Sr Clinical Informatics Analyst

Description

Title: Sr Clinical Informatics Analyst



Location: Fountain Valley, CA / Hybrid



Department: Informational Services



Status: Full-Time



Shift: Days



Pay Range*: $128,689.60 - $186,596.80/annually

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.



Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability.Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.



Position Summary



Members of MemorialCare’s Healthcare Informatics job family use interdisciplinary knowledge, integrating computer, information, clinical, and decision sciences, toward the design, development, adoption, and application of IT-based innovations in healthcare services. Through computer technology, Informatics team members effectively manage data, information, and knowledge, including data storage, retrieval, transformation, and process improvement, to optimize use for problem solving and decision making. They assess current data and information practices, structure, and technology, determine the information-based needs of health care providers and patients, develop solutions using technology, and evaluate the impact of those interventions. The Informatics team uses evidence-based clinical knowledge to help ensure support of clinical objectives and best practice.

Sr. Clinical Informatics Analyst maintain advanced knowledge of clinical operations to provide advanced levels of end user support. They are responsible for leading overall evaluation of use, and optimization of clinical information systems. They mentor Clinical Informatics team resources and work collaboratively with leads on implementing, supporting, configuring, and evaluating end user needs related to Inpatient, Ambulatory and/or Outpatient clinical systems. Sr. Clinical Informatics Analyst team members build, test, implement, and rollout applications and other systems that support MemorialCare’s business and clinical initiatives.



Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

1. Apply clinical experience to advance end-user efficiency and enhance patient safety outcomes
2. Demonstrate collaboration across information service teams and operations for workflow analysis and input to application design
3. Coach team members as they develop informatics competencies
4. Provide functional and technical leadership with implementation and support of software applications, enhancements, and modifications
5. Work cooperatively to develop resolutions to issues in response to user requests and concerns
6. Act as a liaison to clinical committees to educate and support existing technological tools and functionalities
7. Own responsibility for effective communication between staff, leadership, and stakeholders
8. Participate actively in testing and validation of departmental systems
9. Support best practices workflows and advocate for regulatory, quality, compliance and patient safety initiatives
10. Facilitate system of implementation projects
11. Participate in downtime initiatives
12. Collaborate with operations to create and/or maintain reporting needs
13. Attain a cross-functionality knowledge of the EHR system to effectively provide advanced navigation of the system
14. Be at work and be on time

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more... Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements



Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years progressive clinical, Information Systems, and successful project management experience required
• Clinical Informatics experience preferred
• Epic application experience required
• Experience with hospital information systems required
• Experienced in working with electronic health information solutions, including electronic health records, practice management solutions and others
• Proven competence in leading large and complex sized projects which can run in parallel; evidence of progress in project management assignments. Experienced in supporting users in maintaining changed processes and participating in post implementation change evaluation.
• Proven knowledge of health care industry strategic business issues, social and legal environment
• Proven ability to analyze troublesome complex workflows, and provide recommendations to implement more effectively and efficient tools
• Demonstrated history of successful Epic build configurations for respective application
• Demonstrated abilities in providing advanced information systems and end-user support
• Proven knowledge of regulatory and accreditation guidelines that impact clinical system design and implementation
• Proven experience understanding cross functional clinical workflows, maintained knowledge of clinical applications implemented, and an understanding of how the functionality and patient care practices across the health care settings can be integrated.
• Confirmed experience in the ability to work on several complex issues at the same time in an organized manner. Experienced planning and organizing day-to-day activities, effectively managing more than one task, and meeting established deadlines.
• Past success working individually, in team situations, as well as facilitating projects while meeting aggressive deadlines successfully
• Demonstrated use of excellent organizational, communication skills, leadership skills, and interpersonal relations to achieve established goals
• Proven ability to collect, analyze, and present data at various audience levels
• Exhibited knowledge, compassion and professionalism to manage stressful situations in a manner that is conducive to finding resolution
• Proven ability to work in multi-disciplinary teams and interact with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Suite Office Products preferred

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience required
• Licensed healthcare professional
• Epic Certification in one or more modules (NVT) required when working with Epic as the primary supported system