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Alaska Rural Healthcare IT and HIM Leadership Opportunities
Help Us Build a Better Way for Rural Healthcare
This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions that align with your experience and goals.
By joining the Rural Staffing Services Talent Network, you are helping us build a more thoughtful and connected approach to rural recruitment, one that allows experienced technology and health information leaders and Alaska healthcare organizations to find one another more quickly when the right need arises.
Every application helps strengthen a growing network of people who are willing to bring their experience, leadership, problem-solving skills, and heart to rural, remote, and frontier communities.
Explore Rural Healthcare Opportunities at RSSJobs.org
This application may connect you with the specific opportunity you were viewing, as well as other current or upcoming rural healthcare positions throughout Alaska that align with your experience and goals.
Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare opportunities and communities.
IT and HIM Leadership Opportunities Across Alaska
Rural Staffing Services partners with rural hospitals, clinics, Tribal health organizations, regional health systems, community health centers, long-term care providers, and community healthcare organizations throughout Alaska to identify experienced information technology and health information leaders who understand the unique needs of rural, remote, and frontier healthcare.
We are currently connecting with professionals who may be interested in active and upcoming IT, information systems, health information management, medical records, clinical informatics, cybersecurity, privacy, data, and technology leadership opportunities across Alaska.
These opportunities may include leadership within:
Critical Access Hospitals Rural and community hospitals Rural Health Clinics Federally Qualified Health Centers Tribal health organizations Regional health corporations Village-based healthcare programs Long-term care and senior care organizations Integrated rural healthcare systems Multi-site and regional healthcare networks
This Is More Than an IT or HIM Role
Technology and health information are central to nearly every part of modern healthcare.
In Alaska, dependable technology can also be essential to connecting patients, providers, clinics, and hospitals across enormous geographic distances.
IT and HIM leaders help ensure employees have reliable systems, patient information is protected, records are accurate, telehealth connections remain available, and technology supports safe, efficient, and coordinated care.
These leaders may oversee everything from infrastructure, connectivity, cybersecurity, EHR systems, applications, technical support, and business continuity to medical records, privacy, coding oversight, data integrity, release of information, and information governance.
In rural and remote communities, technology failures may affect far more than routine office work. They may interrupt telehealth visits, delay referrals, limit access to patient records, disrupt communications, or make it more difficult to coordinate care between a village clinic and a regional hospital.
The strongest rural IT and HIM leaders understand that technology is not simply about systems.
It is about people, communication, trust, access, and making sure employees have the tools and information they need to serve their communities.
They are practical, responsive, collaborative, and able to explain complex technical or regulatory issues in ways that employees, providers, executives, and governing leaders can understand.
Opportunities May Include
This application may connect you with current or upcoming roles such as:
Chief Information Officer Information Technology Director or Manager Information Systems Director or Manager Health Information Management Director or Manager Medical Records Director or Manager Clinical Informatics Director or Manager EHR or Applications Manager Network or Infrastructure Manager Cybersecurity Director or Manager Privacy Officer Information Security Officer Data Governance or Analytics Leader Systems Administrator Leader Telehealth Technology Leader Regional IT or Information Systems Leader Tribal Health IT or HIM Leader IT Project or Implementation Manager Senior IT, HIM, informatics, privacy, security, data, or records supervisory roles
What You May Lead
Responsibilities will vary by organization, community, and position and may include:
Providing strategic and operational leadership for IT, HIM, information systems, privacy, security, or clinical informatics
Supporting reliable technology, infrastructure, networks, devices, connectivity, and applications
Leading EHR optimization, implementation, upgrades, integrations, and user support
Strengthening cybersecurity, access controls, backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity
Protecting patient information and supporting HIPAA, privacy, and security compliance
Overseeing medical records, document integrity, release of information, retention, and legal health record standards
Supporting accurate data, reporting, analytics, master data, and information governance
Managing vendors, contracts, budgets, projects, equipment, and long-term technology planning
Leading help desk, systems administration, applications, network, infrastructure, HIM, or technical support teams
Supporting telehealth, remote consultation, and communication between village clinics, regional hospitals, and specialty providers
Developing policies, procedures, security standards, workflows, and internal controls
Supporting privacy, security, coding, documentation, audit, and regulatory readiness
Collaborating with clinical, operational, finance, revenue cycle, compliance, and executive leaders
Training employees and helping teams adopt new systems, security practices, and workflows
Improving the connection between technology, information, clinical care, and organizational performance
Supporting technology and information services across multiple facilities, clinics, or communities
Managing connectivity and system challenges in remote or geographically isolated locations
Helping maintain essential systems during weather events, transportation disruptions, equipment failures, or other emergencies
Supporting infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, system replacement, or organizational growth
Helping ensure patient information remains secure, accurate, accessible, and available when care teams need it
What You Will Bring
Qualifications will vary by opportunity, but organizations may seek:
Progressive experience in healthcare IT, information systems, HIM, medical records, clinical informatics, privacy, cybersecurity, data management, or technology operations
Previous leadership experience as a director, manager, supervisor, CIO, privacy officer, security leader, or comparable professional
Experience with healthcare systems, EHR platforms, networks, infrastructure, applications, telehealth, data, privacy, or records management
Knowledge of HIPAA, information security, health information regulations, documentation standards, and data governance
Experience managing projects, vendors, contracts, budgets, implementations, integrations, or system upgrades
Experience supporting cybersecurity, disaster recovery, backup, access management, or business continuity
Strong communication, problem-solving, project-management, and team-development skills
Experience working with clinical, operational, financial, compliance, and executive leaders
The ability to translate technical or regulatory information into practical guidance for employees and leaders
Experience supporting multi-site organizations or services spread across significant geographic distances may be valuable
Experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, Tribal health organizations, regional health corporations, long-term care providers, or community healthcare organizations
Experience working with Alaska Native communities, Tribal health organizations, Indian Health Service programs, or tribally operated systems may be highly valued for some opportunities
Relevant education, certification, or technical credentials based on the position
A practical, responsive, collaborative, culturally respectful, and service-focused leadership style
Some opportunities may prefer credentials such as RHIA, RHIT, CHPS, CPHIMS, CISSP, PMP, HCISPP, or another healthcare information, privacy, security, informatics, or technology certification.
Specific education, certification, travel, reporting, and experience requirements will depend on the organization and role.
Types of Opportunities
Opportunities may include:
Permanent IT or HIM leadership positions Interim leadership assignments Regional or multi-site technology leadership Hospital or clinic-based positions Tribal health IT or HIM leadership Cybersecurity or privacy leadership Clinical informatics leadership Hybrid or remote opportunities Temporary-to-permanent opportunities System implementation or optimization assignments Cybersecurity, compliance, or infrastructure stabilization projects Short-term technical or information-management support
The schedule, compensation, relocation assistance, housing, travel requirements, reporting structure, departmental scope, and employment arrangement will be explained before you decide whether to move forward with a specific opportunity.
Why Rural Alaska?
Alaska's healthcare organizations serve communities spread across mountains, forests, tundra, rivers, islands, and thousands of miles of coastline.
Some communities are connected by highways. Others may be reached only by plane, boat, snowmachine, or seasonal transportation.
These distances make dependable technology and accurate health information especially important.
A stable network, secure EHR, reliable telehealth connection, accessible medical record, or responsive support team may determine whether a patient can receive specialty guidance without leaving home or whether a provider can safely continue care during an emergency.
Rural and remote healthcare organizations may also operate with smaller teams, limited local technical resources, challenging connectivity, aging infrastructure, and significant pressure to protect sensitive information.
Strong IT and HIM leadership can modernize systems, strengthen cybersecurity, improve documentation, protect patient privacy, support employees, and create better connections across entire regions.
Leading IT or HIM in Alaska offers the opportunity to see the direct impact of your work.
You may help connect a remote clinic to specialty care, strengthen cybersecurity, implement a new EHR, improve data quality, support a regional telehealth program, mentor local employees, or create systems that allow healthcare teams to work more safely and efficiently.
The work requires adaptability, creativity, persistence, cultural humility, and a genuine commitment to service.
Join the Rural Staffing Services Talent Network
By applying through this page, you are joining the confidential Rural Staffing Services Talent Network.
You may be considered for current or upcoming IT, HIM, information systems, privacy, security, clinical informatics, and data leadership opportunities throughout Alaska that align with your experience, goals, preferred region, and availability.
Please submit your resume and let us know:
Which Alaska communities or regions you would consider
Whether you are interested in road-system, rural, remote, frontier, village-based, or regional organizations
Whether you are open to relocation, regional travel, rotational schedules, or fly-in assignments
Whether you are interested in permanent, interim, hybrid, remote, or multiple types of opportunities
Your experience with rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, FQHCs, Tribal health organizations, regional systems, long-term care, or community healthcare organizations
Which position or community you were viewing on RSSJobs.org
Our team personally reviews each application. When we identify an opportunity that may be a strong match, we will contact you directly to share more about the organization, community, technology or information needs, travel or housing considerations, and next steps.
Your information will be handled professionally and confidentially.
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Visit www.RSSJobs.org to explore additional rural healthcare positions, leadership opportunities, and communities throughout Alaska.
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