kids.wustl.edu

314-454-4826

10/6/2016

5/4/2017

An Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer

Washington University in St. Louis is committed to the principles and practices of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. It is the university’s policy to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, veteran status, disability, or genetic information. Washington University seeks an exceptionally qualified and diverse faculty; women, minorities, protected veterans and candidates with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Back to List