Clinical Informatics Specialist I

Emory•Atlanta, GA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical Informatics Specialist will champion and provide guidance for the on-going development, advancement and optimization of clinical systems and technology that impact patient care and business operations throughout the system. The Clinical Informatics Specialist is knowledgeable about the clinical processes, relevant regulatory mandates, and principles of quality/safety improvement in their clinical area of focus. This is a customer interfacing role, we are seeking a combination of data analysis skills, experience with Epic workflows, and clinical experience in areas this team will be supporting such as Perioperative, Radiology, Anesthesia, or Heart & Vascular. This is an Atlanta based hybrid position that will require a once/month onsite staff meeting and roughly 30% of time with onsite visits for either project based work or supporting Epic go-lives.

Requirements

Post-graduate degree in Nursing Informatics, Health Informatics, or related fields.
In lieu of post-graduate degree in Informatics, clinical background, post-graduate degree, and 1 year of Informatics experience is sufficient.
Completion of EPIC Clinical Content Builder series of classes within first 12 months or longer with approval from Sr. Manager

Nice To Haves

data analysis skills
experience with Epic workflows
clinical experience in areas this team will be supporting such as Perioperative, Radiology, Anesthesia, or Heart & Vascular

Responsibilities

Ensures that clinical informatics projects are planned and implemented using evidence-based practices for planning, understanding, guiding and delivering responsible and efficient patient care.
Serves as a key constituent that bridges the gap between people, processes, clinical knowledge and technology.
Document specifications that will translate into development of tools, reports, and systems that support organizational business needs.
Utilize the SBAR process to plan recommendations for informatics solutions.
Ensures workflows/process is current with regulatory agencies and best practice standards.
Identifies changes to system to comply with policies and procedures in the most efficient manner.
Utilize data to drive process, workflow and behavior change as it relates to appropriate and efficient use of electronic medical records (EMR) and other clinical technology.
Serves as a resource to end users for information systems and technology; effectively communicate system changes, workflow process changes, downtime procedures, etc.
Participates in the production and distribution of communications related to technology through active internal networking, clinical liaison role, newsletters, announcements and other technology-based mechanisms to health professionals.
Routinely conduct intentional rounding in patient care areas to gain overall knowledge of facility specific workflow, patient throughput, and challenges with technology solutions.
Monitors outcome and evaluates user adoption of current and newly implemented information technology and functionality.