Job Details: DIRECTOR HEALTH INFORMATION-SYSTEM

Company: Centura Health – As the largest health care family in Colorado and the state's fourth largest private employer, Centura Health provides care and comfort to more than 500,000 people each year. The Centura family includes 12 hospitals, eight senior living communities, medical clinics and home care and hospice services.

Description: At Centura, health care is not just a job, it's a sacred calling. We seek to hire talented professionals who are experts in their fields and passionate about our mission. Our associates offer not only their hands to heal, but also their hearts.
The Corporate Director of HIM acts as a liaison between the facility-level HIM Directors and system-level senior management and is responsible for supporting the formulation of Centura's evolving HIM system strategy. Director will initially be focused on:
o Exploring HIM industry best practices,

o Establishing and gaining consensus on an overarching HIM strategy for Centura,

o Serving as the organization resource for regulations and standards that impact HIM operations and health information in general,

o Conducting facility specific readiness assessments and gap analyses,

o Establishing a suite of key initiatives and corresponding action plans to implement the HIM strategy,

o Subsequently coordinating the implementation of each initiative,

o Release of Information practices,

o Records Storage-both electronic and paper-based and management of Centura's vendor partner, and

o Transcription and other methods of clinical documentation capture and management of Centura's vendor partner.



Qualifications:

Bachelor Degree required. RHIA required. Masters degree preferred. Certified in healthcare privacy and/or security and clinical coding preferred.
At least 5 years' experience as a HIM Director with responsibility for coding, transcription and compliance or privacy at an acute care facility. IDN experience preferred.
EHR experience preferred. Advanced knowledge of relevant coding conventions and requirements preferred. Excellent communication and managerial abilities. Strong aptitude and proven experience in working with all levels of management. Proven project management skills with ability to handle multi-task environment.
Ability to be entrepreneurial; always searching for creative and innovative solutions. In-depth knowledge of HIM key operational indicators, CMS, HIPAA, and Joint Commission.
Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office applications.


As the largest health care provider in Colorado and the state's fourth largest private employer, Centura Health provides care and comfort to more than 500,000 people each year. The Centura family includes 12 hospitals, 8 senior living communities, medical clinics and home care and hospice services.

As a nonprofit, faith-based organization, Centura Health invests every dollar it earns into furthering it's mission.

Catholic Health Initiatives and Adventist Health System have combined their unique histories to forge an organization unlike any other. Centura Health. It is the combination of a forward thinking hospital system made up of a broad range of facilities in a location that many consider the perfect blend of outdoor adventure and metropolitan sophistication.

Phenomenal benefits, relocation assistance, competitive salaries and a work environment that honors you as well as outstanding leadership, create the professionally challenging yet personally fulfilling career at Centura Health.

Why Join Us?
7 Hard-to-Ignore Reasons

1. You'll be our partner. Literally. We're looking for people who want to help us build a team where every associate's opinion is valued and appreciated.

2. Our faith-based, mission-driven culture defines how we deliver care. Keeping the business of healthcare in the right perspective means that we work hard to care for our associates and our patients with integrity, creating a workplace rich in job satisfaction and a sense of meaning.

3. We're a fiscally strong and stable organization. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our associates and careful management, Centura Health's bottom line is strong-which allows us to build for the future, provide stable jobs, and offer ever-improving quality of care.

4. We're growing and offering wonderful opportunities within our organization. Last year Centura Health cared for record numbers of patients, added new services and embarked on major expansion projects. We're even opening a new hospital that will dramatically transform the way health care is delivered. This creates new opportunities for our associates, who can move between our 20 facilities-or from any other Catholic Health Initiatives or Adventist Health System hospital nationwide-without losing benefits or seniority.

5. We'll give you career options. From the excitement of an urban trauma center to the slower paced, small town community hospital. It's all here-the big metro trauma centers, the home health services and the more relaxed, small-town community hospitals. Whether you want to specialize or be a generalist, you'll find opportunities for that. There's an option within our organization for just about everyone.

6. We'll give you a financially competitive package. In addition to having some very exciting work challenges, you'll find a competitive pay and benefits package, as well as a relocation package to help you make the move.

7. Don't forget-Colorado is a great place to live! We regularly bask in breathtaking beauty. Just hours from many of our hospitals is world class skiing, quaint mountain villages and unmatched hiking and camping opportunities. Colorado enjoys four distinct seasons-and averages 250-300 days of sunshine per year-plus exquisite dining, wonderful spas and cultural entertainment.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Contact Laura Roybal at 303-804-8203 or LauraRoybal@centura.org for more information.

Posting Date: Nov 5 07