Job Category:
Executive Leadership
Work Shift/Schedule:
8 Hr Morning - Afternoon
Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.
The Director of IT Training & Usability provides strategic leadership for the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of technology training and user experience across the health system. This role ensures digital innovations and tools are efficient, and optimized to support high-quality, safe delivery of patient care.
This leader will drive a modern, blended learning strategy, advance usability, and training delivery methods.This role will collaborate closely with clinical, revenue cycle, operational, and IT partners. A key focus of the role is ensuring technology is frontline-led, workflow aligned, and measurably impactful.The Director will establish and monitor outcomes tied to workflow efficiency, time savings, user satisfaction, and return on investments.
Licensure or other certifications:
Educational Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, or related field
Minimum Experience: 7+ years of experience in healthcare IT, clinical informatics, training, or related leadership roles. Experience with Epic or comparable EHR applications.
Other:
Preferred Licensure or other certifications: Nursing Informatics certification
Preferred Educational Requirements: Master’s degree (MSN, MBA, MHA, or related)
Preferred Experience: Strong understanding of clinical workflows, particularly nursing practice. Experience in usability and workflow optimization
Other:
Demonstrates expertise in a variety of educational, clinical documentation, and office software, systems and technological devices.
Ability to multi-task and meet high pressure demands and tight project timelines.
Demonstrates expertise in a variety of educational, clinical documentation, and office software, systems and technological devices.
Demonstrates knowledge of adult learning principles and application of these in a wide variety of technical training environments.
Possesses exceptional written and verbal communication skills; organizational and analytical skills; and customer service and relationship development skills.
Experience in project management, adult education, and curriculum delivery
Possesses interpersonal skills at a level to function well in a wide range of administrative, management, and patient care environments.
Utilizes a variety of tools and data management strategies for problem-solving, planning, conducting cost-benefit analyses, and evaluating technical training planning and effectiveness.
Demonstrates effective leadership skills in mentoring and developing employees.
Defines and executes a system-wide strategy for IT training and usability aligned with organizational goals.
Serves as a thought leader in digital transformation, driving innovation in learning, adoption, and user experience.
Training & Workforce Enablement
Designs and implements a modern, blended learning ecosystem (virtual, on-demand, and innovative with latest AI technologies).
Ensures training programs are efficient, scalable, and competency-based while reducing time away from frontline care.
Usability & Experience
Advocates for user-centered design principles across all technology initiatives.
Adoption, Analytics & ROI
Establishes measurable outcomes for training and usability initiatives, including adoption, efficiency gains, and satisfaction.
Demonstrates ROI through analytics tied to documentation reduction, productivity, and quality outcome
Frontline Engagement & Transformational Leadership
Builds strong relationships with users to ensure technology solutions are informed by real-world workflows.
Leads change through transparency, engagement, and a continuous improvement mindset.
Weight Lifted: Up to 20lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
Weight Carried: Up to 20lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
Vision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time
Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30% of time
Standing/Walking: Occasionally 0-30% of time
Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30% of time
Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65% of time
Job Requires: Reading, Writing Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding, Driving
Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.
NGHS: Opportunities start here.
Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is a non-profit on a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. Our team cares for more than 1 million people across the region through five hospitals and a variety of outpatient locations. Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has campuses in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega and Demorest – with a total of more than 1,000 beds and more than 1,500 medical staff members representing more than 60 specialties. Learn more at www.nghs.com.
NGHS includes Northeast Georgia Physicians Group (NGPG), an employed group of more than 700 talented physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, midwives and other clinical staff spanning more than 40 specialties at more than 50 locations across the region.
NGHS is also home to Georgia Heart Institute, the most forward-thinking heart and vascular program in the state and includes one of the largest cardiology practices in the region, including more than 120 clinicians seeing patients at more than a dozen locations. With a multi-disciplinary team of experts treating nearly every type of heart and vascular disease and participating in leading national research, we’re providing advanced care that ensures lasting heart health for generations.
