Information Systems Manager

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Alameda County Behavioral Health Department is recruiting for a *Provisional INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER (CLINICAL APPLICATIONS)

$112,444.80-$150,488.00
Plus excellent benefits!

**This is a provisional appointment*.

**Provisional Appointments*: For a provisional appointment, a civil service exam is not required. However, to obtain a regular position, the appointee will need to compete successfully in a County Exam when open.

ABOUT US

As part of Alameda County Health, the Behavioral Health Department supports people with Medi-Cal and without insurance living with serious mental illness and substance use conditions along their path toward wellness, recovery, and resiliency. We provide services through a network of contracted mental health and substance use providers and administer the State’s resources and training for behavioral health providers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals. We advocate for our patients and families and create space for personal engagement in their care.
We are outpatient specialists for mental health services for older adults and youth, substance use providers and treatment program specialists, advocates for quality improvement and patients’ rights, and psychiatric and integrated health care providers.

Visit us to learn more about our program and services.
https://www.acbhcs.org/

THE POSITION

Under direction of Agency or Department executive management, to supervise, plan, and coordinate the work of technical and professional information systems staff involved in developing, evaluating, and implementing the most complex and varied management information, financial, and specialized information systems for the purpose of improving operations; to lead, coordinate, and participate in organizational or management analysis; and to do related work as required.

This position also performs and/or participates in a variety of moderate to complex research, studies, data analysis, metrics reporting, facilitation and training, and assessment related to department performance and strategic planning; design, develop, appraise, and conduct orientation for existing and prospective new programs and service offerings (internal and contracted) and execute various other administrative assignments of varying complexity as assigned.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

Positions allocated to this class are responsible for supervising and coordinating the acquisition, implementation and maintenance of a department's information system capabilities. In contrast with incumbents of the Information Systems Analyst classification, the Information Systems Manager has responsibility for supervising information systems staff, at least one of which is at a professional level (Information Systems Specialist or above) whereas Information Systems Analysts have responsibility for coordinating information system needs with limited staff assistance and in a more limited scope.

This class is distinguished from the class of Information Systems Deputy Director in that the latter is responsible for assisting the Information Systems Director of a large agency with oversight responsibility of information system activities, whereas this class is responsible for the information system activities of a small to medium sized department or for a major division, or section, in a larger agency.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Note: The following statement reflects the general duties considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the job.

1. Manage clinical application architectural and design issues across teams.
2. Develop clinical application architecture plan and implementation strategy.
   
3. Collaborate to establish joint standards for system design and use.
   
4. Lead teams in facilitating clinical staff to make design and workflow decisions and coordinate the build and implementation of these decisions across the enterprise solution.
5. Evaluate EMR applications applicable functionality for clinical and business use and facilitate implementation.
6. Develop and facilitate the development of specifications for changes, new developments, reports and build.
7. Deliver a solution that meets the needs of the end users, the required service levels and enables efficient operation and support.
8. Institute configuration and version control principles that will be used by application and project teams in the design and development of clinical applications.
9. Co-ordinate the development of the application test plan, scripts, scenarios and oversee the execution of system and user acceptance testing.
10. Assist in conducting and reporting results of application and performance testing; provide quality assurance review of all application and system testing.
11. Work with the integration and technical leads in the integration, data migration and device strategy, design, and decisions. Performs other duties as assigned within the classification.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER
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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:

The equivalent of four years of full-time paid experience in information systems performing duties such as system analysis, application development, system evaluation, selection and implementation, or network administration. At least one year of experience must include direct supervision of other professional and technical information systems staff.

Education:

Possession of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university (120 semester units or 180 quarter units) with a major in MIS, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a closely related field may be substituted for two years of the required experience.

HOW TO APPLY
An Alameda County application is required to be considered for this recruitment.
Please email the Job Application and a cover letter to:

Tyler Clark, ([email protected])

Alameda County’s job application template is available online on Alameda County’s Online Employment Center at:

https://www.jobapscloud.com/Alameda/sup/bulpreview.asp?R1=00&R2=AF000&R3=01

NEW USERS can click on “Fill out an application” to fill out an application template. Once the application is completed, please click on the “Review” tab to “Print/Save My Application”. A PDF version or digital scan of the application must be submitted to the email address above.

Alameda County Health Care Services Agency is enriched with a diverse workforce. We believe the best way to deliver optimal programs and services to our communities is to hire and promote talents that are representative of the communities we serve. Diverse candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

BENEFITS
Alameda County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging healthcare options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many different employee discounts, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:

For your Health & Well-Being

• Medical – HMO & PPO Plans
• Dental – HMO & PPO Plans
• Vision or Vision Reimbursement
• Share the Savings
• Basic Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• County Allowance Credit
• Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
• Employee Assistance Program

For your Financial Future

• Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
• Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)

For your Work/Life Balance

• 12 paid holidays
• Floating Holidays
• Vacation and sick leave accrual
• Vacation purchase program
• Management Paid Leave**
• Catastrophic Sick Leave
• Group Auto/Home Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits Program
• Guaranteed Ride Home
• Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
• Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
• Child Care Resources
• 1st United Services Credit Union