Clinical Informatics Specialist: EHR Optimization

University of Maryland Medical System Corporation; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 56,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Maryland Medical System Corporation seeks a Clinical Informaticist to optimize EHR and health IT solutions across inpatient and outpatient settings, improving patient care, safety, and efficiency.

You will design, train, test, deploy, and support clinical applications, analyze data for quality initiatives, and collaborate with clinical and IT teams to ensure system usability and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Health Informatics, Allied Health, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum of one year of experience in clinical, healthcare operations, or clinical informatics.
• Experience with Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, preferably Epic, including implementation, optimization, or upgrade projects.
• Current clinical licensure in the State of Maryland (or Compact eligible), if applicable.
• Epic certification or commitment to achieve and maintain certification within a defined timeframe.

Responsibilities

• Partner with interprofessional teams to redesign workflows leveraging technology to improve performance and outcomes.
• Facilitate innovation by integrating health IT solutions supporting efficiency, quality, and patient safety.
• Evaluate performance across care delivery and operations to identify improvement opportunities.
• Support configuration, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management of clinical and operational applications.
• Lead or support system go lives, upgrades, and optimization initiatives with hands-on support.
• Design and deliver user training for clinical and operational roles including Super Users and leadership.
• Collect and analyze user feedback to support continuous system improvements.
• Extract, analyze, and present data from clinical, financial, and operational sources for quality and safety initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

Change management

Clinical workflows

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Epic

Job description

The University of Maryland Medical System Corporation seeks a Clinical Informaticist to optimize EHR and health IT solutions across inpatient and outpatient settings, improving patient care, safety, and efficiency.

You will design, train, test, deploy, and support clinical applications, analyze data for quality initiatives, and collaborate with clinical and IT teams to ensure system usability and governance.