Hybrid Clinical Informatics Lab Specialist

Agence PROvidence; Tacoma (WA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Providence is seeking a Clinical Informatics Lab Specialist to support laboratory components of the EHR, CDS, and LIS. The role requires independent work, collaboration with informatics teams, and data-driven decision support to optimize laboratory workflows and system functions.

You will align changes with patient safety, regulatory goals, and communicate effectively with clinicians, executives, and vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Clinical discipline, Information Technology/Informatics, Business, Education, Management, Communications, or related field or equivalent education/experience.
• 2 years in a position that has the same or similar primary duties working with a clinical information system within a healthcare setting.
• Experience with EHR systems.
• Experience with benefits and challenges of adult learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and application expertise and recommend processes and/or procedures for enhancements, and modifications to improve existing laboratory information systems.
• Respond to improvement needs in the functional operation of the laboratory computer systems.
• Collaborate and document system design and workflow processes of system needs for clinical and laboratory management, staff, and providers.
• Function as a liaison between laboratory stakeholders and the system build teams.
• Provide technical and application expertise to design, analyze, and optimize clinical and laboratory information systems.
• Ensure system design, achieve Health System objectives of standardization, integration, and efficiency and supports compliance with policies and procedures, legal and regulatory requirements.
• Share knowledge and expertise with team members.
• Work collaboratively with the education team to develop change communication and training materials. Obtain approval where required.
• Perform routine maintenance when appropriate; assist with testing updates and new releases prior to production use.

Skills

EHR systems experience

Clinical informatics

Stakeholder collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in clinical discipline or related field

Tools

Laboratory Information Systems (LIS)

Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems

Job description

Providence is seeking a Clinical Informatics Lab Specialist to support laboratory components of the EHR, CDS, and LIS. The role requires independent work, collaboration with informatics teams, and data-driven decision support to optimize laboratory workflows and system functions.

You will align changes with patient safety, regulatory goals, and communicate effectively with clinicians, executives, and vendors.