Clinical Informaticist (Full-Time) Hybrid
Schedule: M-F 8:30-5p
Please note:
- There could be off shift/weekends as needed for Go Lives
- Travel to other locations as needed is required
Job Summary:
The Senior Clinical Informaticist manages multiple IT and informatics lead projects and develops complex workflow designs and trouble shoots complex clinical and operational problems involving multiple teams and stakeholders. The Senior Clinical Informaticist independently utilizes process improvement and change management methodologies to create and implement operational readiness strategies.
The Senior Clinical Informaticist is an expert informatics specialist who acts as mentor and preceptor to Clinical Informaticists. They are an internal consultant who partners with organizational leaders and collaborates with system end users, across the continuum of care responsible for the successful clinical transformation, IT governance, adoption, and interoperability of clinical systems.
The Senior Clinical Informaticists proposes emerging technology industry solutions and innovations and develops relationships with internal and external customers, the Epic community organization, active membership on professional organizations, advisory councils, and IT vendors. Drives epic benchmark and other technology usage metrics among the department and within the governance structure. Utilizes data to drive innovation and proposes emerging technology and innovative workflows for operational and clinical problems identified.
Position Responsibilities:
Clinical Transformation
Analyzes, designs, and documents current state and future state workflows that streamline process, and minimize or eliminate points of failure for system users
Integrates workflow and IT efficiency solutions and optimizations that improve end user satisfaction and adoption, provide clinical decision support, improve patient outcomes, and decrease alert fatigue and documentation burden.
Develop and implement clinical transformation and operational readiness strategies to define and deliver technology solutions
Design the implementation and optimization of IT applications and new systems through the design, build, testing, training, implementation, and sustainability phases
Create operational readiness activities and at-the-elbow support for rollout and maintenance of ongoing projects and optimizations
Ensure safe and effective use of IT clinical applications and operational downtime readiness.
System optimization
Work with operations leadership to optimize the clinical and operational work environment and provide ongoing support in all clinical systems employed by their customers.
In an ongoing manner, process map complex customer work streams, identifying.
inefficiencies and bottlenecks and mobilizing appropriate improvementresources.
Proactively identify/escalate user needs and operational issues that impact workflow orproject success.
Assists with projects and upgrades as necessary following all project management standards.
Oversee Informatics service now cue and collaborates with various IT and operational departments to identify customer problems, troubleshoot issues, and recommend IT solutions and options
Manages multiple and complex projects and upgrades as necessary following all project management standards.
Build and test new configuration in partnership with a Senior Application Analyst under the clinical builder program.
Adheres to IT standards with Problem Management, Change Management, Content Management, available for 24/7 support as needed.
Analytics/Process Improvement
Identify, analyze, explain, and use data to illustrate barriers to care and inform operational decision making through relevant data collected via the electronic health record or other related systems
Analyze adoption and efficiency data (ex. NEAT, Signal, epic benchmark data etc) to direct informatics team and inform end user adoption opportunities.
Collaborate with data scientists to develop and integrate artificial intelligence and intelligent automation into clinical workflows
Identify the need for and advocate for IT system additions, modifications, and
enhancements.
Strategic Partnerships/Governance
Proposes emerging technology industry solutions, innovations and develops relationships with internal and external customers, the Epic community organization, active membership on professional organizations, advisory councils, and IT vendors. Is aware of Epic roadmap and best practices.
Acts as an IT liaison to customers for migration to a fully digital environment
and the integration of all work flows and devices into the EMR
Works with multiple clinical committees and operational leaders, clinicians, and staff on content, policy design, and training.
Co-chairs and/or facilitates IT user groups to gain operational input on system usage, requests and optimizations.
Oversees regular communication to operational customers regarding IT optimizations, projects, downtime preparation and positive returns of IT solutions
Perform informatics consultations and outline options and recommendations to identified problems
Program Development/Leadership
Mentors Clinical Informaticist
Mentors Informatics Liaisons and Informatics students
Conducts and disseminates informatics research
Educates the organization on technology enabled care
Position Qualifications Required / Experience Required:
4 or more years clinical practice experience in a healthcare environment (ex. RN, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Radiology Technician) and 4 or more years clinical informatics experience.
Strong analytical / problem solving skills, outstanding communication skills. Demonstrated aptitude or interest in digital systems/tools, and a demonstrated history of top performance.
3 or more years of leadership/management experience preferred
Required Education:
Masters Degree in Nursing or Clinical Informaticsother allied health degree (e.g. Pharmacist, Resp Therapist).
If current degree(s) are not in healthcare or nursing informatics, an approved college level certificate program in healthcare or nursing informatics must be completed within 2 years of hire.
Additional Undergraduate degree or training in IT or computer science preferred.
Training/Certifications/Licensure:
Epic Clinical Builder Certification achieved within 6 months of hire in the absence of existing Epic certification in a clinical application (ex. Clinical Documentation, ASAP, Cupid, Orders, Ambulatory,)
Professional Board Certification in informatics (Ex. ANCC) achieved within 1 year of hire
Epic certification in a clinical application(s) preferred
Six Sigma- green or black belt certification preferred
PMP or CPMA certification preferred
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