Clinical Informaticist I

Cherokee Federal•United States,

9d•Remote

About The Position

The Clinical Informaticist I supports the design, integration, and optimization of enterprise clinical data systems within the 4DW (Data Warehouse) program, with a focus on enabling longitudinal patient records, clinical analytics, and data-driven care delivery.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in health informatics, Information Technology, Nursing, or a related field.
Ensure clinical information systems are properly maintained and optimized for user efficiency.
Provide prompt and effective support for clinicians experiencing issues with EHR and other clinical applications.
Work closely with IT, clinical staff, and other stakeholders to improve system functionality and user experience.
Assist in the implementation of new clinical information systems and upgrades.
Contribute to quality improvement initiatives by providing data and insights from clinical information systems.
Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
Must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

Support the integration of clinical data from legacy systems (e.g., RPMS/VistA) into the 4DW Clinical Data Repository (CDR) and downstream systems (CDV, analytics platforms).
Validate clinical data domains including: Patient demographics and identity, Encounters and visit history, Orders, results, labs, vitals, and observations, Clinical documentation and notes.
Ensure clinical accuracy, context, and usability of migrated and transformed data.
Assist in the implementation and validation of FHIR-based integrations (e.g., Azure API for FHIR).
Support mapping of clinical data to FHIR resources (Patient, Encounter, Observation, Condition, etc.).
Collaborate with technical teams to ensure data consistency across APIs, repositories, and consuming applications.
Evaluate how clinical data supports workflows within PATH EHR and Lookback Viewer.
Ensure historical (RPMS) and current (PATH) data are clearly delineated and clinically interpretable.
Provide input into workflow design to ensure alignment between data structures and clinical use.
Participate in data quality validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution across systems.
Support definition and enforcement of data governance standards, including: Data lineage and traceability, Clinical data definitions and standardization, Change control processes for data transformations.
Assist in distinguishing defects vs. enhancement requests in clinical data behavior.
Support integration with Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) systems.
Assist in resolving patient identity issues, including: Duplicate records, MRN reconciliation, Identity matching across systems.
Ensure patient identity integrity across 4DW, PATH, and legacy data sources.