Director of IS Security

LMC Careers  
Full Time
Day Shift 
Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm

 

Consistently named best hospital, Lexington Medical Center dedicates itself to providing quality health services that meet the needs of its communities. Ranked #2 in the state and #1 in the Columbia metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Medical Center is the only hospital named one of the Best Places to Work in South Carolina.

 

The 607-bed teaching hospital anchors a health care network that includes five community medical centers and employs more than 8,000 health care professionals. The network includes a cardiovascular program recognized by the American College of Cardiology as South Carolina’s first HeartCARE CenterTM and an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence affiliated with MUSC Hollings Cancer Center for research and education. The network also features an occupational health center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, an Alzheimer’s care center and nearly 80 physician practices.  Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year.

 

Job Summary

Under the general direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO), the Information Services Security Director establishes, plans and administers the overall policies and goals of the Information Services Department (ISD); assess the current information systems organization and technology and work collaboratively with the executive management team to ensure an organizational structure, systems infrastructure, governance, and business direction to guide future information technology investments; maximize the effectiveness of installed systems and foster an environment of continual process improvement. Exercise agility to react quickly to changes in external regulations and technology advances.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Information Services or related field
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years of direct experience in IT management in a medium to large healthcare organization
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Must be willing to obtain certification in Epic training and HIMSS if needed
Required Training: Must exhibit efficiency, collaboration, candor, and results orientation. Ability to exercise good judgment and political astuteness;

Demonstrated ability to structure, drive, and manage projects with complex multi-disciplinary issues to closure with minimal direction;

Excellent written/oral communication skills required. Must be able to work effectively with diverse groups of people and communicate effectively with all levels of hospital staff, physicians, vendors and consultants (Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills);

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills;

Proficient with the technologies and best practices for the design and deployment of information security procedures;

A thorough knowledge of all processes and systems related to data security;

Knowledge of the interoperable Health Information Technology (HIT) as it relates to the implementation of HIE solutions including electronic data exchange protocols.

Essential Functions

• Works with the CIO and other IS Directors to develop work plans defining tasks, target dates, level of efforts, resources required, skills required, etc.
• Works with the CIO and other IS Directors to appropriately assign and monitor the performance of IS team members on approved projects.
• Works with the CIO and other IS Directors to actively participate in decision-making with CIO and other IS Directors to change or modify policies, systems, resource allocations etc., in order to remove barriers and meet customer needs.
• Works with the CIO and other IS Directors to work with CIO and other IS Directors on recruitment initiatives, as well as developing an offering of reward options (tangible, intangible, monetary and non-monetary) for retaining top performers.
• Works with CIO to develop and ensure compliance with corporate standards and IT methodology, uses for system/application selection, implementation, upgrades, service pack releases, support, and maintenance.
• Coordinate and lead interviews for candidates interested in open positions and participate in interviewing candidates for other open IS positions.
• Assists the CIO in determining the financial, personnel, and equipment resources needed for IS team training.
• Assists CIO in the selection of new applications, acquisition, and implementation planning
• Maintains a high level of awareness and recognition of situations that are possible risk issues and works diligently to mitigate or eliminate risks whenever possible.
• Manages and leads multiple interrelated projects co