Clinical Informatics Specialist - Capacity Mgmt - 139893

About the role

The Clinical Informatics Specialist supports clinical operations through the design, implementation, and evaluation of data-driven workflows and systems. The role focuses on patient acuity and classification processes to support staffing optimization, quality outcomes, and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders on scheduling initiatives.
• Evaluate nurse documentation practices (including float and contract RN compliance).
• Leverage electronic health record (EHR) systems to enhance clinical decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Serve as a liaison between nursing, IT, and leadership to ensure alignment between clinical practice and informatics solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in health care information technology, computer science, or related area, and/or equivalent combination of experience/training.
• Five (5) or more years of relevant experience.
• Broadly encompassing or highly in-depth knowledge of 1-2 areas of focus in clinical informatics specialty areas.
• In-depth knowledge of all relevant clinical informatics software and systems, and of the highly-complex concepts, principles, policies, methodologies, techniques, best practices, regulations, and standards practices involved with patient care and electronic medical data management in the UC health care system.
• Advanced organizational and project management skills, with the ability to lead a team, prioritize tasks, and see projects through from inception to completion on schedule.
• Advanced interpersonal communications skills, to convey highly technical information and instructions to all levels of clinical users in a clear and concise manner, to provide technical support, and to develop and deliver training materials as needed.
• Advanced analytical skills and expertise in documentation and reporting, with the ability to apply metrics, design and run queries, collect and analyze performance data, and produce sophisticated reports and analyses for management use.
• Advanced ability to serve as a technical leader and information resource, and to work collaboratively with senior staff and management across departments, providing advice, counsel, and analysis on issues of policy, functionality, system efficiency, upgrades, business analytics, and industry advances and trends.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (MSN), Nursing Informatics, or related field (preferred).
• Three to five (3-5) years of clinical nursing experience (preferred).
• Experience with patient acuity systems and staffing models (preferred).
• Certification in Nursing Informatics (RN-BC) (preferred).
• Experience with scheduling/workforce management systems (preferred).

Skills

Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Annual Full Pay Range: Unclassified - No data available (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%).

Schedule

Days, 8-Hour Shifts, Monday-Friday.