Clinical Informatics Manager

nebraskamed; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nebraska Medicine is seeking a Clinical Informatics Manager to lead the informatics team and partner with clinicians, operations and IT to enhance patient safety, quality and workflow efficiency. The role requires hybrid work on campus in Nebraska/Iowa and prior leadership in healthcare informatics.

The candidate will drive complex initiatives, translate healthcare challenges into technology solutions, and guide prioritization across enterprise informatics projects to improve outcomes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years nursing, allied health, healthcare informatics or related healthcare experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in clinical, healthcare, information technology, business, information systems or related field.
• Currently licensed as an allied health professional in Nebraska or compact state as required.
• Demonstrated understanding of process/workflow transformation.
• Project management experience and experience with electronic health records.
• Minimum of two years of leadership experience.
• Formal education or training in informatics.
• Knowledge of operational healthcare workflows.
• Proficient in systems analysis, quality improvement, and industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage, direct, and coordinate all informatics and clinical effectiveness activities to ensure efficient system workflows and alignment with clinical needs.
• Translate clinical needs into technology-enabled solutions and optimize system tools.
• Manage informaticists workloads to reduce variability and improve patient quality, safety, and outcomes.
• Prioritize informatics projects for timely implementation and optimal resource use.
• Develop and implement policies to promote transparency, collaboration and innovation in system design.
• Monitor application maintenance, alarms, and alerts and report critical issues to leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Healthcare informatics

EHR knowledge

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Informatics training

Tools

Microsoft Office

EPIC

Job description

Serious Medicine is what we do. Being extraordinary is who we are. Every colleague plays a key role in upholding this promise to our patients and their families.

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Clinical Informatics Manager

Lead the Future of Clinical Informatics at Nebraska Medicine!

Are you passionate about improving patient care through technology, innovation, and collaboration? Nebraska Medicine is seeking an experienced clinical leader to lead our Informatics team and partner with clinical, operational, and IT leaders to improve patient safety, quality, workflow effectiveness, and operational efficiency across the enterprise. In this role, you will lead a team of informaticists, partner with organizational leaders to support informed decision-making and prioritization, drive complex initiatives, and help translate healthcare challenges into meaningful technology-enabled solutions. This is a hybrid position and requires flexibility to work on-site.

Details: Clinical Informatics Manager

• Candidate must live in Nebraska or Iowa
• This is a hybrid position, must be able to work on campus
• Preferred consideration will be given to applicants with project Management Institute (PMI) Certification or Project Management Professional (PMP) or a program recognized by PMI
• Resume REQUIRED for consideration

Why Work at Nebraska Medicine?

• Together. Extraordinary. Join a team that values your skills, delivering exceptional care through collaboration.
• Leading Health Network Work with the region’s top academic health network, partnering with UNMC to transform lives through education, research, and patient care.
• Dignity and Respect: We value all backgrounds and experiences, reflecting the communities we serve.
• Educational Support Enjoy up to $5,000/year in tuition assistance, a 35% discount at Clarkson College, and career advancement opportunities with covered educational costs. Enjoy support for your personal growth within the organization, from those just starting your healthcare careers to those who are years down the path.

Be part of something extraordinary at Nebraska Medicine!

The Clinical Informatics Manager will plan, manage, direct, and coordinate all informatics and clinical effectiveness activities to ensure effective and efficient system workflows, responsiveness to clinical, research, and educational operational needs and optimization of applications to achieve enterprise goals for patient quality, safety and value across the continuum. Assist with implementation and optimization of evidence-based best practice by aligning clinical needs with system tools. Manage informaticists workloads to ensure that projects achieve the goal of reduced variability in care through the development and implementation of evidence-based best practices to realize cost savings and develop programs, while improving patient quality, safety, and outcomes. Prioritize and support informatics projects to allow for timely implementation, effective resource utilization, and alignment with enterprise strategic and operational priorities. Develop and implement policies, procedures, and processes to support and facilitate transparency, engagement, collaboration and innovation in system design. Monitor maintenance related to application decision support, alarms, and alerts, and report critical issues and needs to leadership. Facilitate building, planning, problem solving, and prioritization discussions between informatics resources, application teams, information technology specialists, clinicians, and leadership.

Required Qualifications: Clinical Informatics Manager

• Minimum of five years nursing, allied health, healthcare informatics or other related healthcare experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in clinical, healthcare, information technology, business, information systems or related field required.
• Currently licensed as an allied health professional (e.g. nurse, pharmacist, respiratory therapist, etc.) in the state of Nebraska or current compact state license only as required in accordance with appropriate degree required.
• Demonstrated understanding and experience with process/workflow transformation required.
• Project management experience and experience with electronic health records required.
• Minimum of two years of leadership experience required.
• Formal education or training in informatics required.
• Knowledge of operational healthcare/hospital/clinic workflows required.
• Proficient knowledge of systems analysis and design, continuous quality improvement, and industry best practices, tools, and standards required.
• Strong customer service and communication skills, including written, verbal, and interpersonal required.
• Ability to effectively lead and manage people, as well as lead and manage complex information systems projects required.
• Knowledge of team building concepts, with ability to promote cooperation, communication and teamwork required.
• Strong project management, process improvement and presentation skills required.
• Strong organization skills including the ability to coordinate multiple activities concurrently to ensure critical project paths are met is required.
• Analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills necessary.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications required.
• Close attention to detail required.
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with leadership and all levels of colleagues, including users and non-users of the EHR required.

PreferredQualifications: Clinical Informatics Manager

• EPIC applications experience preferred.
• Master’s degree or doctorate degree in informatics, nursing, pharmacy, business or other healthcare related/clinical field preferred.
• Epic application/informatics certification preferred.
• Project Management Institute (PMI) Certification or Project Management Professional (PMP) or a program recognized by PMI preferred.
• Professional certification in nursing informatics or healthcare information technology from accredited organization preferred.
• Strong understanding of the organization's policies, procedures, and business operations preferred.
• Experience applying expertise to problems to increase operational efficiency with applications and systems required.
• Experience building external network of healthcare peers to problem solve preferred.

Nebraska Medicine is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity and protected veterans’ status.