Manager, Health Informatics

More Than Just Care, It’s Community  

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.  

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You  

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, 29 days of PTO, management incentive program, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling. 

• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings  

This is an onsite role with the expectation of working in Traverse City five days per week.

Your Leadership in Action 

• Lead the Clinical Informatics department, including staff development, performance management, and operational oversight.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clinical and operational leaders to optimize EHR performance, quality, patient safety, and efficiency.

• Direct workflow redesign and process improvement initiatives to enhance clinical and operational outcomes.

• Establish and implement EHR best practices, standardization efforts, and performance improvement strategies across the organization.

• Partner with IT and clinical leadership to evaluate, implement, and optimize new technologies, system upgrades, and clinical applications.

 

What’s Required  

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, healthcare, or a related field and 8 years of Clinical Informatics experience required. A clinical background is required. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an additional 4 years of progressively responsible leadership experience managing others will be considered.

• Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders across all organizational levels.

• Proven success leading clinical and operational performance improvement initiatives in healthcare.

• Experience with EHR implementation and optimization required; Cerner EMR/CPOE experience preferred.

• Strong project management, analytical, and organizational skills with experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.