Clinical Informatics Specialist

Intermountain Health

22h • $36 - $57 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical and Health Informaticist challenges the status quo of the healthcare experience through the Science of Informatics. This is an exciting field where experts innovate, design, simplify, and translate technology to equitably support the Intermountain Health mission and vision. The position is responsible for performing workflow and system analysis and functional design for software development and configuration activities associated with clinical applications. This role supports all invasive procedural areas and services, including anesthesia, ensuring technology solutions align with clinical workflows, operational needs, and patient care objectives across procedural settings. Caregivers in this role are also responsible for participating in the implementation, training, adoption, and process improvement of Health Information Technology (HIT). The Informaticist functions as a liaison between business and clinical users and software development/application teams. This position utilizes intermediate informatics principles to support and periodically lead moderately complex projects with limited supervision while continuing to develop clinical expertise and an advanced informatics skillset. This will be a hybrid position with some travel and on-site expectations.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of workflows in a healthcare system
• Proven experience engaging providers, nurses, and other clinicians in learning through presentation and communication skills
• Experience applying informatics fundamentals (People, Process, Technology) to impact quality and safety
• Experience participating and leading deliverables of Informatics projects
• Experience working with Cerner, Epic, or other EHR vendors
• Experience or training in the use of Continuous Improvement
• Registered Nurse and other licensed clinical incumbents must hold and maintain current state licensure.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with customers that require employee to communicate as well as understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer, phone, and cable set-up and use.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transport, pull, and push equipment.
• Will also work on hands and knees and bend to set-up, troubleshoot, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Nice To Haves

• Microsoft Office Applications
• Epic experience

Responsibilities

• Interact with business and clinical caregivers to build productive relationships
• Work flexible hours to meet project requirements
• Provide customer experience and service utilizing verbal and written communication skills
• Prioritize and organize work with attention to detail and limited supervision
• Use word processing, spreadsheet, database, internet and e-mail, virtual meeting applications, and scheduling applications
• Demonstrated understanding of how clinical systems are utilized to provide patient care by a variety of caregivers and specialties
• Use informatics fundamental skills to positively impact people, process, and tools
• Use basic project management skills to contribute to technology project deliverables
• Round in facilities across the system to observe workflows, meet with key stakeholders, assist with implementations, and other targeted functions

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.
• Tuition coverage paid directly to the academic institution through the PEAK program.
• 100+ learning options to choose from, including undergraduate studies, high school diplomas, and professional skills and certificates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed