Program Director Associate CMIO - Inpatient - Physician Assistant

Responsibilities/Job Description:

Fairview is seeking a Physician Assistant to join us as our Program Director - Associate CMIO – Inpatient. This role will provide clinical and informatics leadership to information technology (“IT”) projects within the inpatient setting. The Program Director - Associate CMIO - Inpatient will work with clinical, operational, and IT leaders across the enterprise for inpatient sites to provide strategy and guidance. 

 

Admin FTE for this role is 0.6 and would be in addition to clinical pro-rated FTE. 

 

Responsibilities: 

• Clinical visioning and strategic planning for the electronic health record (“EHR”) and other health information technology (“HIT”)  

• Determining optimal standardized workflows and encourage systematization for the benefit of Fairview and the patients we serve. 

•  Leading IT prioritization and governance in the inpatient setting to optimize our IT investments and outcomes for the organization 

• Advancing digital and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities  

• Designing, configuring and optimizing EHR/HIT, data, and digital assets as partners with IT and operations  

• Increasing the organization’s data and AI literacy and use of data for decision-making at various consumption points (e.g., health IT, clinical decision support, data assets) 

• Working with clinical, operational, and IT leaders across the inpatient area to continue to deliver decision support to the inpatient setting (including alerts, ordersets, risk calculators, documentation guidance, clinical AI, app-based decision support) 

 

Required Qualifications:  

• Graduate of an accredited PA training program 

• Current licensure with the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice 

• Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) 

• Ability to obtain and /or maintain DEA certification for the State of Minnesota. 

• Meet threshold criteria/qualifications for Credentialing and Privileges  

• At least 3 years of experience with inpatient-based care 

• At least 3 years of experience with clinical and research information systems 

• At least 3 years of experience with CDS (including alerts, health maintenance, ordersets, risk calculators, documentation guidance, clinical artificial intelligence, app-based decision support) 

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Education:

• Clinical informatics training or certification through AMIA or another recognized clinical informatics program or certification. 

• Preferred advanced degree or training in medical informatics or a master’s degree in computer science, Data Science, Health-related Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or other quantitative discipline. 

• Epic Physician Builder Certification or ability to obtain within 1 year 

 

Experience:

• Preferred 5 or more years of post-training clinical experience following completion of APP training. 

• Preferred familiarity with the Epic EHR system, including its embedded AI capabilities, and working with health IT. 

• Project management. 

• Operational decision-making meetings. 

• Advanced experience applying predictive, generative, large language model–based, or agentic AI in clinical workflows and evaluating its clinical and operational impact. 

Qualifications:

$147,784.00- $213,470.40 Annual