Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist
UHS
Summary
The Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist provides guidance in identifying, developing, implementing, and maintaining an efficient and effective clinical information system. Supports the organization's overall clinical initiatives by applying an excellent understanding of clinical processes and supporting information technologies to optimize health information systems. Serves as the liaison between providers, clinicians, IT, and management.
Job description
Key Responsibilities
- Plans, reviews and oversees implementation of activities, resources and timelines required to complete systems development projects, systems administration, and reporting.
- Innovates and develops solutions for issues or new build, using clinical operational needs and IT options.
- Provides leadership in development, establishing ownership and maintaining work teams.
- Applies broad clinical informatics knowledge (technical and process) with highly comprehensive specialized knowledge to enhance new clinical system features and functions.
- Acts as IT Clinical management liaison to other IT departments as well as Corporate and Facility leadership and stakeholders.
- Oversees standardization of clinical system content.
- Identifies novel ways to bridge the gap between clinical departments and Information Services Department.
- Manages initiatives to promote effective design, development and implementation of clinical information system improvements.
- Demonstrates leadership potential and capacity to mentor, motivate and manage team members regarding routine support, various meetings or efficiency projects.
- Promotes and communicates decisions to other UHS corporate and facility staff.
- Identifies educational needs and collaborates to design and implement end user education.
- Provides mechanisms for soliciting ongoing feedback from users and responds and follows-up with concerns in a timely manner.
- Keeps management well informed of activities, needs, and risks.
- Partners with key departments to identify and implement system improvements to enhance workflow and processes.
- Delivers expert knowledge of appropriate clinical design strategies to achieve or solve identified organizational needs.
- Acts as resource for key decision makers by organizing relevant information and defining alternatives.
- Articulates how new technology will impact current processes and procedures for the organization.
- Plans, facilitates, and evaluates improvements to operational workflow and processes in collaboration with facility clinical leadership.
- Researches, analyzes, and makes recommendations for clinical application improvement.
- Assures that system content and available education is linked to strategic initiatives.
- Formulates reports, collects and analyzes data to identify trends that improve organizational performance and clinical outcomes.
- Develops and makes recommendations to modify policies and procedures impacted by information systems.
- Maintains a current knowledge of trends and issues in healthcare, clinical (nursing) practice, healthcare informatics and Joint Commission standards.
- Works closely with the clinicians including physicians, departmental leadership, Patient Safety & Quality, Information Services, and Accreditation or Licensure departments to strategically select design, implement and guide the use of technology to ensure optimal care delivery processes.
- Participates in strategic and tactical planning for clinical application development, reporting and enhancement with stakeholders.
- Analyzes multiple approaches/solutions to issues, develops a recommended solution and manages the process for implementing the solution.
- Complies with legal, hospital, departmental policies and procedures, and position requirements.
- Adheres to UHS Project Management standards and Change Control processes.
- Provides on-call after-hours support for urgent issues as required.
- Maintains Service Excellence principles.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree plus 8-10 years of related experience required
- Minimum 4 years in healthcare environment experience required, as a clinician preferred
- Minimum 6 years' experience with clinical information systems
- Minimum 4 years Cerner Millennium experience required
- Capable of working with the organization's leadership, clinical teams, and IT systems related to all clinicians and processes
- Knowledge of leading projects and directing the efforts of multiple people
- Able to understand clinical workflows and patient-care oriented processes
- Has a good foundation of information technologies in a clinical environment
- Additional IT or Clinical certifications or credentialing is preferred in computer science or Clinical/Nursing Informatics
- Professional demeanor with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with Executives, Physicians, Vendors, Nurses and all other clinical and IT personnel
- Provides solutions to highly complex technical problems requiring frequent use of creativity and ingenuity and an in-depth analysis and evaluation of multiple factors
- Experience with analyzing clinical systems and identifying continuous improvement opportunities
- Strong statistical skills and interpretive abilities
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects
- Project Management Certification and/or experience, process improvement skills related to workflow processes, and training development of educational material
- Ability to provide clinical review for projects to ensure a high level of usability of system functionality is achieved
- Promote the use of evidence-based clinical practices
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Travel Requirements: 5 – 25% domestic US travel (depending on projects)
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Prescription Drug Plan
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Time Off
- Growth and development opportunities
Company overview
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) is one of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, operating as a Fortune 300 corporation headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1979, UHS has grown into a major healthcare enterprise with approximately 99,000 employees and annual revenues exceeding $14 billion. The company operates through its subsidiaries, managing 29 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, and 60 outpatient and other facilities across 39 U.S. states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom. UHS provides comprehensive healthcare services including acute care, behavioral health treatment, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgical centers. The company's strategy focuses on building or acquiring high-quality hospitals in rapidly growing markets and investing in advanced medical equipment and skilled personnel to become the leading healthcare provider in each community it serves. UHS is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: UHS) and has established a strong reputation for delivering compassionate, high-quality care while maintaining financial stability and operational excellence.