Clinical Informaticist

Comprehensive Healthcare; Yakima (WA); On-site; USD 79,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Comprehensive Healthcare in Yakima, WA is seeking a Clinical Informaticist to optimize IT use in patient care, align EHR/CDSS with workflows, and support scalable health information systems.

This in-person role requires a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience in healthcare informatics, EHRs, and data-driven improvement, with duties spanning deployment, training, analysis, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health informatics, nursing, healthcare administration, IT, or related field.
• Six years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong knowledge of clinical workflows, EHR systems, and healthcare IT.

Responsibilities

• Integrates and implements new technologies in the clinical environment to improve client care and decision-making.
• Collaborates with clinicians, IS teams, and vendors to streamline processes and enhance outcomes.
• Develops informatics strategies to improve workflows, data accuracy, and patient safety.
• Oversees deployment and maintenance of EHR and clinical systems to meet provider needs.
• Analyzes clinical data to identify trends, measure outcomes, and generate reports.

Skills

Healthcare informatics knowledge

Clinical workflows

EHR systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in health informatics or related field

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Yakima, WA 98902, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: Bachelor's degree, Salary Range: $37.99 - $56.99 Hourly, Job Shift: Day, Who is Comprehensive Healthcare?

Comprehensive Healthcare provides innovative behavioral health and integrated healthcare services to clients of all ages. We take pride in our creative and collaborative work environment and in delivering clinically excellent, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented services.

What are we looking for in a Clinical Informaticist?

Focuses on the effective use of information technology (IT) to improve patient care, enhance the efficiency of healthcare providers, and ensure optimal utilization of healthcare resources. Bridges the gap between clinical staff and IT professionals, ensuring the seamless integration of electronic health records (EHR), clinical decision support systems (CDSS) and other healthcare technologies into daily practice. Assesses and recommends clinical workflows within existing EHR application and practice management systems. Evaluates new technologies and determines when a new EHR is needed to support our strategy of scalability, sustainability, and community impact.

This is an in-person position at the posted location; remote or hybrid work is not available.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S without the need for current or future visa sponsorship; H-1B visa sponsorship is not offered.

Clinical Informaticist duties may include:

• Integrates and implements new technologies in the clinical environment. Bridges the gap between healthcare and technology, ensuring that clinical informatics systems are designed, implemented, and utilized to improve client care, enhance workflows, and promote data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborates with healthcare professionals, the Information Systems team, and vendors to streamline processes, integrate new technologies, and enhance client outcomes.
• Develops and implements informatics strategies to enhance clinical workflows, data accuracy, and client safety.
• Oversees the deployment and maintenance of EHR, CDSS, and other clinical systems to ensure they meet the needs of healthcare providers and patients.
• Analyzes clinical data to identify trends, measure outcomes, and generate reports that support decision-making processes.
• Provides technical training and support to clinical staff on the use of health information systems and technologies to ensure they are effectively utilized.
• Conducts and participates in testing of existing technologies, upgrades and the piloting of new solutions. Continuously monitors and evaluates the performance of clinical informatics systems, identifying and resolving issues promptly.
• Collaborates with clinical staff to develop and implement quality improvement initiatives based on data insights and best practices.
• Provides recommendations for continuous improvement and change management, leveraging data, analytics and operational workflows.
• Maintains a current working knowledge of healthcare regulations, standards, and best practices to ensure health information systems comply with regulatory requirements and that patient data is securely managed and protected.
• Facilitates the integration of various health information systems to ensure interoperability and seamless sharing of patient data across different platforms.
• Integrates healthcare IT systems, enhancing data management and clinical workflows.
• Manages all clinical application releases and upgrades, assesses changes, tests with stakeholder groups to determine impacts, and trains on those changes.
• Trains new employees and creates tailored training for all SmartCare and clinical application workflows.
• Supports the strategic vision of developing and implementing a model of whole-person care to meet individual, family, community, and population-specific needs to improve overall health (i.e., CCBHC).
• Optimized clinical workflows.
• Collaborates with applications support team and subject matter experts to test and validate EHR monthly service packs and new version releases to keep key applications current, allow for timelier utilization of new features, and mitigate system breaks (i.e., A/R and billing issues).
• Provides effective training for IS tools and supports CCBHC initiatives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in health informatics, nursing, healthcare administration, information technology, or related field.
• Six years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Previous experience with healthcare informatics or related roles and a strong knowledge of clinical workflows, EHR systems and healthcare information technology.

What Comprehensive Healthcare Can Offer You

Training and Development

• A variety of career opportunities in a wide range of settings with room for mobility and promotion
• Regular training opportunities including support, supervision, and consultation in implementing evidence-based services and programs

Innovative Program & Services

• A strong reputation for providing quality, evidence-based services within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team environment
• Innovative, forward-looking leadership that seeks to thrive in an ever-changing healthcare environment
• Joint Commission-accredited organization committed to continuous quality improvement
• Established partnerships with major research universities and other community and healthcare providers to implement cutting-edge treatment programs and services

Excellent Benefits

• Competitive salaries within our communities and industry
• Healthcare coverage for employee and qualified family members
• Generous vacation, paid holiday and sick leave policies
• Access to Employee Assistance Program services
• Agency-funded retirement plan with contributions equal to 5% of compensation
• Additional retirement investment opportunities with a 50% investment match of up to 4% of compensation
• Agency-funded life and disability insurance program
• Employer-funded student loan repayment assistance
• Site eligibility for federal student loan repayment through Nurse Corps

Equal Opportunity Employer: Equal Opportunity Employer

Comprehensive Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. We value the diverse perspectives and strengths that our employees bring to the workplace and we encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply for our positions. The Human Resources department offers accommodations and assistance for the application and interview process; please contact us to make arrangements.