Senior Clinical Informaticist

Sr. Clinical Informaticist

Position Summary 

The Senior Clinical informaticist serves as a critical link between the informatics department and clinical and business partners; they are both a liaison and an advocate.  The Senior CI provides expertise and support by translating clinical content into clinical applications.  The Sr. CI is responsible for high level project analysis and implementation, provides technical mentorship to clinical analysts and informaticist. They provide technical oversight and experience. As an experienced, certified E.H.R. informaticist. as a clinical content builder, they are responsible for design, build, test and training for clinical applications implementations,  optimizations and maintenance. 

Essential Functions 

1. Sr. CI serves as a liaison between clinical/business partners and the informatics department. Is a role model and resource for E.H.R. analysts. 

2. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of E.H.R. applications and 3rd party systems, can articulate functionality and proactively share knowledge with customers, team members and vendors alike.

3. Leads and participates in the design, build, and testing of clinical application components. Offers technical expertise and mentorship to informatics department and E.H.R. analysts.

4. Leads and participates in the optimization of clinical workflow processes, identifies and recommends improvement opportunities and necessary process changes. Collaborates to develop workflow optimizations and implementations of new solutions or functionality.

5. Participates and at times leads various task forces related to E.H.R. applications.

6. Leads team in preparation for clinical systems upgrade/change; including release note review, user acceptance testing and communication to prepare staff/users for the upgrade/change. 

7. Develops system test plans and oversees integrated testing efforts. Facilitates user acceptance tests of clinical application components.

8. Gathers and produces project requirements, performs high level project analysis, translates, and produces functional specifications.

9. Follows innovation PMO practices to lead and manage medium to large scale projects supporting informatics road map initiatives.

10. Utilizes advanced E.H.R. knowledge and experience, in partnership with department leadership, to drive and execute strategic initiatives in compliance with vendor agreement. 

11. Tracks lessons learned for review, analysis, and change management.

12. Coordinates and provides responsive and proactive solution management and issue resolution. 

13. Coordinates system parameters and project designs with the Director of Clinical Informatics, Clinical Directors, Operational leaders, project team and/or vendors. 

14. Supports the creation and maintenance of job aids, workflow documents, videos and other materials utilized to train and support users.

Job Requirements

•  Bachelor's degree in Healthcare, Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science or related field. 
• EPIC Certification
• Six to eight (6 to 8) years of healthcare experience directly supporting an E.H.R. application as an analyst/informaticist.
• Direct experience as an analyst/informaticist supporting an E.H.R. implementation and/or E.H.R. version upgrade.
• Understanding healthcare delivery workflows and processes
• Understanding fundamental project management methodology and demonstrated ability to serve as lead for an implementation project. 
• Knowledge of different learning styles, effective teaching and methodologies / tools. 

 Nice to Have 

•        Master's degree
•        Healthcare licensure (RN, LVN, RT)
•        Three to five (3 to 5) years of healthcare experience working in a direct patient care area 
•        Project management experience        
•        May be required to travel between all TrueCare’s sites and locations therefore CA Driver’s License and clean driving record required.

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