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Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist

Whidbey General Hospital

Coupeville, WA

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JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$99,750–$139,847.40 Per Year
SKILLS
Auto Insurance, Best Practices, Budget Management, Change Control, Clinical Information Systems, Clinical Support, Computer Science, Customer Service Software, Decision Support, Documentation, Driver's License, Government Regulations, Health Informatics, Health Information Technology, Healthcare, Hospital, Identify Issues, Informatics, Information Technology & Information Systems, Insurance, Leadership, MEDITECH, Medical Record System, Nursing Credentials, On Call, Options Analysis, Patient Care, Patient Safety, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Planning, Project/Program Management, Registered Nurse (RN), Resource Management, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Technical Leadership, Time Management, United States Military, Workflow Analysis
LOCATION
Coupeville, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
JOB SUMMARY **Onsite position. On-call rotation requires staff to be within 1 hour travel time to WhidbeyHealth, 101 N Main St., Coupeville, WA. T he Clinical Informatics Specialist-Senior is a Meditech EHR Subject Matter Expert (SME) and reports to the Manager, Clinical Informatics and Applications. T he Clinical Informatics Specialist-Senior will partner with IT leadership, providers and clinical staff, stakeholders, and technical solution providers to design, implement, and optimize workflows, and support and resolve issues with the Expanse EHR and other clinical systems. This position will create project plans, define scope, identify and evaluate options, and implement solutions for new projects and tasks. This position will support the core functions of the Meditech Expanse EHR and other enterprise clinical applications and systems. PRINCIPLE FUNCTIONS includes the following, other duties may be assigned: + 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. JOB KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS Training and Experience: + Clinical background/experience in nursing is preferred but not required. + Candidates must have 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 required. + Acute and Ambulatory - ten years' demonstrable SME experience, preferred. + Critical Acute and Ambulatory (Meditech Expanse) skill sets and expertise: + 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 + Meditech Expanse RCM and PFS expertise preferred. + Project Management Leadership - five years' experience leading complex health technology projects with minimal direction, preferred. + 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 required. + Informatics or Health IT certification (e.g. NI-BC, CPHIMS, or CAHIMS), preferred. + Candidates that are not certified should be prepared to obtain certification within 24 months of employment. Licensed RN: Education + Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. + Preferred: MSN and/or degree in informatics. License: + Active WA State RN License or Active Multistate License (MSL), preferred. + MSL Requirements: + Approved 6-Hour Suicide Prevention Training Course Completion + Screenshot of submitted demographic data using the Washington State Multistate Nurse Demographic Data Survey. Non-Licensed RN: Education + Required: Bachelor's degree in Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, Information Systems, OR Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. + Preferred: Master's degree in Informatics or related field. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations - Both Licensed and Unlicensed: + Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, preferred. + Maintain a valid WA State Driver's License. An out of state driver's license will be acceptable in conjunction with a valid US Military ID. + 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. Benefit Information and Wage Transparency: WhidbeyHealth Employees who work a 0.6 FTE or higher are categorized as, "benefit eligible". Click here for benefit information. (https://whidbeyhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WhidbeyHealth-Benefit-Information.pdf) Salary Ranges: Clinical: $99,750 - $139,847.40 Non-Clinical: $89,250 - $110,250.00

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