Clinical Informaticists - Ambulatory - Full Time Day at Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital

If you are interested please apply online and send your resume to anjimenez@mlkch.org

POSITION SUMMARY

The Clinical Analyst develops and helps to maintain the electronic medical system, software applications and databases for MLK and its associated clinics. Develops an understanding of the application functionality, reporting capabilities, interfacing and integration associated with clinical applications assigned. This individual serves as a liaison between clinicians, ancillary departments, and Health Information Technology (HIT) to align clinical and HIT standards with department workflow, processes and policies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provides vision and oversight for complex enterprise projects, establishing strategic and short-term plans for information technology systems that support clinical operations.
2. Ability to design and support MLKCH clinical information system training; direct and coordinate all health information system operations activities in support of interdisciplinary clinical practice, clinical decision-making quality assessment, and patient safety initiatives.
3. Ability to translate clinician requirements, in partnership with leadership and staff, into specifications for clinical information system redesign of the workflow as needed within the electronic health record.
4. Coordinates and manages, on behalf of clinical operations, the design, acquisition, training, and implementation of the clinical/healthcare informatics, including software validation, clinical content development, user acceptance testing, business process re-engineering, training and HIT upgrades related to the electronic healthcare record.
5. Organizes teams/workgroups to support the effective ongoing efforts of the electronic health record documentation systems to achieve maximum benefits.
6. Identifies applicable information systems that support the clinical disciplines by coordinating the research, selection and planning implementation of the clinical applications related to the electronic health record.
7. Responsibility for facilitating effective communications between different clinical user groups to ensure smooth implementation of functional elements, applications and major upgrades that require the development, training, and implementation of accurate and complete and compliant to regulatory requirements for the clinical information systems and procedures.
8. Identifies risks, potential impact and mitigation strategies and implements corrective action plans related to the electronic health record optimization requirements.
9. Works with hospital leadership, department managers, clinicians, and physicians to facilitate problem-solving and ongoing communication.
10. Works collaboratively with hospital leadership to facilitate completion of periodic change and optimization assessments within the hospital.
11. Serves as primary resource to the education department with regards to all clinical applications and affiliates, all system upgrades and training refreshers needing to incorporate into the ongoing hospital orientation and training.
12. Assesses clinical staff understanding in using the clinical systems, post implementation and upgrades, and makes recommendations as needed relative to performance, compliance, and ongoing training needs.
13. Uses a structured problem-solving methodology to identify and clarify issues and then develops, implements, and evaluates informatics solutions.
14. Responsible for recommending solutions to problems related to an effective electronic health record after careful analysis of each issue that is raised within the clinical environment.
15. Completes all specialized training congruent with HIT department and demonstrates the ability to cross-train within clinical modalities and informatics environments to analyze the electronic health record's inner workings.
16. Performs clinical rounds within the various medical, nursing, and ancillary arenas to validate usefulness of the electronic health record's documentation system and compliance to policy and procedure and regulatory validation requirements.
17. Ability to prioritize responsibility and multi-task efficiently and effectively at all times.
18. Ability to work under pressure and definitive timelines while performing calmly and effectively in a busy or stressful situation.
19. Follows all written policies and procedures of the hospital.
20. Performs other duties as assigned.

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POSITION REQUIREMENTS

A. Education

• Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (individuals without a BSN will be required to complete the degree within 5 years of their hire date).

B. Qualifications/Experience

• Minimum of two (2) years of ambulatory care experience required with at least one to two years of clinical IT experience working with an electronic health record data system and documentation requirements.
• Current California Nursing license

C. Special Skills/Knowledge

• At least two years of experience in Cerner functionality to include PowerChart Ambulatory modules.
• Knowledge of Cerner's HealtheIntent platform to include HealtheCare, HealtheRegistries and HCC's.
• Additional experience in reporting out of Cerner and/or tableau dashboards is a plus.

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