Sr Director - Laboratory Informaticist
4 days ago
New York
Title: Sr Director - Laboratory Informaticist Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Work Location: 55 Water Street, New York / Hybrid-Remote Initial Contract: 13 weeks Pay Range: $(160.00 - 170.00)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits Start: Upon completion of compliance and initiation of credentialing with the Medical Staff Office Job Description: • The Sr. Director, Laboratory Informaticist will serve as the clinical and technical authority responsible for the strategic planning, implementation, and optimization of laboratory information systems (LIS) and their integration with a multi-site hospital health system’s clinical and operational platform., • This physician leader will bridge the gap between clinical laboratory medicine, information technology, and health system leadership, ensuring all informatics initiatives support high-quality patient care, operational efficiency, and adherence to all regulatory and accreditation standards., • This role is approximately 80% remote and up to 20% on-site., • This is subject to change especially for critical initiatives., • The selected candidate must be able to come into the office and health system facilities to perform required work within 48 hours. Summary of Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Provides Strategic Leadership in line with the mission and vision of NYC H+H, • Develop and execute the strategic vision for laboratory informatics, aligning system goals with the health system's overall clinical and operational strategy., • Lead the integration of laboratory systems (LIS, middleware, instruments) with enterprise-wide electronic health records (EHR) and clinical systems across all multi-site facilities., • Serve as a subject matter expert to executive leadership, IT, and clinical departments on best practices for lab data management, interoperability (e.g., HL7, and system optimization), • Drive change management and adoption of new systems and workflows by clinical and laboratory staff., • Oversee the smooth onboarding and transition of new laboratory systems, ensuring minimal disruption to clinical services and maximum data integrity., • Design, validate, and optimize clinical and lab workflows impacted by new or existing LIS/HER integration to enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and support data-driven decision-making., • Provide medical oversight on system build, validation, and testing activities, including ensuring accurate result reporting, reference range mapping, and critical value alerts., • Analyze clinical and laboratory data to identify trends, areas for improvement, and opportunities for innovative informatics solutions., • Provides leadership and guidance on Laboratory Quality, and Regulatory Compliance., • Ensures continuous compliance of all laboratory informatics systems and processes with regulatory bodies, including CLIA, CAP, The Joint Commission, and data privacy standards (e.g., HIPAA)., • Lead the governance structure for laboratory data, establishing policies and procedures for data integrity, security, access, and retention., • Direct system validation activities required for regulatory compliance for new lab instruments and interfaces., • Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) related to laboratory system functionality, turnaround times, and data quality, implementing quality improvement initiatives as needed, • Provide leadership and guidance in partnership with the Project Management team, identifies risks and concerns and develops corrective action and mitigation plans, • Participate in special projects as needed and perform other duties as assigned, • Other duties as assigned. Certification(S)/NYS Licenses: • Board Certification in Clinical Pathology,, • Anatomic Pathology, or combined Pathology., • Board Certification or eligibility in Clinical, • M.D. or D.O. degree Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and other Requirements: • Microsoft and/or Google suite Applications, • Excellent communication and presentation skills Years of Experience: • Healthcare experience required, • 5+ years training managerial experience preferred, • Managerial experience preferred