Clinical Informaticist, Assoc

Orlando Health•Orlando, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Clinical Informaticist partners with clinical, administrative, and analytics leadership to assist in the implementation of a methodology and strategic plan for clinical informatics in the organization. This partnership involves collaboration with clinicians, health administrative leaders, and IT teams. Following the strategic plan, the Clinical Informaticist supports stakeholders in the implementation, maintenance, and optimization of IT products. Additionally, the Clinical Informaticist integrates knowledge of clinical workflows with an understanding of data and analytics to help identify existing healthcare problems. Participation in multi-functional teams involving technical and clinical experts to anticipate, identify, and help resolve challenges faced by the organization is essential.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Informatics, Healthcare Administration, or relevant related clinical or IT field. OR Associate’s degree plus two (2) years’ experience in related area of study
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Licensed clinician with a current license in area of specialty by the Department of Health (i.e. RN, RRT, PT, etc.) required.
Minimum of one (1) year of clinical experience in an acute care or ambulatory patient setting, required.

Responsibilities

Builds strong relationships with stakeholders and team members across the continuum of care.
Acts as a liaison with IT teams and the assigned business units requiring IT-based solutions.
Assists with communication of initiatives and outcomes to stakeholder groups.
Helps to coordinate the execution and use of IT products.
Provides in-person support for stakeholders related to the use and adoption of existing and new clinical technologies.
Provides effective clinical, business, and technical support to assist IT Operations and IT Products teams in supporting and maintaining mission-critical IT products.
Effectively participates in Governance processes for new requests.
Collaborates with stakeholders to guide technology choices.
Translates technical concepts into operational and clinical terms to meet stakeholder needs.
Performs business and process analysis to align clinical needs with information technology.
Evaluates workflow and makes recommendations for practice change enabled by IT product utilization.
Evaluates current information technologies to determine opportunities for optimization, enhancements, and workflow changes to improve user experience and clinical outcomes.
Provides analysis and evaluation of systems, processes, and workflows to ensure corporate system needs are met cost-effectively and in a timely manner.
Assists in the development of new business processes and workflow issues to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients and assists in making Orlando Health the best place to work.
Enables and facilitates clinical insights and actions to improve patient outcomes.
Reviews IT usage, services, technology, and department-specific projects to identify and forecast IT needs.
Collaborates with clinicians and health administrative leaders to assist in the identification and development of meaningful analytics.
Works with Software and Data Sciences teams to develop workflows that support existing algorithms, rules, and predictive analytics to continually enhance the value of information provided to users.
Provides analysis and evaluation of IT tools and recommends revision of clinical systems, processes, and workflows to ensure achievement of positive patient outcomes and Orlando Health goals.
Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Participates in projects as needed and performs other duties as assigned.
Ability to participate in multiple activities and tasks simultaneously.
Knowledge of current healthcare trends and developments and associated business needs in clinical information technologies.
Knowledge of the deployment and usage of clinical information technologies and electronic medical record technologies.
Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory and agency requirements.
Maintains current knowledge of HIPAA, privacy, and confidentiality standards to ensure both vendor and internally developed software are compliant.