WhidbeyHealth · 2 hours ago
Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist
Coupeville, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $140K/yr
5+ years expWhidbeyHealth is a healthcare organization seeking a Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist to serve as a Meditech EHR Subject Matter Expert. The role involves partnering with IT leadership and clinical staff to design, implement, and optimize workflows, as well as support and resolve issues with clinical systems.
Hiring Manager
Roy La Croix
Responsibilities
Uses clinical knowledge of patient care & combines with informatics concepts such as collaborating with healthcare professionals on clinical applications, systems, and solutions to facilitate quality driven, accurate and efficient design / build
Conducts assessments of current workflow(s) and enhances, creates, and optimizes workflow solution(s) that are compliant with government regulations, and / or evidenced based practice that improves clinical workflow efficiencies, documentation quality, and improves patient safety
Facilitate or lead design sessions that promote overall team consensus and collaboration across all affected business units to optimize, develop, design, build and implement application and system changes that are integrated solutions for WhidbeyHealth and minimizes overall patient & organizational risks
Build clinical content within clinical information applications and systems to match desired & approved design
Test new clinical content build changes, and vendor updates and upgrades to ensure and verify error free and applicable integration with other business units / systems
Provide new employee clinical applications and systems education and at the shoulder support as needed during regular clinical rounds
Provide and use problem solving techniques to troubleshoot application, system, and clinical workflow issues, escalating issues appropriately and in a timely manner
Ensure EHR compliance with regulatory requirements related to Health IT (e.g. 21st Century Cures Act, Promoting Interoperability, MIPS)
Performs EHR system takedown and restore procedures as needed for server maintenance and updates
Routinely reviews, updates and provides change control in EHR vendor’s customer service application
Participate in the development and enforcement of IT / clinical informatics policies and procedures
Participation in departmental on-call rotation schedule
Qualification
Required
Expert-level technical knowledge of Meditech Expanse with significant Meditech EHR experience in a hospital and ambulatory organization
Meditech Expanse expertise and experience in acute and ambulatory
EHR build, implement, and train
Clinical decision support tools
Data driven tools (ex: BCA, FSD) and report development
EHR Functionality
Acute workflows
Acute best practices
Execute risk assessment, manage milestones, and manage resources to complete projects on-time and on-budget
ID Meditech technical, application, and/or interface requirements
Understand and evangelize project management principles and techniques
Clinical Informatics
5 years' clinical informatics experience
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, Information Systems, OR Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Maintain a valid WA State Driver's License
Current personal auto insurance and is insurable with the District's insurance carrier
Washington State driving record upon hire and may be subject to annual driving record checks based on facility insurance carrier requirements
Preferred
Clinical background/experience in nursing
Acute and Ambulatory - ten years' demonstrable SME experience
Meditech Expanse RCM and PFS expertise
Project Management Leadership - five years' experience leading complex health technology projects with minimal direction
Informatics or Health IT certification (e.g. NI-BC, CPHIMS, or CAHIMS)
MSN and/or degree in informatics
Active WA State RN License or Active Multistate License (MSL)
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Benefits
WhidbeyHealth Employees who work a 0.6 FTE or higher are categorized as, “benefit eligible”.
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Company
WhidbeyHealth
WhidbeyHealth Medical Center and clinics are operated by the Whidbey Island Public District Hospital, which is dedicated to providing exceptional care with compassion and respect.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase