Enterprise Digital System Clinical Lead – Pathology (Clinical & Laboratory Workflows)
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Somerville, NJ - USA
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Job Summary
Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals including doctors nurses business people tech experts researchers and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit we support patient care research teaching and community service striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.
Job Summary
About UsMass General Brigham (MGB) is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare system committed to advancing patient care research education and service. Founded by Brigham and Womens Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital MGB supports a comprehensive continuum of care including community and specialty hospitals physician networks and research programs.
We are guided by a people-first culture grounded in core values including patient care innovation collaboration and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Serve as the Epic informatics lead for Clinical and Anatomic Pathology workflows across ambulatory and inpatient settings
- Ensure alignment of Epic solutions with clinical best practices patient safety standards and regulatory requirements
- Maintain awareness of Epic capabilities system updates and future roadmap
- Ambulatory (Outpatient) Workflows
- In-clinic point-of-care (POC) and lab-performed testing
- In-clinic specimen collection with:
- Direct send to external laboratories (e.g. Quest Cologuard)
- Send to MGB laboratory network
- Provider orders for:
- Lab draw encounters (phlebotomy workflows)
- Future collection tied to procedures (OB IR OR cardiology etc.)
- Home health / remote collection workflows
- Ambulatory result management workflows including:
- Critical result notification
- Result routing to appropriate providers and care teams
- Point-of-care testing within inpatient units
- Specimen collection models including:
- Nurse-collected (serum and non-serum)
- Lab-collected (phlebotomy workflows)
- Non-serum collections (e.g. tissue fluids)
- Timed and recurring lab draws
- Orders supporting:
- Future procedure-based collections (OB IR OR cardiology etc.)
- Intra-procedural and intraoperative collections including specimen navigator workflows and pre-placed orders
- Inpatient result management workflows including:
- Critical result notification
- Result routing and follow-up
- Design and optimization of specialized diagnostic and multi-step workflows including:
- Bone marrow and hematopathology workflows
- Perinatal and fetal pathology workflows
- Other complex multi-stage diagnostic pathways requiring coordination across teams
- Translate clinical operational and regulatory needs into clearly defined functional and technical requirements
- Standardize workflows across sites while accommodating necessary clinical variation
- Identify and mitigate safety risks inefficiencies and workflow fragmentation
- Partner with the CMIO pathology leadership and digital teams to:
- Define enterprise strategy for pathology informatics
- Establish governance and prioritization frameworks across Epic initiatives
- Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap aligned with organizational goals
- Build strong relationships across clinicians lab leadership operations and IT
- Identify pain points across ambulatory inpatient and procedural workflows
- Drive consensus and standardization across diverse clinical and operational environments
- Lead change management efforts and partner with training teams to support adoption
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams and design/build sessions
- Collaborate closely with Epic application teams and digital portfolio leadership
- Ensure delivery of scalable reliable and sustainable solutions
- Use data and analytics to evaluate workflow performance and outcomes
- Drive continuous improvement in lab and clinical workflows
- Stay current on emerging best practices in clinical informatics and digital health
- Partner across enterprise clinical and digital domains
- Contribute to informatics education innovation and professional development
- Mentor and support informatics team members
- MD PhD or equivalent clinical or laboratory leadership background
- Active clinical licensure and practice
- Experience in clinical informatics and workflow optimization
- Demonstrated experience managing complex cross-functional initiatives
- Strong understanding of pathology and laboratory workflows across care settings
- Experience with stakeholder engagement governance and change management
- Epic experience (Beaker or related modules); certification preferred or willingness to obtain
- Board certification or eligibility in Clinical Informatics (for physicians)
- Experience with analytics reporting and performance measurement
- Strategic mindset with strong execution capability
- Ability to manage complexity across multiple clinical environments
- Strong collaboration and consensus-building skills
- Clear and effective communicator across clinical and technical audiences
- Results-oriented and improvement-driven
- Hybrid (remote and in-person)
- Clinical practice within an MGB-affiliated site
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and specialty. At Mass General Brigham we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive and any offer extended will take into account your skills relevant experience education certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package.
In addition to competitive base pay we offer comprehensive benefits career advancement opportunities differentials premiums and bonuses as applicable along with recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite candidates to apply and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of their potential compensation and benefits package.
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EEO Statement:
At Mass General Brigham our competency framework defines what effective leadership looks like by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance make hiring decisions identify development needs mobilize employees across our system and establish a strong talent pipeline.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Patients at Mass General have access to a vast network of physicians, nearly all of whom are Harvard Medical School faculty and many of whom are leaders within their fields.
