Clinical Informaticist
About The Position
The Clinical Informaticist leads and supports planning, implementation, and sustainment of clinical health information technology (HIT), applying clinical understanding to ensure technology strategies meet patient-care needs. The role collaborates with diverse stakeholders, assesses system impacts, and contributes to ongoing system optimization and quality reporting. Success requires a strong understanding of clinical processes and HIT, along with organizational and communication skills across healthcare settings, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment. The Clinical Informaticist supports clinical information system projects from initial kickoff through implementation and conclusion. This includes identifying implementation objectives and guiding principles with stakeholders, helping scope requests, supporting timelines and milestones, coordinating team members and assigned work, communicating project status and risks, escalating issues, and developing mitigation plans when needed. The role also reviews optimization requests and upgrades for workflow impacts, recommends optimizations, and works with System IT to research and resolve break-fix items. The position promotes quality throughout the life cycle of Clinical Information Systems, maintains proficiency in supported CommonSpirit Health applications, and participates in committees, workgroups, educational programs, projects, meetings, and workshops. The job is at Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center, a 392-bed nonprofit acute care hospital in downtown Los Angeles offering a range of services including trauma, women's health, obstetrics, pediatric, cardiac, and surgical care.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.
- One of the listed clinical credentials or qualifications: Registered Nurse; Occupational Therapist; Physical Therapist; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN); Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Occupational Therapist Registered; Certified Respiratory Therapist; Speech Language Pathologist; Certified Radiologic Nurse; Certified Pharmacy Tech; Registered Dietician; Certified Phlebotomy Technician; Clinical Competence in Audiology; or Pharmacist.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment.
- Strong understanding of clinical processes and health information technology.
- Strong organizational and communication skills across healthcare interactions.
Nice To Haves
- Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Nursing, Informatics, HIT, Health Administration, or another related field.
- EPIC Certification.
- Informatics Nurse qualification.
- Project Management Professional certification.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support the planning, implementation, and sustainment of clinical health information technology.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure HIT strategies meet patient-care needs, assess system impacts, and guide system optimization and quality reporting.
- Ensure workflow and training knowledge is consistent with current national informatics and adult-learning standards.
- Communicate technology changes, upgrades, and downtimes to clinical customers.
- Conduct workflow analysis to improve the efficient and reliable use of clinical information systems.
- Conduct facility rounding as directed.
- Participate in implementation and go-live activities.
- Develop and maintain established standards of work and system design.
- Collaborate with leaders, teams, and subject matter experts on project, curriculum, and workflow design and technology integration into patient-care processes.
- Contribute to projects focused on enhanced functionality and end-user efficiency that generate a positive organizational return on investment.
- Participate in educational programs, projects, meetings, and workshops.
- Contribute to assigned projects from kickoff through implementation conclusion.
- Work with stakeholders to identify implementation objectives and guiding principles, and help scope project requests.
- Support development, communication, and management of implementation timelines and milestones.
- Engage appropriate team members and coordinate assigned work.
- Communicate project status, accomplishments, upcoming activities, and risks; escalate issues and develop mitigation plans as appropriate.
- Review new optimization requests and upgrade functionality for workflow impacts, and recommend proposed optimizations.
- Collaborate with System IT to research and resolve break-fix items.
- Maintain proficiency in CommonSpirit Health applications supported by the Clinical Informatics Department.
- Participate in assigned committees or workgroups as an Informatics resource.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
