About Primary Health Solutions

Our Mission

We meet people where they are and partner with them on their journey towards wellness.

Our Vision

The destination for servant leaders to provide comprehensive and exceptional care.

Our Values

R – Respect

I – Innovation

S – Stewardship

E – Excellence

Director of Information Technology Summary

This position will align technological capabilities with business strategy by integrating organization processes with the appropriate technologies. The Director of IT is also responsible for all aspects of developing, implementing, and maintaining technology initiatives within the organization, assuring high performance, consistency, reliability and scalability of all technology offerings. This individual maintains existing enterprise systems, while providing direction in all technology-related issues in support of information operations and core company values.

A Day in the Life

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Provides leadership and direction in the analysis, selection, design, implementation and support of clinical information systems solutions.

• Provides functional and technical leadership for the implementation and support of software applications (internally or vendor developed), enhancements, and modifications.

• Prepares and recommends short and long term goals and objectives for the systems development and support functions.

• Promote the highest level of customer service expectations throughout the health system by anticipating and responding to the needs of staff.

• Ensures that project and service commitments, deadlines and budgets are met or exceeded.

• Guides and supports staff to achieve optimum functionality of electronic health record and practice management systems.

• Effectively coordinates staff, user and vendor personnel involved in multiple development projects and support activities.

• Demonstrates the ability to recognize, establish and deal with priorities promptly.

• Makes productive use of time and resources.

• Stay abreast of the latest developments, advances and trends in healthcare and information technology to ensure optimal professional effectiveness and competence.

• Defines requirements for new technology implementations and communicate them to leadership.

• Performs all other duties and tasks as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Supervises all PHS IT staff including vendors and contractors.

Core Competencies

• Customer Service: Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.

• Communication: Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.

• Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

• Productivity: Manages a fair workload, volunteers for additional work, prioritizes tasks, develops good work procedures, manages time well, and handles information flow.