Clinical Informatics Specialist

Responsibilities

• Analysis: Demonstrates advanced/proficient informatics analysis skills to plan, manage, problem solve, mitigate risk in the deployment of applications and work process transformations through governance navigation (decision making/policy), workflow and information system design development.
• Able to prioritize work according to deadlines and organizational initiatives to produce assigned outcomes.
• Provides evaluation and consultation for enterprise-wide technology needs.
• Data and Informatics Standards: Demonstrates exceptional/advanced understanding of data transformation, data quality and Informatics standards that allow for the integration of data, information and knowledge to support decision support and business intelligence (data warehousing).
• Demonstrates data ability to facilitate data flow through the continuum.
• Documents standards according to the specified documentation model.
• Develops and implements health system wide Informatics standards and processes to support standardized informatics practice throughout the health system.
• Facilitates review cycles to ensure standards are maintained over time.
• Change Management: Responsible for intake of departmental initiatives and system level changes requests. Assists departments with workflow and process evaluations in order to accurately capture needs. Participates in software system projects and development life cycles: planning, analysis, design, limited build, testing and limited training. Enables and supports the department in prioritization of requests for system and workflow changes. Leads informatics support of system wide project implementations. Facilitates the management of the inventory of requests for assigned enterprise operational area. Applies change management theories and strategically plans communication, education and support plans. Functions as informatics specialist expert to assure clinical adoption across the system. Soliciting expert input and end user feedback ongoing.
• Quality Management: Operationalizes the use of quality methodologies, including PSDA process and metric/KPI identification for standardizing processes in accordance with current evidence, quality initiatives, regulatory compliance, billing compliance. Assures performance improvement outcomes achievement with implementations.
• Usability: Demonstrates advanced/proficient knowledge of and application of usability concepts. Contributes to usability standards to continuously improve the user experience. Proactive identification of system enhancements to improve health system user experience and system performance. Represents end user usability needs on health system projects.
• Educates: Acts as a liaison, role model, educator and champion for end users in understanding, utilizing, optimizing and designing systems and processes to increase efficiency and quality of evidence-based care provision. Applies adult learning theories and principals within the design of educational delivery generation. Contributes to informatics program competencies and supports education tactics.
• Distributed Build: Responsible for limited build through the distributed build program after trained and/or certified as appropriate for the software supported.
• Process Management: Demonstrates advanced/proficient knowledge of system life cycles and complies with defined framework for system implementation for developing, reviewing, approving and disseminating changes to support operational/business standards and processes. Demonstrates process management skills by facilitating complex changes through implementation and post implementation monitoring.
• Information System Knowledge: Demonstrates proficient understanding of the technical capabilities of our current application systems and applies integrated system knowledge to facilitate process redesign and continued improvement. Proactively seeks out learning opportunities to improve skills and system. Shares and disseminates knowledge to others.
• Professional Growth: Supports hospital strategic goals by continuously enhancing knowledge and competency in the emerging field of Nursing Informatics and Informatics Industry standard.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• Required Education And Experience: Bachelor Degree Nursing, High School Graduate, 3 or more years of direct patient care experience; literature search/review experience, 2 or more years of Informatics experience.
• Preferred Education And Experience: Master's Degree in position related field, Management experience.
• Licensure And Certification: Licensed Registered Nurse (LRN) - Multi-State - State Board of Nursing, EPIC Proficiency/Certification as designated by role requirements.
• Knowledge Requirements: Demonstrates knowledge of computers and desktop software, Ability to work autonomously, by demonstrating self-motivation and creativity, Excellent communication, writing, organizational and presentation skills, Ability to effectively interact with multidisciplinary teams including physicians, administrative staff, clinical personnel, and peers, Ability to manage several high priority projects simultaneously, Advanced working knowledge of computer spreadsheets and databases, Demonstrates persistence to solving problems.