Immunization Strategist

Sanford Health is one of the largest and fastest-growing not-for-profit health systems in the United States. We’re proud to offer many development and advancement opportunities to our nearly 50,000 members of the Sanford Family who are dedicated to the work of health and healing across our broad footprint. 

Work Shift:

8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Salary Range: $34.50 - $57.00

Union Position:

No

Department Details

Summary

Functions at an enterprise level collaborating with system leadership and key stakeholders to plan, coordinate, and implement organization wide strategies that advance integrated immunization standards and guidelines. Leads and facilitates both corporate and local planning efforts, driving high-impact initiatives that strengthen organizational performance. Ensures alignment consistency, and measurable improvements in immunization practices by providing oversight and strategic direction system wide.

Job Description

Leads the development and execution of systemwide strategic immunization initiatives that drive measurable improvements in patient safety, quality, and access to care. This role provides oversight for new and existing programs, ensuring standards, protocols, and policies are evidence-based, aligned, and consistently applied across the system. Key responsibilities include project and data management, interpretation of complex clinical and operational information, and evaluation of outcomes to identify opportunities for improvement. The strategist applies advanced technical and clinical expertise, along with improvement methodologies, to solve complex challenges, strengthen immunization practices, and enhance organizational performance. Serving as the enterprise subject matter expert, the strategist acts as the central resource and communication link for vaccines. Maintains awareness of vaccine related trends, regulatory compliance, legislation, and participates in local, state, regional, and national activities to inform enterprise strategies, support adaptation to change, am promote growth. Collaborates with leadership, clinicians, nurses, operations, finance and community partners to advance system wide immunization initiatives. Oversight responsibilities include setting and monitoring immunization performance standards in collaboration with leaders, analyzing outcomes against benchmarks, and reporting results to executive leaders. This also involves ensuring data integrity and transparency, aligning improvement efforts with systemwide quality and safety priorities, and driving accountability for results across all vaccinating sites. The strategist provides direction to teams on interpreting performance metrics, prioritizing improvement opportunities, and implementing evidence-based practices to achieve sustained gains. Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills are essential. The strategist also services as a mentor and resource for immunization improvement efforts, contributing to Sanford's culture of safety and quality. This includes leading cross departmental initiatives, guiding colleagues through process improvement, and ensuring immunization services achieve excellence in safety, effectiveness, and patient experience.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required. Master’s degree preferred. Area of focus in Nursing, Population Health, Epidemiology, Public Health or related field preferred.

Minimum of seven years’ experience working with vaccines, clinical practice, public health, or healthcare operations required. Experience should include leading or coordinating large scale initiatives, applying process improvement methods, and working collaboratively with clinical and operational teams to improve practices and outcomes.

If degree is in nursing, graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).

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