Job Description

Cottage Health seeks a Director, Digital Health responsible for leading and overseeing all digital health platforms across the organization. Responsible for advancing and enhancing Cottage Health’s digital health strategies, ensuring the seamless integration of digital tools with clinical systems, and driving initiatives to improve patient care, efficiency, and the overall patient experience.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:

Minimum: Bachelor’s Degree.
Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

Preferred: Certified Digital Health Certification.

Technical Requirements:

Minimum: Extensive knowledge and experience with EPIC, including modules related to telehealth, patient portals (e.g., MyChart), and clinical workflow integration. Previous certification in EPIC or digital health technologies. The ideal candidate has expertise in digital health technologies and a deep understanding of EPIC systems to support our mission of providing high-quality, patient-centered care.
Preferred: Experience with other digital health platforms (e.g., telemedicine, remote monitoring systems).

Years of Related Work Experience:

Minimum: 5 years of experience in digital health, health IT, or a related field, with three 3 years in a leadership role overseeing digital health platforms.

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, Ca, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.

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