Clinical Informatics Specialist III - Surgical/Procedural

Cone Health Medical Group; Greensboro (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Cone Health Medical Group is seeking a Clinical Informatics Specialist III to coordinate, integrate, and analyze clinical processes across the Health System using information technology, process design, and evidence to improve patient care and outcomes.

This hybrid role requires frequent onsite presence (1-2 weeks per month) and relocation for non-local candidates; you will lead initiatives, promote EMR adoption, and guide teams in designing workflows aligned with clinical goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required; licensed healthcare professional preferred.
• 5 years in clinical informatics and Epic Clinical Applications.
• Knowledge of HIPAA/HITECH and CMS guidelines.
• Ability to analyze complex data and manage change.

Responsibilities

• Leads informatics initiatives across the health system.
• Promotes EMR adoption and clinical practice standards.
• Directs improvement teams to refine workflows and translate requirements into IT specs.
• Supports system-wide IT projects aligned with high reliability care.
• Liaises with information systems to establish priorities and address physician concerns.
• Mentors informatics staff and develops training/content as needed.
• Performs additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical informatics

Epic Clinical Applications

Change management

Project management

Quality improvement

Agile

LEAN

ITIL

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Licensed healthcare professional

Degree in Clinical Informatics

Master's in public health

Tools

Epic

Data management systems

Job description

The Clinical Informatics Specialist III will coordinate, integrate, and analyze clinical processes across the Health System using clinical information technology, process design, and evidence to improve patient care, quality, and financial goals. They will work collaboratively on the design and implementation of technology to improve care and experiences of Health System's patients, providers, team members. This role develops the informatics program, people, and methodologies across Health System Health and is engaged with the national standards, professional disciplines, and vendor forums.

This position is hybrid but requires frequent onsite presence/1-2 weeks onsite per month. Candidates not local, must be willing to relocate to the area.

Essential Job Function:

• Leads the activities related to the development, organization, direction, and promotion of informatics initiatives.
• Facilitates adoption of EMRs and builds relationships with internal and external clinicians to promote technology adoption and clinical practice standards.
• Directs clinical and operational improvement teams in developing and refining clinical designs, requirements, and workflows. May lead clinical and operational improvement teams, direct documentation of designs, requirements, and workflows and translating these requirements into specifications for the IT team. Facilitates stakeholder and governance approval of these designs.
• Supports system-wide projects and initiatives to ensure that implementation and redesign of IT systems are maximally effective. Ensures IT systems are designed to meet the clinical goals of high reliability care and a seamless experience for patients and providers.
• Actively participates in safety initiatives and implements risk-mitigating measures as appropriate, ensuring compliance with all position-related requirements.
• Serves as a key liaison to information systems, communicating to establish priorities and devise targeted approaches for service lines and specific physician concerns.
• Works collaboratively across the organization to ensure quality, facilitate and implement change, and mentor and support informatics capabilities development.
• Contributes to the creation and maintenance of knowledge base articles and/or technical and procedural documentation as needed. May coordinate 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.
• Serves as expert for clinical applications and data use.
• Supervises and trains lower level Informaticists.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Education:

Required:

• Bachelors degree
• Requires a licensed healthcare professional including Registered Nurse, Medical Technologist, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or equivalent with comparable education, clinical training, and scope of practice.

Preferred:

• Degree in Clinical Informatics.
• Master's in public health, master's in business, or substantial experience commensurate with such degrees.

Experience:

Required:

• 5 years in clinical informatics and Epic Clinical Applications.
• 5 years of experience in a complex healthcare setting.
• Proficient knowledge and demonstrated experience of relevant regulatory requirements, such as HITECH, HIPAA Privacy & Security and other CMS regulations and guidelines.
• In-depth knowledge of clinical practice, health care administration; patient safety; information and data management systems and associated software applications and configurations.
• Mastery of skills required to support the build and management of data systems and the ability to analyze complex data sets to address clinical, operational, and personnel management issues.
• Change management, project management skills, including financial and budget management, scheduling and resource management.
• Proficient in Quality improvement and IT methodologies. Agile, LEAN, product, Agil, ITIL.

Licensure/Certification/Listing:

Required:

• License and Certification in applicable clinical field.
• Licensure in the state if required by the state board.
• Quality, safety or process improvement certification (examples: Agile, LEAN) or similar comparable experience.

Preferred:

• Board certification Clinical Informatics.
• Epic certifications.