CommonSpirit Health

Nonprofit Catholic health system providing healthcare

Clinical Informaticist

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Full-timeLos Angeles, CA, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in an unspecified field and a minimum of two years of clinical experience are required.
One of the following credentials or qualifications is required: Registered Nurse; Occupational Therapist; Physical Therapist; Licensed Practical Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse; Licensed Clinical Social Worker; Occupational Therapist Registered; Certified Respiratory Therapist; Speech Language Pathologist; Certified Radiologic Nurse; Certified Pharmacy Technician; Registered Dietitian; Certified Phlebotomy Technician; Clinical Competence in Audiology; or Pharmacist.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, complex environment.
Preferred degree fields include Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Nursing, Informatics, Health Information Technology, Health Administration, or a related field.
Preferred qualifications include EPIC Certification, Informatics Nurse, or Project Management Professional.

Responsibilities

Lead and support the planning, implementation, and sustainment of clinical health information technology with clinical understanding.
Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to ensure health information technology strategies meet patient care needs, provide input on system impacts, and guide ongoing system optimization and quality reporting strategy.
Ensure workflow and training knowledge is consistent with and accurately reflects current national informatics and adult learning standards.
Communicate technology changes, upgrades, and downtimes to clinical customers.
Conduct workflow analysis to improve the efficient, reliable use of clinical information systems.
Conduct scheduled facility rounding as directed.
Participate in implementation and go-live activities.
Develop and maintain established standards of work and system design.
Engage with key leaders, teams, and subject matter experts to influence the design and development of projects, curricula, and workflows, and the integration of technology into patient care processes.
Participate in projects focused on adding enhanced functionality or improving end-user efficiency to generate a positive return on investment for the organization.
Promote the highest attainable quality throughout the full life cycle of Clinical Information Systems.
Participate in educational programs, current evidence, projects, meetings, and workshops.
Contribute to assigned projects from initial kickoff through conclusion of implementation.
Collaborate with stakeholders to identify implementation objectives and guiding principles.
Inform project scoping to clearly articulate the needs of the request.
Support the development and communication of implementation timelines and milestones, and manage them as assigned.
Engage appropriate team members and coordinate assigned work.
Communicate project status, accomplishments, upcoming activities, and risks routinely and appropriately.
Identify and escalate issues proactively, and develop mitigation plans when necessary.
Perform technical reviews of new optimization requests and upgrade functionality to assess workflow impact, and make recommendations on proposed optimizations.
Collaborate with the System IT team to research and resolve identified break-fix items.
Remain proficient in the CommonSpirit Health-specific applications supported by the Clinical Informatics Department.
Participate in assigned committees or workgroups as an informatics resource.

Where You’ll Work

Founded in 1887 Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 392-bed acute care nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles. The hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II trauma center the Los Angeles Center for Womens Health obstetrics and pediatric services and comprehensive cardiac and surgical services. The hospital shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health one of the nations five largest health care systems. Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/socal/locations/californiahospital for more information.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Clinical Informaticist, you will lead and support the planning, implementation, and sustainment of clinical health information technology (HIT) with clinical understanding.

Every day you will collaborate with diverse stakeholders to ensure HIT strategies meet patient care needs, provide input on system impacts, and guide ongoing strategy for system optimization and quality reporting.

To be successful in this role you will demonstrate a deep understanding of clinical processes and HIT, coupled with strong organizational and communication skills across all levels of healthcare interaction.

Ability to work in a fast-paced complex environment.
Ensures that workflow and training knowledge delivered is consistent with and accurately reflects current national informatics and adult learning standards.
Communicates technology changes, upgrades, and downtimes to clinical customers. Conducts workflow analysis to improve efficient, reliable use of the clinical information systems. Scheduled facility rounding as directed Participate in implementation and go-live activities Develops and maintains established standards of work and system design.
Actively and efficiently engages with key leaders, teams and subject matter experts to collaborate on and influence the design and development of projects, curriculum and workflows, and the integration of technology into patient care processes. Engaged in projects focused on adding enhanced functionality and/or creating end user efficiency that generates a positive return on investment for the organization Promotes highest attainable quality in the full life cycle of Clinical Information Systems. Participates in educational programs, current evidence, projects, meetings and workshops.
Contributes to all assigned projects from initial kick-off through conclusion of implementation.

Collaborates with stakeholders to identify implementation objectives and guiding principles.

Informs the scoping of the project to clearly articulate the needs of the request.

Supports developing, communicating, and managing implementation timeline and milestones.

Engages the appropriate team members and coordinates assigned work.

Provides routine and appropriate communication at project status, accomplishments, upcoming activities, and risks.

Proactively Identifies and escalates issues as appropriate. Develops mitigation plans when necessary.
Perform technical review of new optimization requests and upgrade functionality to assess for workflow impact. Make recommendations on proposed optimizations.

Collaborate with the System IT team on researching and resolving identified break-fix items.

Remains proficient in the use of CommonSpirit Health specific applications that are supported by the Clinical Informatics Department.

Participates in assigned committees or workgroups to serve as a resource for Informatics.

Job Requirements

Required

Bachelors Other and Minimum 2 years clinical experience, upon hire and
Registered Nurse: upon hire or
Occupational Therapist: upon hire or
Physical Therapist: upon hire or
Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN / LVN)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Occupational Therapist Registered, upon hire or
Certified Respiratory Therapist, upon hire or
Speech Language Pathologist, upon hire or
Certified Radiologic Nurse, upon hire or
Certified Pharmacy Tech, upon hire or
Registered Dietician, upon hire or
Certified Phlebotomy Technician, upon hire or
Clinical Competence in Audiology, upon hire or
Pharmacist, upon hire

Preferred

Computer Science, MIS, Degree in Nursing, Informatics, HIT, Health Administration, or other related field, upon hire
EPIC Certification, upon hire or
Informatics Nurse, upon hire or
Project Management Professional, upon hire

About the Company

CommonSpirit Health

Nonprofit Catholic health system providing healthcare

CommonSpirit Health is a nonprofit Catholic healthcare network that provides integrated health services across clinics, care sites, hospital locations, home-based services, and virtual care. Its system coordinates care across hospitals, clinics, home health, and telehealth to create a connected patient experience with teams of physicians, nurses, and providers. Unlike many players in health care, it combines a large national footprint with nonprofit, faith-based stewardship, prioritizing charity care and community benefits and focusing on equitable access over margins. Its goal is to create a healthier future for all by building a just, equitable, and accessible health care delivery system grounded in humankindness and collaboration with patients and communities.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Chicago, IL
Founded: 2019

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