Clinical Informaticist

Job Description Summary

We are more than a health system. We are a belief system. We believe wellness and sickness are both part of a lifelong partnership, and that everyone could use an expert guide. We work hard, care deeply and reach further to help people uncover their own power to be healthy. We inspire hope. We learn, grow, and achieve more – in our careers and in our communities.

Responsibilities And Duties

• Informatics Administration & Facilitation (Onsite and Virtual)

• Supports the optimization of clinical informatics within the organization.
• Develops and refines tools, workflows, processes, and best practices to enhance patient care.
• Collaborates with clinical leadership, operational leadership, and other key stakeholders to maximize efficient and effective use of clinical and operational informatics.
• Works closely with end users to identify and understand health care information problems and solutions.
• Participates in clinical informatics activities in support of interdisciplinary practice operations, decision-making, education, quality, and research initiatives.
• Aligns technical capabilities with clinical practices to facilitate clinical process redesign and continuous improvement.
• Collects, records, evaluates, and shares patient information to reduce redundancy and standardize clinical practices and documentation.
• Provides feedback for strategies to manage change and encourages change adoption.

• Clinical Business Analysis

• Collaborates with quality and patient safety and accreditation/licensure departments, information technology staff, and other key stakeholders to clarify needs, review requests, assist with technology design and workflow plans.
• Aids in the effective use of health information technology by gathering clinical content, functionality requirements, and health/patient care information needs of various specialty areas.
• Directly interacts with providers, clinical operations, ambulatory operations, and Information Technology to translate requirements that meet customer needs, regulatory compliance, and patient safety and privacy.

• Project Management & Consultation

• Supports clinical and operational informatics projects ranging from medium to large in scope, risk, and impact.
• Identifies possible solutions, both electronic and non-electronic, to system problems.
• Supports consultative services to customers and application and development teams regarding workflow processes and technological solutions.
• Provides support in response to user problems and questions regarding functionality, operations, input/output, reporting, and general operating procedures.
• Ensures final resolution of problems and communicates back to the individual reporting the problem.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's Degree

• Field of Study: Nursing, Informatics, or other healthcare-related field.

• Years of Experience: Two (2) years of clinical or operational experience in a hospital or major medical center, or experience with clinical/health informatics, EMR.

• Education or Healthcare IT experience including implementation of clinical systems in the hospital and/or ambulatory setting.

• Licensed (or eligible for licensure) to practice nursing or other healthcare related field as applicable in the state of Ohio is preferred but not required.

• Five (5) + years of experience in the aforementioned and relevant EHR certification may be considered in lieu of associate's degree.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

• Process improvement basics;

• Use of Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel;

• Clinical workflow analysis;

• Clinical documentation;

• Data literacy concepts.

DESIRED ATTRIBUTES

• Certification in clinical, health, or nursing informatics;

• Project management experience;

• Experience with Epic, Fuji, and Hyland OnBase;

• Leadership/management experience;

• Change management;

• Epic credential/certification;

• Ability to quickly grasp and apply technical skills required for utilization of multiple software applications;

• Ongoing involvement with various project vendors;

• Strong organization and presentation skills;

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, clinical, or health informatics, or other related healthcare field;

• Two (2) years of experience in clinical informatics.