Clinical Informatics Specialist (Full-Time)

Pender Community Hospital District; Pender (NE); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Life Insurance

PTO

403(b) Plan

Savings Accounts

GIP Bonus

Job summary

Pender Community Hospital District is seeking a Clinical Informatics Specialist (Full-Time) to drive the integration and application of information technology in patient care. The role serves as a liaison between clinicians and IT professionals, guiding testing, training, and the phased implementation of clinical systems.

You will lead informatics projects using evidence-based approaches, align workflows with regulatory standards, and promote data-driven decisions to improve EMR usage and

Qualifications

• Experience with clinical information systems is strongly preferred
• Advanced education in medical informatics is preferred; Meditech Expanse EHR preferred
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program or related field preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical informatics projects using evidence-based planning
• Serve as liaison between clinicians and IT teams
• Coordinate testing, training, and phased IT implementations
• Develop training plans and user documentation
• Monitor user adoption and outcomes of IT solutions
• Communicate system changes and downtime procedures

Skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Clinical IT liaison

SBAR communication

Data-driven decisions

Education

Medical informatics

Nursing degree (preferred)

Job description

Clinical Informatics Specialist (Full-Time)

• Job Tracking ID:26-36-IT-H
• Job Level:Entry Level (less than 2 years)

The Clinical Informatics Specialist will collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups, and functions as the point-person in promoting the understanding, integration, and application of information technology in healthcare settings in accordance with strategic business objectives. This role serves as a liaison between clinicians and IT professionals to facilitate a common understanding of the clinical standards and process improvement activities across multidisciplinary teams throughout the lifecycle of clinical systems. The Clinical Informatics Specialist will play a major role in the testing, training activities, and the phased implementation of information technology projects.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead clinical informatics projects to ensure they are plannedand implemented using evidence-based practices for planning,understanding, guiding and delivering responsible and efficientpatient care.
• Incorporates understanding of clinical business operationsinto the role of liaison between the clinical customer andtechnical support teams.
• Utilize the SBAR process to plan recommendations forinformatics solutions.
• Leads efforts to ensure workflows/processes are current withregulatory agencies and best practice standards.
• Identifies changes to systems to comply with policies andprocedures in the most efficient manner.
• Utilize data to drive process, workflow and behavior change asit relates to appropriate and efficient use of electronic medicalrecords (EMR) and other clinical technology.
• Serves as a resource to end users for information systems andtechnology; effectively communicate system changes, workflowprocess changes, downtime procedures, etc.
• Participates in the production and distribution ofcommunications related to technology through active internalnetworking, clinical liaison role, newsletters, announcements andother technology-based mechanisms to health professionals.
• Routinely conduct intentional rounding in patient care areasto gain overall knowledge of facility specific workflow, patientthroughput, and challenges with technology solutions.
• Monitors outcome and evaluates user adoption of current andnewly implemented information technology and functionality.
• Coordinates and develops training plans and user documentationfor all clinical based systems.

Schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours/week ( Not aremote position)

Experience and Skills

Education, Experience

• Previous experience involving the implementation and use ofclinical information systems is strongly preferred
• Advanced education in the field of medical informatics ispreferred. Experience with Meditech Expanse EHR preferred
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program or other applicablerelated field preferred

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able toperform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilitiesto perform the essential functions. The requirements listed beloware representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide
• Ability to generate, read, interpret, and take action as itrelates to basic financial statements, national and stateregulations, safety rulings, operational and maintenance, maps andorganizational policies / procedures
• Ability to write reports and correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information to patients,families, employees, health care providers, etc...
• Ability to work cooperatively and communicate effectively tomaintain good working relationships with staff and health care providers
• Ability to work with skill in identifying problems

EQUIPMENT, TOOLS, MATERIALS

• Knowledge of computer hardware equipment and softwareapplications relevant to work functions.

Standard full-time benefits:Benefits go intoeffect on the 1stof the month following 30 days ofemployment.Include but not limited to:

• Health Insurance: PPO and H.S.A. option; PCH paysa portion of premiums
• Life Insurance: Life and Accidental Death andDismemberment Plan at no cost to the employee; opportunity topurchase additional coverage also available
• Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrue hours based on apercentage rate (set by years of service) multiplied by the numberof hours worked in a pay period
• 403(b) Retirement: The hospital will matchemployee contributions for their retirement, up to a percentageemployee gross wage
• Medical and Dependent Care Savings Accounts
• Group Incentive Plan (GIP): The hospital setsfacility wide goals for our annual fiscal year. Depending on howmany of those goals we meet at the end of the fiscal year thatdetermines the amount of bonus employees receive.

This institution is an EEO/AA Employer and Provider - ProtectedVeterans and Individuals with Disabilities.