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.

Clinical Informatics Specialist are considered subject matter experts in providing advanced levels of solutioning related to patient care workflows and operational efficiency and effectiveness. They are responsible for leading overall evaluation of use, and optimization of broad, cross-functional workflows in clinical information systems. They mentor Informatics resources and provide consultation on complex initiatives. They work collaboratively with enterprise senior leadership on clinical system solutions that contribute to key clinical or business metrics, helping to establish, track, and report on KPIs. Clinical Informatics Specialist maintain working knowledge of implemented applications and an understanding of how the functionality and patient care practices across the health care settings can be integrated to support MemorialCare's strategic business and clinical initiatives.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Serve as key communication link to clinical leadership and governance bodies
• Deliver solutions that ensure compatibility and integration with MemorialCare strategies
• Serve as the bridge between clinicians, vendors and information technology professionals
• Design future state workflows from a user perspective and delivers functional requirements
• Function as a change agent, identifying both barriers to change, and driving impact as well as solutions to system, application and workflow issues.
• Lead initiatives to optimize system functionality and workflow processes using Lean processes
• Evaluate and implement current and emerging technologies that drive MemorialCare toward strategic goals
• Apply clinical experience to advance end-user efficiency and enhance patient safety outcomes
• Demonstrate collaboration across information service teams and operations for workflow analysis and input to application design
• Coach team members as they develop informatics competencies
• Provide functional and technical leadership for the implementation and support of software applications, enhancements, and modifications
• Work cooperatively to develop resolutions to issues in response to user requests and concerns
• Act as a liaison to clinical committees to educate and support existing technological tools and functionalities
• Own responsibility for effective communication between staff, leadership, and stakeholders
• Support best practice workflows and advocate for regulatory, quality, compliance and patient safety initiatives
• Facilitate system implementation projects
• Collaborate with operations to create and/or maintain reporting needs
• Attain a cross-functional knowledge of the EHR system to effectively provide advanced navigation of the system