Clinical Informaticist - Design & Optimization

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

27d

About The Position

The Clinical Informaticist (CI) is an expert in the use of health information technology (HIT) applied to clinical care and health care business operations; they use informatics concepts, methods, and tools to promote safe, effective, and optimal use of technologies. The CI is adept in PDSA methods and change management, serving as change agents themselves. They team with informatics, IT, and operational colleagues to assess, plan, and evaluate changes to systems and identify the impact to clinical workflows. The CI uses their knowledge of both clinical workflows and health IT to optimize systems and workflows through user-centered design. They solve issues paying special attention to usability, and incorporate quality, regulatory, and other high priority organizational initiatives in the design. The CI applies their knowledge of healthcare processes to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in clinical practice and health care operations while remaining focused on the interaction of people, processes and technology for the complete and optimal delivery of information needed for efficient, high quality and safe patient care. They anticipate the need for secondary data use and their impact on system design and understand the intersection of clinical care, technology, and data.
This specific role will support Shared Clinical Services (0.5 FTE) and Order Sets (0.5 FTE).

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in health care field from an accredited program or informatics degree from an accredited institution or combination of relevant experience and education
• 3 years clinical healthcare experience.
• 3 years informatics-related experience working in a health system directly with end users.
• Proven experience leading committees, projects, and activities.
• Must understand clinical care workflows, clinical operations, and have a working knowledge of computer systems and systems life cycle.
• If RN, Minnesota state licensure required

Nice To Haves

• M.A./M.S. in nursing, informatics, or operational leadership
• Doctorate in nursing, informatics, or operational leadership
• Epic certification
• Industry-level certifications such as AACN, HIMSS, Lean, etc.

Responsibilities

• The CI works directly with end users to understand and accurately describe improvement opportunities focused on the design of health IT systems.
• They identify and work on integrated solutions within their area of primary expertise.
• The CI completes work assignments in a timely manner, collaborating within and across departments to design and apply solutions to achieve intended results; defines and evaluates SMART goals based on intended results.
• The CI anticipates the need for and creates business requirements and processes/workflows across multiple operational areas.
• They consistently demonstrate understanding of the target audiences in communications and evaluates the appropriate customer-serivce oriented communication methods and messages for diverse audiences.

Benefits

• Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more!
• Please follow this link foradditional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level