As the Healthcare IT landscape continues to morph and take shape, so do the job titles and job descriptions necessary for making it all come together! In our “Day in the Life” series here on Healthcare IT Today, we profile professionals from every corner of the industry, in an effort to present an intimate, personal look at many of the career options available. But if you’re looking for straightforward Healthcare IT job descriptions, they’re a bit hard to find. Until now. Leave it to the University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC) to come through with a comprehensive compilation of Health Informatics Career choices. Featured on the Careers section of their Website, you’ll find a robust list of current job titles, with most linked to clear and informative job descriptions. Here’s what’s currently available:
- C-Suite or Office of the CIO Positions
- Chief Information Officer
- Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
- Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
- Chief Medical Informatics Officer
- Information Technology Leadership Positions
- Vice President, Information Technology
- Vice President, Electronic Health Record
- Vice President, Clinical Systems
- Deputy Chief Information Officer
- Consulting Physician Executive
- Senior Director of IT
- Director of Information Systems
- Director of Applications
- Director of Clinical Applications
- Director of Business and Financial Systems
- Informatics Positions
- Vice President, Medical Informatics
- Vice President, Clinical Informatics
- Director of Clinical Informatics
- Director of Medical Informatics
- Clinical Informatics Coordinator or Manager
- Informaticist Researcher
- IT Staff Positions
- HIM Positions
- Technology and Infrastructure leadership
- Chief Technology Officer
- Chief Security Officer
- Director of Technology Services
- Product Developer
- Systems Architect
- Systems Engineer
- Academic – Faculty for Health Informatics/Health Information Management Curricula
- Department Chair
- Professor
- Adjunct Professor
- Research Associate
This list is continually being updated, so check back often! Interested in learning more about UIC’s Online Informatics programs? Start here.
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