Chief medical information officer job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Chief medical information officer in details. A complete job description concludes Chief medical information officer key duties/responsibilities, Chief medical information officer job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Chief medical information officer duties:

1.      Facilitate and support activities related to safety, service and quality enabled by information technology (including support of guidelines, order sets, care paths and clinical decision support).

2.      Understands and communicates trends in healthcare, clinical systems, information technology and point of care products.

3.      Leads and facilitates physician and clinician advisory groups in the design and enhancement of clinical information systems (including the Hospital Electronic Medical Record and the Physician Office Ambulatory Medical Record).

4.      Engages care providers including physicians and other clinicians in the development, integration and use of clinical information systems and builds relationships to gain support of IT initiatives.

5.      Assists in the development of strategic and tactical plans for clinical information systems.

6.      Works in concert with Information Services to design, acquire, evaluate, integrate and implement new or convert existing systems to support the delivery of safe, high quality, efficient care.

7.      Facilitates automation of clinical rules" supporting patient care as well as the design of clinical system features including Order Sets, guidelines, protocols, care paths and clinical decision support that leverages automation to improve outcomes, communication and productivity.

8.      Develop understanding of physician needs and build relationships with physicians to assure widespread acceptance, adoption and meaningful use of clinical information systems.

9.      Responsible for developing, maintaining, implementing and supporting processes, materials and programs to insure effective physician education concerning the use of clinical information systems.

10.  Accountable for Physician adoption of technologies implemented throughout the system.
 Teaches, motivates and provides for medical and clinical staff needs related to national IT initiatives, Corporate IT strategies and goals.

11.  Facilitate and manage change in a manner consistent with the overall direction of the organization.

II. List of Chief medical information officer qualifications

1.      MD or DO degree required

2.      Master's Degree in Clinical Informatics or equivalent experience preferred

3.      Minimum 5 years of clinical practice experience

4.      Three to five years of related experience in area of responsibility

5.      Functioned in a similar role at a prior organization

6.      Previous experience in the selection, installation and training of clinical information systems

7.      Excellent written and verbal communication skills

8.      Exceptional organizational skills

9.      Politically astute, can work well in a large, highly matrixed" organization

10.  Demonstrates effective teaching and training skills as well as the ability to motivate others to adapt to changePrimary Locaiton: TN-Franklin (Nashville Region)

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.