IS PRINCIPAL APPLICATION ARCHITECT at Archbold Medical Center – THOMASVILLE, Georgia

IS Principal Application Architect - IS Clinical Services

Position Overview

The Principal Clinical Architect serves as the primary strategic visionary at the intersection of clinical practice and enterprise technology. You will be responsible for designing the digital architecture that powers our healthcare delivery, ensuring that clinical workflows are seamless, data is interoperable, and technology serves as an accelerator for patient care. This role requires a rare blend of deep technical mastery, clinical intuition, and the executive presence to mentor senior leaders and informatics teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Clinical Roadmap: Architect and execute the long-term technical vision for clinical platforms, ensuring full alignment between digital infrastructure and the organization’s healthcare delivery goals.

• EHR Mastery & Optimization: Lead the architectural design and continuous improvement of the Cerner Health System and its suite of integrated tools, ensuring high performance and clinical relevance.

• Senior Leadership & Informatics Mentorship: Act as a high-level consultant and mentor to senior executives and Informatics teams, bridging the gap between clinical requirements and technical execution.

• Workflow Engineering: Design and refine expert-level workflows within Cerner, focusing on reducing clinician cognitive load and optimizing the end-user experience.

• Interoperability & Data Standards: Drive the implementation of modern data exchange standards, including FHIR, HL7, and DICOM, to facilitate seamless integration across the care continuum.

• Education & Knowledge Transfer: Develop and lead comprehensive training programs to educate informatics professionals and clinical staff on expert-level Cerner workflows and system capabilities.

• Clinical Data Governance: Establish and oversee frameworks for data normalization and terminology mapping (utilizing SNOMED-CT, LOINC, and ICD-10) to ensure data integrity for advanced analytics.

• Regulatory & Safety Oversight: Ensure all clinical architectures comply with HIPAA, HTI, and patient safety standards, integrating Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tools based on evidence-based guidelines.

Required Qualifications & Technical Skills

• Cerner Subject Matter Expertise: Expert-level proficiency in the Cerner Millennium ecosystem, including advanced configuration, PowerPlans, and integrated third-party clinical tools.

• Systems Architecture: 15+ years of experience in healthcare information technology, with a proven track record of designing large-scale clinical enterprise systems.

• Informatics Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading and mentoring Informatics teams and collaborating with CMIOs, CNIOs, CIOs to drive digital transformation.

• Interoperability Proficiency: Deep technical knowledge of API-driven architectures and healthcare-specific integration patterns.

• Cloud & Modern Infrastructure: Experience deploying clinical solutions within cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Healthcare..

• Communication Excellence: Exceptional ability to translate complex architectural concepts into actionable insights for non-technical senior stakeholders and clinical staff.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Medical Informatics, Nursing, or a related clinical field.

• Professional certifications in Cerner configuration or Project Management (PMP).

• Experience in change management within high-acuity clinical environments.

Perks/Benefits:

(for eligible employees):

Have optimal opportunity for career growth within our growing organization

Medical / Dental

Retirement Plan

PTO and paid life insurance

What Sets Us Apart

Archbold Medical Center is a four-hospital, four-nursing-home health system with 540 patient beds. We employ more than 2,500 people and boast an outstanding medical staff of nearly 200 qualified physician specialists. Our flagship hospital, Archbold Memorial Hospital, is a 264-bed hospital located in Thomasville, Georgia. Our system hospitals, also in Georgia, are Archbold Brooks Hospital in Quitman, Archbold Grady Hospital in Cairo, and Archbold Mitchell Hospital in Camilla.

For nearly 100 years, Archbold has been synonymous with high-quality, compassionate medical care. While our exemplary facilities have helped us maintain an excellent reputation, our team members are what makes Archbold special.

You are unique. You have skills and a strong passion for helping people. You also have personal goals, and Archbold wants to help you achieve them. We are a diverse healthcare system that promotes teamwork, continuing education, and leadership, and we are committed to recruiting and retaining the best healthcare professionals to join our Archbold team.

What we offer:

We know that your time and expertise are valuable, and to help our employees be at their best and make the most of their employment experience, we offer a comprehensive and generous benefits package that helps our employees and their families meet the challenges of everyday living.

We strive to be a workplace of choice, and from high-quality medical and dental care benefits to retirement benefits that help build wealth for your future, Archbold is proud to offer our employees one of the best benefits packages in the area.

Below are a few of the benefits Archbold Medical Center offers to employees:

• Work/Life Balance
• Planning for the Future
• Low-Cost Prescriptions
• Health & Wellness Benefits
• Planning for Life’s Unexpected Moments
• Helping You to Advance Your Career

Mission

To provide safe, innovative and compassionate care for our communities.

Vision

A healthier region, stronger communities, meaningful work, and trusted care