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IT Consultant V, Medical Informatics Physician, SSD

Primary Location San Diego, California Schedule Full-time Shift Day Salary $243700 - $315260 / year
Job Number 1422179 Date Posted 04/28/2026
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Job Summary:

In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this technical/functional leader position is also responsible for leading system redesign and enhancement to facilitate clinical, operational, and organizational objectives by ensuring appropriate use of medical informatics standards; developing best practices and strategies; and supporting the data needs of key stakeholders. This position is also responsible for evaluating and interpreting the quality and value of KPHC solutions; and applying medical informatics to enhance patient care, population health, and support organizational priorities. This includes providing leadership and expert consultation on the design, development, and implementation of process and programs related to KPHC; and leveraging partnerships with other physicians and leaders to support leadership in the pursuit and attainment of organizational goals.


Essential Responsibilities:

  • Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and improve opportunity areas; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
  • Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating  issues or risks, as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; evaluating recommendations made; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others.
  • Develops requirements, or leads a team of IT consultants in the development of requirements for complex or specialized process or system solutions which may span multiple business domains by partnering with stakeholders and appropriate IT teams (for example, Solutions Delivery, Infrastructure, Enterprise Architecture).
  • Leverages multiple business requirements gathering methodologies to identify business, functional, and non-functional requirements (for example, SMART) across the enterprise.
  • Leads and oversees the development and documentation of comprehensive business cases to assess the costs, benefits, ROI, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of complex solution proposals.
  • Provides insight, guidance, and recommendations throughout  the evolution of applications, systems, and/or processes to a desired future state by maintaining and leveraging a comprehensive understanding of how current processes impact business operations across the enterprise.
  • Maps current state against future state processes.
  • Defines the impact of requirements on upstream and downstream solution components.
  • Provides insight and influence to senior management and business leaders on how to integrate requirements with current systems and business processes across the enterprise.
  • Reviews, evaluates, and prioritizes value gaps and opportunities for process enhancements or efficiencies.
  • Influences solution design by providing insight and consultation at design sessions with IT teams to help translate requirements into workable business solutions.
  • Participates in evaluating third-party vendors as directed.
  • Recommends and advocates for regional and national process improvements which align with sustainable best practices, and the strategic and tactical goals of the business.
  • Recommends and advocates for additional data and/or services needed to address key business issues related to process or solutions design.
  • Drives continuous process improvement by leading the development, implementation, and maintenance of standardized tools, templates, and processes across the enterprise.
Minimum Qualifications:

  • M.D. or D.O., including all applicable accreditation and eligibility requirements set forth by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).
  • Minimum five (5) years of experience as a Physician Informaticist OR completion of a clinical informatics fellowship.
  • Bachelors degree requirement below is superseded by a M.D. or D.O.
  • Bachelors degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, CIS or related field and Minimum eight (8) years experience in IT consulting, business analysis, or a related field. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement. Advanced degrees may be substituted for the work experience requirements.


  • Doctor of Medicine License (California) required at hire OR Doctor of Osteopathy License (California) required at hire
Additional Requirements:


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Five (5) years experience implementing evidence based medicine into computer applications/ decision support systems.
  • Five (5) years experience with implementation of electronic health systems, personal health records, and/or electronic consumer health solutions.
  • Three (3) years experience working with artificial intelligence.
  • Five (5) years experience working with electronic medical records, standardized vocabularies, clinical reporting, database management, and decision support.
  • Five (5) years experience with developing user interfaces in health care applications.
Primary Location: California,San Diego,El Camino Real Administration Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM Working Hours End: 05:00 PM Job Schedule: Full-time Job Type: Standard Worker Location: Remote Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-SCAL-01|NUE|Non Union Employee Job Level: Individual Contributor Department: Parsons West Annex - Prj Mgmt-Innovtn Proj-Qlty&Svc - 0806 Pay Range: $243700 - $315260 / year Kaiser Permanente is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not include the value of our total rewards package. Actual pay determined at offer will be based on years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills and geographic location along with a review of current employees in similar roles to ensure that pay equity is achieved and maintained across Kaiser Permanente. Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time Remote: Work location is the remote workplace (from home) within KP authorized states. Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy. Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For jobs where work will be performed in unincorporated LA County, the employer provides the following statement in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

  • Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licensure requirements (where applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.

  • Models and reinforces ethical behavior in self and others in accordance with the Principles of Responsibility, adheres to organizational policies and guidelines; supports compliance initiatives; maintains confidences; admits mistakes; conducts business with honesty, shows consistency in words and actions; follows through on commitments.

  • Job duties with at least occasional or possible access to: (1) patients, the general public, or other employees; (2) confidential protected health information and other confidential KP information (including employee, proprietary, financial or trade secret information); (3) KP property and assets, for example, electronic assets, medical instruments, or devices; (4) controlled substances regulated by federal law or potentially subject to diversion.
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