Executive Director, Regional Clinical Technology, National Facilities Services Job in Oakland, California US
Executive Director, Regional Clinical Technology, National Facilities Services
Kaiser Permanente is seeking a qualified candidate for the Executive Director of Regional Clinical Technology position for National Facilities Services, based in Oakland, CA, this position will provide integrated strategic direction, planning, and managerial support to the Clinical Technology Department in the assigned region. Clinical Technology is responsible for the implementation of technology programs and standards in accordance with regional executive leadership directions, Kaiser Permanente (KP), and National Facilities Services (NFS) goals and priorities. This position is responsible for managing relationships with regional medical groups, KPIT, groups within NFS (e.g., Capital Project teams, NFS Finance, Medical Equipment Consultants), KP HealthConnect (KPHC), and KFH to provide: 1) technical, content expertise and related leadership to support regional efforts and ensure consistent processes across Service Areas for selecting and deploying the clinical equipment and systems. 2) deliver comprehensive medical equipment maintenance and service program that leverages best established safe and efficient clinical technology service practices in support of patient care. Essential Functions: - Responsible for the integrated direction, management, and oversight, of the Clinical Technology Organization in the region, focused on meeting appropriate service levels, maintaining fiscal responsibility and compliance. - Provide exceptional program management expertise and partnership with Region Operations, NFS, KPIT and other key KP strategic partners for the delivery of integrated clinical technology to the Region and Service Areas. - Provides technical leadership for development of regional capital plans for clinical technology. Ensures that the regions plan is informed by condition and useful life of biomedical devices in the equipment fleet. - Upon approval of this plan, leads execution and deployment, with appropriate reporting to regional leaders. - In collaboration with KPIT, Patient Care Services and others, ensures that integration of biomedical devices and their information into the IT architecture and Electronic Medical Record is performed and maintained in accordance with national standards. Serves as an active partner in the integrated service models necessary to support these systems/applications. - Leads the strategy development and implementation for operational standards and metrics for clinical technology departments to ensue coordination and integration of systems/processes required for safe and proper functionality of the technology at any KP facility. Manage stakeholder (KPIT, Capital Teams, Capital budgeting, NFS Operations, Facility Operations, Strategic Planning, and Compliance) engagement by securing feedback on proposed plan. Determine and communicate impact on stakeholders. - Develop and deliver consistent standards and excellent service to Service Areas in support of the service, quality, access, and efficiency goals while meeting all compliance and regulatory requirements. Deliver comprehensive medical equipment service/maintenance program that leverages best established safe/efficient clinical technology service practices in support of patient care. - Develops and administers a program to ensure that biomedical devices are re-deployed or otherwise disposed of in a financially, environmentally responsible and compliant manner. This includes management of hazardous materials, licensed components and electronic protected health information (e-phi). - Maintains partnership with Property Accounting to ensure that accurate equipment inventories are maintained. Qualifications: Basic Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in business, clinical engineering or related field. - Minimum of 10 years of total experience in technology or hospital operations with a substantial portion of this time in managing technology services in a health care environment in a multi-hospital organization. - Must have 5 years of experience working in the field of information technology or with integrated biomedical devices. - Must have experience in managing large inventories (50,000 devices) of medical devices throughout their lifecycles. - Must have executive-level presentation skills, appropriate for presentations to the division, various regional leadership forums, regional executive forums as well as the many leadership and peer forums within these structures. Presence in region as advocate for Clinical Technology issues/solutions. - Experience in managing large-scale (capital) projects that include clinical technology (CT, MRI, Clinical Laboratories, physiological monitoring, etc.). - Knowledge of strategic planning for health care organizations, clinical technology and divisional operations. - Competent knowledge in principles of medical devices and systems inter-operabilities, architecture, engineering, and construction as they relate to clinical technology. - Thorough knowledge and experience of preparing contract documents, fixed price, guaranteed maximum price, legal implications of design/build in applicable state required. Excellent working knowledge of Federal, State and local laws and regulations related to health facility projects. - Specific knowledge of OSHPD (in CA) and similar regulatory agencies practices/policies/procedures in other states. - Working knowledge of compliance issues applicable to clinical technology and visional operations (e.g., The Joint Commission, CMS, Sarbanes Oxley, Food and Drug Administration, etc.). - Demonstrated seasoned background of leading, building relationships, and influencing senior matrix executives with a cooperative, risk-taking, fact-driven consultative style balanced by a strong results and customer service orientation. - Extensive experience in leading, recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing teams and producing project results within schedule and budget. - Demonstrated enterprise-wide, vertical and horizontal communication skills (written, presentations, oral and listening). - Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment. - The position requires up to 30% travel to any of KP's regions. Must be able to travel at least 30% of the time. Preferred Qualifications: - Master's degree preferred. - Active role in Technology Management organizations is preferred.