Position Summary:
The Clinical Informatics Specialist Senior is an advanced practice clinical technology professional and leader. They are an enterprise liaison for health IT efforts supporting longitudinal clinical workflows and associated information systems in all areas that support digital solutions in the acute and ambulatory settings for internal and external customers.
The Clinical Informatics Specialist is responsible for partnering with physician and pharmacy informatics to support all care team members with core clinical and supporting processes such as mobility, scheduling, registration, and charging. The Clinical Informatics Specialist Senior is a mentor and advisor to the Clinical Informatics Specialist.
Advanced knowledge and skills required for this role include in-depth knowledge and expertise of clinical workflows, integration, informatics, evidence-based practice, analytics, industry trends, consultation, and leadership within operations, vendor or health information systems.
This position is responsible for the analysis, design, implementation, adoption, maintenance, and optimization of clinical technologies in a variety of clinical settings across the continuum of care and serves as a liaison, translator between clinical, business stakeholders and information technology.
Work situations include complex analytical, clinical, and business problem-solving and solution development that require independent decision-making, leadership, cross-team collaboration, project management, change management, public speaking and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
The position is also responsible for staying current with evidence-based Informatics practices and providing leadership and direction for incorporating clinical practices into various clinical technologies.
Clinical technologies supported include, but are not limited to Epic, unified communication platforms, telehealth, RFID, PACS (McKesson), biomedical devices, virtual health, alert and alarm management, decision-support, robotics, and other clinically focused systems as required.
Minimum Requirements:
Three years clinical experience in a patient care setting
Five years informatics, information services experiences at a large Independent Delivery Network with at least 2 of those years leading enterprise initiatives.
Consideration may be given to candidates not meeting the minimum qualifications
Education/Licenses/Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred
Active RN or Clinical License
Informatics or Technology Certification, e.g. CAHIMS, CPHIMS, RN-BC preferred
Epic proficiency/accreditation/certification, e.g. ClinDoc, Orders, Grand Central, ASAP, Beacon, Ambulatory, MyChart preferred
MultiCare is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V