Clinical Informatics Specialist 2

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support (per year)

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

Inova Health is seeking a Clinical Informatics Specialist 2 to join our team on a full-time, day-shift basis with a hybrid work schedule. The role focuses on advancing informatics initiatives across hospital and ambulatory settings, promoting EMR adoption, and partnering with clinicians and IT to implement system improvements.

You will support clinical designs, BI efforts, and change management while collaborating with service lines and education teams to deliver actionable insights and safe,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is required or equivalent.
• Associate degree with 2+ years of relevant experience or HS diploma with 4+ years of relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of healthcare experience and 3 years in Informatics, BI or Change Management.

Responsibilities

• Assist development, organization and promotion of informatics initiatives across the health system.
• Support clinical and operational improvement teams with clinical designs and BI.
• Facilitate adoption of EMRs and promote clinical practice standards.
• Collaborate across departments with service line leaders to implement improvements and clinical IT systems changes.
• Act as liaison for information systems communication and priority setting for physician concerns.
• Document clinical designs, requirements and workflows for IT translation, and maintain knowledge bases.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree + 2 years relevant experience

HS Diploma/GED + 4 years relevant experience

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Inova Health is looking for a dedicatedClinical Informatics Specialist 2to join the team. This opportunity is Full-time Day Shift: Monday–Friday, general office hours with a Hybrid work schedule.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

Committed to Team Member Health:offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

Retirement:Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

Mental Health Support:offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Work/Life Balance:offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, hybrid career opportunities.

Clinical Informatics Spec 2 Job Responsibilities:

• Assist the activities related to the development, organization, direction, and promotion of informatics initiatives within IHS to include hospitals, ambulatory clinics, emergency department, continuing medical education programs, in-service events.
• Supports clinical and operational improvement teams by developing and refining clinical designs, serving as a liaison between health system providers, clinicians, and information system leadership.
• Facilitates adoption of EMRs and builds relationships with internal and external clinicians to promote technology adoption and clinical practice standards.
• Works collaboratively across departments and with service line leaders to plan, create, and implement improvements, as well as develop and implement clinical information systems change and proactive business intelligence.
• Serves as a key liaison to information systems communication to establish priorities and devise targeted approaches for services lines and specific physician concerns.
• Participates with clinical and operational improvement teams. On these teams directs and documents clinical designs, requirements, and workflows. Translates these requirements into specification for the IT team.
• Leverages various communication tools, social media outlets and other methods to collaborate with physician’s, physician support staff and other key stakeholders.
• Maintains up-to-date clinical information system change management databases, evidence-based content, issue tracking tools, and related vendor and other knowledge bases in the areas they support.
• Coordinates the development and delivery of educational content and training for internal and external physicians, support staff, and IHS team members in partnership with IHS training team, super users, and other clinical support leaders.
• Actively participates in safety initiatives and implements risk mitigating measures as appropriate, ensuring compliance with all position-related requirements.
• Ensures that IT systems are designed to meet the clinical goals of high reliability care and a seamless experience for patients and providers.
• Supports system-wide projects and initiatives to ensure that implementation and redesign of IT systems are maximally effective.
• Maintains working knowledge of theories, practices, procedures, and related technology systems within healthcare informatics and routinely broadens capabilities.
• Owns an area of EMR content or methodology. May develop standards and tools, coordinates, and leads this area, maintains knowledge and documentation on behalf and with the matrixed informatics team. Provides detailed analysis of complex issues and assignments for key stakeholders and technical and troubleshooting support for escalated system issues.
• Contributes to the creation and maintenance of knowledge base articles and/or technical and procedural documentation as needed
• Education:Bachelor's degree; OR Associate degree and 2 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum Experience requirement; OR HS Diploma/GED and 4 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum Experience requirement
• Experience: At least 5 years of relevant healthcare experience AND 3 year Informatics, Business Intelligence or Change Management

Preferred Qualifications:

• Clinical experience
• Experience supporting clinicians with technology in a large hospital setting
• Experience with Clinical Pathways
• EPIC experience

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.