University of Illinois Chicago
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Periop
University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Overview
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Periop – Hiring Department: Hosp Administration. Location: Chicago, IL USA. Requisition ID: 1037161. Posting Close Date: October 9, 2025. Salary: The salary range of employees currently holding an equivalent position is $192,287 - $382,630.
About the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health): UI Health provides care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. It is part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and includes a clinical enterprise with a 495-bed tertiary care hospital, 30+ outpatient clinics, and multiple Mile Square Health Center facilities. UI Health is dedicated to health equity.
Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package with health, dental, vision, life, disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. This position is intended to be eligible for benefits.
Position Summary Provides leadership and vision for the implementation, maintenance and optimization of the electronic health record (EHR), including Epic and related systems. Applies Clinical Informatics to support improved workflows and utilization across the enterprise with a focus on perioperative services. Serves as the primary physician and advanced practice provider bridge between technology and clinical care delivery in the perioperative space, collaborating with inpatient and ambulatory leadership across Quality, Information Services, Nursing, Lab and Pharmacy.
Duties & Responsibilities
Plans and develops rollout strategies of the Epic perioperative products and tools.
Guides inpatient workflow design and system configuration, translating workflows into system builds; ensures IT implementations and adoption meet compliance and audit requirements.
Educates perioperative providers and clinicians on the contributions of health IT to patient care and practice.
Promotes data-driven improvements using analytic tools to reduce variation, improve outcomes, patient satisfaction and operational efficiency.
Serves as a change agent to guide medical staff and the medical school through technology upgrades.
Collaborates with Hospital Information Systems and operates within the Information Systems leadership structure.
Supports the academic direction and learning processes for Clinical Informatics and provides input to Informatics leadership.
Provides leadership in planning, development and implementation of strategic and tactical plans.
Evaluates impact of solutions on perioperative clinical processes and identifies areas to improve efficiency and quality of care.
Designs workflows and processes to maximize efficiency and high-quality clinical care.
Turns data into knowledge through visualization and analytics with the business intelligence team.
Promotes innovations in new care-delivery models to improve perioperative operating efficiency and patient satisfaction (e.g., Procedure Pass Utilization, MyChart usage for preoperative tasks, surgeon and anesthesiologist wellbeing).
Fosters collaborative decision-making among UI Health leadership, executive and medical staff, hospital leadership and clinical faculty.
Collaborates with executive leaders on performance strategies and mutual incentive language to improve enterprise performance.
Contributes to care transitions strategies in pre-acute and post-acute domains interfacing with perioperative services.
Builds commitment and facilitates effective collaboration across clinical teams and departments system-wide.
Provides leadership for planning and rolling out future health IT initiatives with a focus on perioperative workflows and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Health care professional degree (Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy) required. Unrestricted Illinois license to practice medicine or Illinois license eligible required. Experience in information technology operations management including leading and participating in strategic initiatives. Complex, multi-disciplinary project management experience with a track record of operational change.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong leadership, interpersonal, written and communication skills. Ability to analyze complex problems, develop recommendations and solutions. Conflict resolution and diplomacy for consensus-building. Tolerance for ambiguity and comfort in a matrixed organization. Fellowship in Clinical Informatics. Prior project management and/or process improvement successes. Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational skills and attention to detail. Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and/or veteran status, and complies with applicable employment mandates. View our non-discrimination statement and required background checks via Required Employment Notices and Posters. The university provides accommodations to applicants and employees on request.
Application To apply, visit the provided careers site.
Copyright 2025 UI Health. All rights reserved.
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About the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (UI Health): UI Health provides care, education, and research to the people of Illinois and beyond. It is part of the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and includes a clinical enterprise with a 495-bed tertiary care hospital, 30+ outpatient clinics, and multiple Mile Square Health Center facilities. UI Health is dedicated to health equity.
Benefits eligible positions include a comprehensive benefits package with health, dental, vision, life, disability & AD&D insurance; a defined benefit pension plan; paid leaves; tuition waivers for employees and dependents. This position is intended to be eligible for benefits.
Position Summary Provides leadership and vision for the implementation, maintenance and optimization of the electronic health record (EHR), including Epic and related systems. Applies Clinical Informatics to support improved workflows and utilization across the enterprise with a focus on perioperative services. Serves as the primary physician and advanced practice provider bridge between technology and clinical care delivery in the perioperative space, collaborating with inpatient and ambulatory leadership across Quality, Information Services, Nursing, Lab and Pharmacy.
Duties & Responsibilities
Plans and develops rollout strategies of the Epic perioperative products and tools.
Guides inpatient workflow design and system configuration, translating workflows into system builds; ensures IT implementations and adoption meet compliance and audit requirements.
Educates perioperative providers and clinicians on the contributions of health IT to patient care and practice.
Promotes data-driven improvements using analytic tools to reduce variation, improve outcomes, patient satisfaction and operational efficiency.
Serves as a change agent to guide medical staff and the medical school through technology upgrades.
Collaborates with Hospital Information Systems and operates within the Information Systems leadership structure.
Supports the academic direction and learning processes for Clinical Informatics and provides input to Informatics leadership.
Provides leadership in planning, development and implementation of strategic and tactical plans.
Evaluates impact of solutions on perioperative clinical processes and identifies areas to improve efficiency and quality of care.
Designs workflows and processes to maximize efficiency and high-quality clinical care.
Turns data into knowledge through visualization and analytics with the business intelligence team.
Promotes innovations in new care-delivery models to improve perioperative operating efficiency and patient satisfaction (e.g., Procedure Pass Utilization, MyChart usage for preoperative tasks, surgeon and anesthesiologist wellbeing).
Fosters collaborative decision-making among UI Health leadership, executive and medical staff, hospital leadership and clinical faculty.
Collaborates with executive leaders on performance strategies and mutual incentive language to improve enterprise performance.
Contributes to care transitions strategies in pre-acute and post-acute domains interfacing with perioperative services.
Builds commitment and facilitates effective collaboration across clinical teams and departments system-wide.
Provides leadership for planning and rolling out future health IT initiatives with a focus on perioperative workflows and regulatory requirements.
Qualifications Minimum Qualifications
Health care professional degree (Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy) required. Unrestricted Illinois license to practice medicine or Illinois license eligible required. Experience in information technology operations management including leading and participating in strategic initiatives. Complex, multi-disciplinary project management experience with a track record of operational change.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong leadership, interpersonal, written and communication skills. Ability to analyze complex problems, develop recommendations and solutions. Conflict resolution and diplomacy for consensus-building. Tolerance for ambiguity and comfort in a matrixed organization. Fellowship in Clinical Informatics. Prior project management and/or process improvement successes. Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational skills and attention to detail. Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
The University of Illinois System is an equal opportunity employer, including disability and/or veteran status, and complies with applicable employment mandates. View our non-discrimination statement and required background checks via Required Employment Notices and Posters. The university provides accommodations to applicants and employees on request.
Application To apply, visit the provided careers site.
Copyright 2025 UI Health. All rights reserved.
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