Chief Public Health Informatics Officer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Department/Care Stream: Supportive Departments / Health Informatics 

LIA Reporting Structure:  

Timecard Approver: Chief Operating Officer 

Primary: Chief Operating Officer 

Secondary: Chief Health Officer 

Location: Expo, travel to Centers  

Status: Full-Time 

FLSA: Exempt 

Pay Range: $190,000-$268,650/yr 

EEO-1:  Executive/Senior Level Officials and Managers 

Organization Information 

WellSpace's mission is "achieving regional health through high quality comprehensive care." We believe that everyone deserves to be seen, no matter who you are, where you come from, where you work or what place you call home. At WellSpace, we see you!   

We are driven to serve the whole person through comprehensive, integrated care, spanning medical, dental, behavioral health, and supportive services across the region. We do this by building a team of exceptional colleagues who are dedicated to our mission and becoming part of the communities we serve.  

As the region's largest Community Health System, WellSpace utilizes a Confluence Model to integrate an internal network of healthcare modalities, including Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC), Certified Community Behavioral Health Center (CCBHC), Drug Medi-Cal and Specialty Mental Health programs, California's second largest 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline Center, an independent Risk Bearing Organization (WellSpace Nexus), and more into a seamless confluence of care. 

To ensure the highest quality of care, WellSpace is accredited by the Joint Commission for Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health and as a CCBHC. Further, it is certified by the Joint Commission as a Primary Care Medical Home and a Behavioral Health Home. WellSpace's crisis programs are accredited by the American Association of Suicidology and the International Council for Helplines. 

Position Summary 

The Vice President of Health Informatics provides executive leadership for WellSpace Health's enterprise health information, clinical technology, data, reporting, and digital collaboration strategy. The position is responsible for ensuring that OCHIN Epic, analytics and reporting platforms, and related technologies support safe, equitable, patient-centered care; efficient operations; financial stewardship; and informed decision-making. The Vice President serves as the lead of the organization's health informatics ecosystem and the primary strategic liaison with OCHIN, and other technology partners. Working in close partnership with clinical, operational, financial, quality, compliance, human resources, and executive leaders, the Vice President establishes enterprise governance, prioritizes technology investments, strengthens data integrity, and leads adoption and change management across WellSpace Health. 

Required Qualifications  

• Bachelor's degree in health informatics, information systems, computer science, healthcare administration, public health, business administration, or a related field required; master's degree strongly preferred. 

• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in healthcare information systems, clinical informatics, data analytics, enterprise applications, or a related field. 

• Demonstrated experience leading an electronic health record environment; OCHIN Epic or Epic experience strongly preferred. 

• Experience in a Federally Qualified Health Center, community health center, integrated delivery system, public health organization, or other complex ambulatory healthcare setting preferred. 

• Demonstrated expertise in healthcare data governance, business intelligence, reporting, interoperability, clinical workflow optimization, and project portfolio management. 

• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, influence executive and clinical stakeholders, manage organizational change, and communicate complex technical issues in clear business and clinical terms. 

• Preferred credentials may include CPHIMS, CHCIO, PMP, Epic certification or proficiency, or relevant Microsoft certification. 

• Assist and support the Center/Department/Program to meet standards of High Reliability. 

• Must have valid driver’s license to travel as needed within the Sacramento Region.  

• Travel will be required approximately 30% of the time. 

Essential Responsibilities  

Enterprise Strategy and Governance 

• Develop and execute a multi-year health informatics and digital systems roadmap aligned with organizational strategy, patient care, compliance, and financial priorities. 

• Advise executive leadership on system performance, investments, risks, priorities, and emerging technologies. 

OCHIN Epic Leadership  

• Provide executive leadership, strategic direction, and governance for WellSpace Health's OCHIN Epic environment so that the EHR functions as an integrated clinical, operational, financial, and population health platform across all applicable service lines. 

• Develop and execute a long-term Epic optimization roadmap that aligns EHR capabilities with organizational strategy, clinical standards, access goals, quality priorities, revenue cycle performance, patient experience, and regulatory requirements. 

• Facilitate the EHR Steering Committee an interdisciplinary Epic governance committee to prioritize requests, approve standards, manage competing needs, oversee major changes, and ensure transparent decision-making across clinical, operational, financial, quality, compliance, and technology stakeholders. 

• Direct enterprise optimization of clinical and operational workflows across primary care, immediate care, pediatrics, women's health, integrated behavioral health, substance use disorder services, dental, public health, care coordination, case management, residential and crisis programs, and other applicable areas. 

• Partner with clinical and operational leaders to standardize workflows, documentation, decision support, scheduling, referrals, revenue cycle, and population health tools. 

• Improve provider and staff efficiency through In Basket optimization, personalization, automation, training, and reduction of unnecessary clicks and duplicate work. 

Data, Analytics, and Reporting 

• Develop an enterprise data and analytics strategy that converts clinical, operational, financial, workforce, and patient experience data into timely and actionable information. 

• Working with Strategy and Business Intelligence to design, validate, and maintain executive, clinical, operational, financial, quality, access, workforce, and program dashboards and reports. 

• Establish data governance, standard definitions, data quality controls, report validation. 

• Deliver accurate, timely, actionable dashboards and reduce redundant or unsupported reports. 

Security, Privacy, and Business Continuity 

• Partner with Compliance, Risk Management, to address cybersecurity, access controls, audits, incidents, and vendor risk. 

• Maintain business continuity, disaster recovery, downtime, and recovery plans for critical systems and data. 

Leadership and Financial Stewardship 

• Oversee high-performing multidisciplinary informatics, EHR, data, reporting, application, and digital systems team. 

• Manage operating and departmental capital budgets, staffing, succession planning, performance expectations, and professional development. 

• Develop business cases, measure return on investment, and identify opportunities to reduce manual work, redundant systems. 

Benefits 

Successful candidate will receive regionally competitive salary, above average health benefits at reduced costs, company paid life insurance & long-term disability insurance, additional voluntary retirement plan with company match and no vesting schedule requirement. 

• Paid bereavement and jury duty leave 

• 11 paid holidays per year 

• Paid time off 

• Paid sick leave 

• Flexible Spending Program 

• Company paid malpractice insurance for all providers 

• Professional development hours offered annually 

Physical Demands and Work Environment 

The work environment is characteristic of an office environment.  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands and arms to reach.  The employee is also required to stand; walk; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.   The employee must also possess hearing and speech to communicate in person and over the phone.  The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. 

The employee may be in contact with individuals and families in crisis who may be ill, using substances and/or not attentive to personal health and safety for themselves or their homes. The employee may experience a number of unpleasant sensory demands associated with the client’s use of alcohol and drugs, and the lack of personal care.  The employee may also be exposed to bodily fluids (blood, urine) and hazardous chemicals. 

WellSpace Health is committed to the principles of equal employment.  We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.  It is the intent of WellSpace Health to maintain a work environment free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of age, race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.  WellSpace Health is dedicated to the fulfillment of this policy in regard to all aspects of employment, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, placement transfer, training, promotion, rates of pay, and other compensation, termination, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

WellSpace Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer