Clinical Informaticist (Full-Time)

OrthoNebraska creates the inspired healthcare experience all people deserve by giving people a direct path to personalized care and life-enhancing outcomes. With a focus on safety and people, we set the bar high in providing high-quality care with an unmatched experience. Our team members are critical to our success and growth and are rewarded for their dedication and hard work. IF this sounds like the type of team and environment you want to be a part of apply today!

Position Summary: Clinical Informaticist will focus on supporting OrthoNebraska's clinical staff and business operational needs, to improve the quality of care to patients. They will work with information & systems technology to provide continuous support, optimization opportunities, troubleshooting to enhance the user experience in support of surgical and clinic operations.

Position details

Position Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree in nursing or a healthcare related field preferred. Master's degree in related healthcare field with emphasis in Informatics field preferred.

Licensure: N/A

Certification: N/A

Experience: 5+ years nursing/healthcare experience required.

Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Extensive work related to project management is preferred.
• Possess an excellent understanding of healthcare related workflows and terminology along with a deep understanding of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and related clinical informatics systems.
• An ability to demonstrate knowledge of current clinical technologies with experience supporting the aspects of the system lifecycle.
• Has the ability to establish, plan, prioritize and implement strategies to achieve goals.
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently as project dictates.
• Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with vendors, staff, clinical managers, and physicians is required.
• Extensive experience managing projects. May lead and direct the work of others. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Experience creating training documentation required.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for participating in the evaluation, implementation, training, and maintenance of assigned clinical information systems across the organization to support patients and health care professionals.
• Problem solves application and workflow issues and works through barriers to achieve results by collaborating effectively with users, vendors, and Information Technology staff.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the EMR and clinical applications utilized at OrthoNebraska.
• Establish and maintain subject matter expertise in information systems for designated departments which could include but not limited to nursing, clinics, surgery, emergency department, revenue cycle, HIM, supply chain, ancillary services and providers.
• Monitor applications use, system performance, hardware and software reliability
• Follow project management principles and practices including project planning, organization, scheduling, allocation and management of resources, budgeting and reporting.
• Prepare documentation, charts, graphs, project plans, training materials and other written communication.
• Effectively communicate with excellent written and verbal
• Ensure order sets are standardized and integrated as appropriate.
• Work primarily days but however may require flexible hours based on department needs.
• Cover call as outlined by department needs.
• Demonstrate behaviors which support excellence in customer service, patient safety and professionalism.
• Develop and maintain a positive working relationship with end user departments to ensure optimal utilization of the organization's clinical applications, while providing appropriate levels of end user training and education
• Coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate clinician functional testing for human factors issues before and after system upgrades and improvements
• Maintain current knowledge of healthcare & nursing practices, regulatory standards, management and healthcare advances and trends, and the legal implications of the clinical information system.
• Other duties as assigned.
• On call as required.

Physical requirements: This position is classified as Sedentary Work in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, requiring the exertion of up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (up to 33% of the time) and/or a negligible amount of force frequently (33%-66% of the time) to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.