Informatics Manager

Apicha; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12 Paid Holidays

Health Insurance Coverage

Flexible Spending Account

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Apicha Community Health Center is seeking an Informatics Manager to oversee clinical information systems in a high‑volume NYC healthcare setting. You will administer EHR tools, coordinate data workflows, and collaborate with clinicians to deliver reliable technical solutions.

The role includes project planning, end-user training, and staff supervision to ensure top quality patient care through optimized informatics processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare, human services, computer science, informatics or related field required.
• Advanced degree in healthcare informatics preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience with an electronic health record (eClinicalWorks preferred).
• Experience creating project plans, managing timelines and risks.
• Experience using EHR data to support quality reporting and improve patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead informatics projects from planning through implementation.
• Develop training and onboarding plans for EHR and clinical information systems.
• Collaborate with clinical staff to design workflows and system optimizations.
• Coordinate with IT on EHR updates, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Provide supervision to EMR Support Specialist and oversee ongoing maintenance.

Skills

Project management

Training

Staff management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in healthcare, human services, computer science, informatics or related field

Advanced degree in healthcare informatics or related field

Tools

eClinicalWorks

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

EHR software

Job description

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Informatics Manager

Full Time Management Manhattan, New York, NY, US 1 Attachments

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1660

Salary Range: $92,000.00 To $115,000.00 Annually

Apicha Community Health Center aims to improve community health by providing access to comprehensive primary care, preventive health services, mental health, and supportive services. The center is dedicated to delivering high-quality, culturally competent services that enhance the quality of life. It also advocates for and offers a welcoming environment for underserved and vulnerable populations.

Position Summary:

The Informatics Manager administers the clinical information systems to coordinate and manage data used by teams caring for patients in a healthcare setting. Job Details: Installs and configures clinical information systems to maintain patient data. Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. Provide end user support and training. Collaborate with clinical staff to provide technical solutions.

The major responsibilities of this position include the following duties, but are not limited to:

Project Management:

• Create project plans managing the scope, schedule on informatics-related projects.
• Monitor issues, risks, and follow up documentation related to project implementations.
• Assumes responsibility and demonstrates initiative; Works collaboratively and constructively with team members, able to balance multiple projects with moderate complexity.

Training:

• Develops and implements training and onboarding plans as they relate to the EHR and other clinical information systems.
• Develop a training curriculum to align with EHR clinical/ non-clinical workflows.
• Provides coaching, training and consulting to end-users on all levels to develop and facilitate the learning of applications.
• Conduct workflow gap analyses when necessary to improve processes in the EHR.
• Re-training staff based on system upgrades and changes.

Informatics Management:

• Leads multidisciplinary teams in the implementation of new and improved workflows and processes in clinical applications such as CDSS, templates, order management, medication administration and/or interdisciplinary clinical documentation.
• Work with Information Technology (IT) as appropriate in resolving EHR issues/ticket requests.
• Coordinate with IT in scheduling EHR software updates, upgrades, and implementations.
• Communicate escalated EHR issues to appropriate leadership as necessary.
• Oversee the ongoing maintenance of the EHR functionalities and system enhancements.
• Monitor end-user compliance in the EHR system working with leadership to ensure security access role definitions of staff are current.
• Provide support to users in the development of templates and routine system customization.
• Works in conjunction with clinical departments to improve care gaps and quality reporting requirements.
• Design current and future state workflow assessments of features or modules for the EHR or
• Collaborate with leadership, practice management, IT, Data and other stakeholders to collect and analyze data to improve the quality of clinical care.
• Maintain effective communication and relationship with Clinical leadership and IT operations to ensure applications are working as designed and that future implementation and upgrades are designed around clinical best practice and end user optimization.

Staff Management:

• Provide direction and supervision to EMR Support Specialist

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare, human services, computer science, informatics or related field or equivalent work experiences in related field required
• Advanced degree in healthcare informatics or human services related field preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience with an electronic health record required, demonstrating increasing responsibility over time. eClinicalWorks proficiency strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience creating project plans, managing timelines, tracking risks
• Experience using EHR data to support quality reporting, identify gaps in patient care and improve patient outcomes
• Strong computer Microsoft Office skills, applications including Work, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio required
• Knowledge of industry standard code sets such as ICD-10/CPT and medical terminology.
• Knowledge of process improvement and workflow design.
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and presentation skills required.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work on weekend and late night as needed.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to stand, walk or sit for an extended period.
• Ability to hear within normal range.
• Strong verbal, walk or sit for an extended period.
• Ability to see within normal range.
• Extended period time at a computer.
• Noise level is moderate.

At Apicha, we believe that serving the needs of our staff is just as important as serving the needs of underserved people of New York City as such we are proud to offer our team members a competitive employee benefits package which include 12 Paid Holidays, vacation and sick leave, Health Insurance Coverage, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Employee Assistant Program just to name a few.