Rabu, 27 Juni 2012

Telehealth Director, Cyber-Sight

Telehealth Director, Cyber-Sight

JOB SUMMARY:

The Telehealth Director will have global responsibility for developing Cyber-Sight's [www.Cybersight.org] strategy and business development. He/she is responsible for enhancing the telehealth platform that community providers can easily access in the developing world and for facilitating telehealth-enabled relationships. He/she will integrate Cyber-Sight with ORBIS's programs across the world. The Cyber-Sight Director will expand ORBIS's clinical, educational and monitoring initiatives while developing long-term relationships with physicians, telehealth-partnering hospitals, educators, IT Communication specialists. The Director will serve as a single point of contact for ORBIS's Cyber-Sight program and will facilitate education surrounding telehealth with global facilities.

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REPORTING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

The Director, Telehealth, Cyber-Sight reports to the Chief of Program, works closely with the ORBIS Management Team and will lead international cross-functional project teams.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

International Healthcare Telehealth strategy development

    • Manage and evaluate the current telehealth activities ensuring that telehealth enhances ORBIS's mission, vision and philosophy of using technology to educate the developing world how to treat preventable blindness
    • Collaborate with partners and contractors on expansion opportunities for telehealth, resources, policies/procedures, regulatory and legal issues related to clinical telehealth applications
    • Work with external telehealth groups to take advantage of n ew developments in telehealth and ensure shared learning from the project
    • Obtain accreditation for eLearning platform by identifying and partnering with university programs that endorse the ORBIS curriculum
    • Develop a Cyber-Sight Advisory Board

Information technology

    • Identify and evaluate the technology required to develop a world-class knowledge center
    • Demonstrate the use of telehealth technologies with ease and confidence
    • Make decisions concerning telecommunications equipment and carrier services
    • Source and identify consultants required for IT and web re-design
    • Play a key role in leveraging technology to develop an electronic medical records system to facilitate monitoring and evaluation

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    • Effectively use financial information for strategic and operational decision making
    • Prepares annual Cyber-Sight budgets for capital equipment, personnel, supplies, and other costs and monitor expenditures
    • Develop cost/benefit analysis and monitors project progress and goal attainment
    • Identify opportunities for project funding and grants with Chief of Development

Operations and Implementation

    • Integrate Cyber-Sight to create sustainable learning through Flying Eye Hospital ("FEH"), Hospital Based Programs ("HBP"), Country programs and Fellowship programs, developing relationships and links, and a communication system for the project
    • Develop learning pre-requisites and incentives linked to FEH, HBP, Country Programs and Fellowship programs
    • Assist in the data collection, evaluation, reporting, and performance improvement activities as they apply to telehealth
    • Diversify eLearning courses and manuals to include a holistic choice topics including expertise in all of ORBIS's sight-saving methods, nursing techniques, bio-medical engineering and financial management
    • Assemble and lead matrixed project teams to identify processes required to align Cyber-Sight to all of ORBIS programs


QUALIFICATIONS EXPERIENCE:

  • Minimum of 10 years experience in telehealth, development of eLearning technologies, preferably in International Healthcare development
  • Ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in Medical Informatics or in Health/Public Health (e.g. MPH, M.D. or PhD), or its equivalent in training, experience, and certification
  • Knowledge in current technologies employed for telehealth applications, of web development, of computer and telecommunications hardware and software systems
  • Solid track record using telehealth tools to implement a health learning program
  • Previous international work experience in with developing countries highly desirable
  • Exposure to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment preferred
  • General understanding of Ophthalmology is a plus

SKILLS ABILITIES:

  • Possesses a thorough understanding of the healthcare environment and keeps current on industry developments
  • Excellent analytics/problem solving/thought leadership
  • Demonstrates excellent internal and external customer service skills by being tactful, helpful, diplomatic and participate as a team member and deal effectively with other team members and customers
  • Ability to role model and implement teambu ilding, conflict management and interpersonal relationship skills as well as lead project teams, act as a consultant and utilize principle of adult learning
  • Excellent problem-solving ability in a broad range of areas to address all of the potential problems that might arise; scheduling conflicts, communication problems, technical problems, etc.
  • Establishes effective communication channels for all people involved in a given project or activity for maximum accountability
  • Collaborates effectively with other telehealth personnel to ensure successful telehealth consultations
  • Able to conduct 30% of international travel, including travel to developing countries

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