CLINICAL INFORMATICIST

About the role

The Clinical Informaticist at OCHIN is a clinician responsible for providing clinical consultation on the design, development, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of clinical and health IT systems, including Electronic Health Records (EHRs), Telehealth, Mobile Health, and other HIT systems. This role supports OCHIN member clinics and clinicians and works on priority innovation projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clinical leadership team on strategy and operations.
• Provide leadership within the clinical informatics team in areas of clinical subject matter expertise, with special emphasis on primary care, behavioral health, substance use, dentistry, acute care, pharmacy.
• Provide clinical informatics consultation internally at OCHIN.
• Review clinical questions via incident management system (JIRA).
• Ad hoc consultation on additional OCHIN Epic build or maintenance projects.
• Analyze clinical EHR break/fix issues as needed.
• Participate in build primarily in design, as time, interest, and skill level allow.
• Participate in member engagement.
• Prepare for and present at Clinical Operations Review Committee (CORC) and Clinical Oversight Group (COG) meetings.
• Ad hoc consultation.
• Learning Forum – OCHIN’s annual user group meeting.
• Provide mentorship to provider builders at member organizations.
• Provide support to new members before, during, and after install.
• Facilitate focus groups.
• Recommend modifications of clinical information systems to gain maximum efficiency, leverage the clinicians' time, and maximize communication with affiliates and referring physicians.
• Support clinical team in efforts to measure, communicate, and support an increase in workforce satisfaction among member sites.
• Develop or further subject matter expertise, and provide leadership, in one or more priority areas. Involvement may include product consultation, research initiatives, business and foundation development needs, or policy.
• Exercises strong communication skills, especially in the area of relaying messages between IT and clinical staff, members, and stakeholders.
• Studies trends in health informatics to inform the development of IT systems and infrastructure that increase efficiency and improve patient outcomes.
• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the modern health field and its direction.

Requirements

• Master’s or equivalent relevant combination of education and experience, with a clinical degree and licensure (NP, PA, RN, PsyD, LPC, LCSW, PT, OT, RD, RT, MPH, PharmD), or other relevant master’s degree without licensure, and/or equivalent relevant training and experience with a minimum of three (3) years of experience in one or more of the following areas required: Primary care, Behavioral Health, Substance Use, Pharmacy, Acute care, Other clinical specialties.
• Previous experience with FQHC/Safety Net clinics is desired.
• Epic experience required, Epic Clinical Certification appropriate for role in ambulatory, Provider Builder/Clinical Content Builder or equivalent, desired or willingness to become Epic certified within the first year of hire.
• Knowledge and previous experience with clinical innovation, health care transformation, and quality improvement desired.
• Part-time clinical work in addition to this position desired.
• Knowledge of population health and analytics, and application of these in the clinical setting, desired.
• Familiarity with Healthcare Administrative Data and regulatory programs.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving skills.
• Availability for occasional travel, including supporting go-lives according to OCHIN’s policy (go-live support is required; this support is sometimes provided virtually).
• Demonstrated proficiency in computer application systems, including experience with Microsoft Office.
• Familiarity with methodologies such as the Model for Improvement or Lean desired.
• Prior to moving forward to the team interview, all candidates are required to complete a 50–60-minute competency assessment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and efficiently from a home office environment.
• High Speed Internet Service.

Skills

• Strong interpersonal skills, teamwork, and customer service.
• Frequent creativity, mentoring, presentations/teaching.
• Occasional decision making and independent judgment or action.
• Reading, speaking, writing, and understanding English.
• Constant interpersonal skills, teamwork, and customer service.
• Frequent creativity, mentoring, presentations/teaching.
• Occasional decision making and independent judgment or action.
• Reading, speaking, writing, and understanding English.

Benefits

See our website for details: https://ochin.org/career

Pay

$98,552 - $157,683

Schedule

Virtual home-office environment, working remotely.

Location

Nationwide travel is determined based on OCHIN business needs.

Equal Opportunity Statement

OCHIN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills for the benefit of our staff, our mission, and the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, OCHIN, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital or civil union status, age, disability status, veteran status, or any other protected characteristics. All aspects of employment are based on merit, performance, and business needs.

Covid-19 Vaccination Requirement

To keep our colleagues, members, and communities safe, OCHIN requires all employees—including remote employees, contractors, interns, and new hires—to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine, as supported by state and federal public health officials, as a condition of employment. All new hires are required to provide proof of full vaccination or receive approval for a medical or religious exemption before their hire date.