Remote Nurse Informaticist - EHR & Workflow Optimization

Computer Task Group; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

CTG is seeking a Nurse Informaticist to serve as a strategic liaison among clinical operations, IT, and healthcare leadership to optimize patient care delivery through technology. This remote role requires coordination with teams, travel to San Mateo, CA for 3 days a month, and a 6+ month contract.

The ideal candidate has RN licensure, BSN, 5+ years of clinical healthcare experience, and 3+ years in clinical informatics or EHR optimization, with Epic/Cerner familiarity.

Qualifications

• BSN required.
• Active RN license.
• Minimum 5 years of clinical healthcare experience.
• Minimum 3 years of clinical informatics, healthcare technology, or EHR optimization experience.
• Experience with Epic, Cerner, or other enterprise EHR platforms.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between clinicians, operational leaders, and technical teams.
• Translate clinical and business requirements into technology solutions that improve care delivery and user experience.
• Provide leadership and guidance on clinical informatics strategy, governance, and best practices.
• Support organizational initiatives focused on quality improvement, patient safety, and operational excellence.
• Lead implementation, optimization, and sustainment of clinical applications, including Epic and Cerner.
• Design and improve workflows related to ambulatory, inpatient, care management, population health, home health, hospice, women's health, and specialty service lines.
• Develop clinical decision support tools, order sets, alerts, documentation templates, and workflow enhancements.
• Participate in system upgrades, testing, validation, and go-live activities.
• Conduct workflow assessments, gap analyses, and operational readiness evaluations.
• Apply Lean, Kaizen, and continuous improvement methodologies to reduce inefficiencies and improve outcomes.
• Design future-state workflows and facilitate adoption of technology-enabled care models.
• Support telehealth, virtual care, and patient engagement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain governance structures supporting clinical applications, content management, quality reporting, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, quality reporting programs, information blocking requirements, and industry standards.
• Partner with executive, quality, informatics, and clinical leadership to prioritize strategic initiatives.
• Support quality improvement and population health programs through data analysis and reporting.
• Utilize clinical and operational metrics to identify improvement opportunities and measure outcomes.
• Collaborate on value-based care initiatives, quality reporting, and interoperability strategies.
• Support integration efforts utilizing FHIR, USCDI, and other healthcare data exchange standards.
• Develop and deliver training programs for providers, nurses, and operational teams.
• Lead change management initiatives promoting successful adoption of new technologies and workflows.
• Mentor informatics staff, clinicians, and organizational stakeholders.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication throughout project lifecycles.

Skills

Clinical informatics

Clinical workflows

EHR optimization

Data analytics

Healthcare operations

Change management

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Tools

Epic

Cerner

Job description

CTG is seeking a Nurse Informaticist to serve as a strategic liaison among clinical operations, IT, and healthcare leadership to optimize patient care delivery through technology. This remote role requires coordination with teams, travel to San Mateo, CA for 3 days a month, and a 6+ month contract.

The ideal candidate has RN licensure, BSN, 5+ years of clinical healthcare experience, and 3+ years in clinical informatics or EHR optimization, with Epic/Cerner familiarity.