Informaticist / Clinical Informatics

Hartford HealthCare; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits program for work/life balance

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is hiring for a position in Clinical Informatics. This role focuses on promoting the use of innovative technologies aligned with clinical initiatives and improving workflows. Responsibilities include supporting project movement, collaborating with teams, and analyzing data for new technologies.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or a related field, five years of experience in a healthcare environment, and excellent communication skills. A competitive benefits program is also offered.

Qualifications

• Five years relevant experience in a challenging healthcare environment.
• Experience with Electronic Medical Records; Epic preferred.
• Active professional licensure in Connecticut.

Responsibilities

• Assist in strategic project movement and alignment of resources.
• Collaborate on building and documenting workflows.
• Analyze data to inform technology implementation.

Skills

Strong analytics skills

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Strong financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Clinical Specialty

MSN or advanced degree in Informatics

Tools

Electronic Medical Record systems

Lean methodology

Project Management tools

Job description

Location Detail: 9 Farm Springs Rd Farmington (10566)

Position Summary

The department of Clinical Informatics leverages our uniquely equipped Physician and Nurse Informaticists to promote and improve the utilization of innovative technologies consistent with the goals and objectives of clinical and strategic initiatives of the organization and to support care transformation. We serve as liaisons between Clinicians and Information Technology to align clinical standards with IT standards, and develop workflows, processes and policies. Our teams provide support to our Regions, Institutes, and councils as well as supporting and driving system wide projects that leverage innovation to achieve healthcare transformation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in strategic project movement, including participating in meetings, reviewing documents, aligning resources, and interfacing between the build team and clinical colleagues.
• Collaborate with project teams on initiatives including building workflows, documenting workflows, and planning meeting agendas.
• Manage work group meetings and participate in system committees and task forces. Provide advice and support to requestors. Assist with clinical communication, rounding with nursing, and translating clinical requests into actionable SBARs.
• Analyze data and identify trends to inform the selection and implementation of new technologies and processes.
• Develop and implement change management strategies to guide the clinical teams through the transition to new tools and systems.
• Collaborate with the Center for AI Innovation in Healthcare to ensure alignment and understanding of potential AI applications within our system.
• Advocate for the ethical and responsible use of technology in healthcare, prioritizing patient privacy and security.

Qualifications

Education

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Clinical Specialty. Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or either related field or equivalent work experience.
• Preferred: MSN, MS, MBA or advanced degree in Informatics with major coursework in Clinical Specialty, Computer Science, Analytics or healthcare management.

Experience

• Minimum: Five years relevant experience in a challenging healthcare environment, including demonstrated successful management of program, teams.
• Strong analytics skills, written and verbal communication skills and customer service experience in a health care setting.
• Preferred: Outstanding knowledge of Healthcare clinical operations.
• Three (3–5) years Electronic Medical Record experience; Epic preferred.
• Three (3) years of experience with a variety of clinical systems & technologies including mobile devices, remote monitoring, virtual health, analytics and innovation desirable.
• Three (3) years of project leadership experience.
• Experience working with Lean or Six Sigma in a project role.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

• Minimum: Active professional licensure (RN, APRN, or other Clinical Specialty) in the State of Connecticut.
• Preferred: Informatics or other specialty certification in related field. Project Management Professional certification, Change Management Methodology and Change Management Methodology, LEAN.

Knowledge, Skills And Ability Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong business relationships.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Strong financial acumen, proven ability to connect the linkages of the project results to the financial and business benefits.
• Persuasive, collaborative business acumen with the ability to influence others.
• Executive presentation skills and ability to communicate with all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced working environment.
• Knowledge of project and change management principles and terms.
• Requires advanced computer skills (e.g., generating spreadsheet or word processing macros; developing templates for use by other team members; preparing presentations).
• Demonstrated leadership, facilitation and networking skills with an ability to identify and solve operational problems and support the mission and vision of HHC. Demonstrated experience with Lean methodology and project management.
• Demonstrated service excellence and customer service orientation.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and prioritize in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities. Able to flex work hours based on project requirements to meet organizational goals.

Benefits

Competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.