RN Clinical Informaticist- Fulltime Exempt - $81,307.20-$121,950.40 Salary

 Spanish Peaks Regional Health Center/Veteran's Community Living Center is seeking a skilled and forward-thinking Clinical Informaticist to support and enhance the information systems that drive patient care across our inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care settings.

This is a dynamic role ideal for a healthcare professional with strong clinical knowledge and technical expertise who is passionate about improving workflows, optimizing systems, and advancing data-driven patient care.

Essential Job Functions:

• Develop and execute plans to implement and enhance supported systems. Design and coordinate program fixes and customized menus.

• Communicates proactively and regularly with departments served. Develops and executes plans to implement and enhance supported systems.

• Provides support in troubleshooting clinical programming and system problems.

• Understands and supports workflows in department; works toward improvement in the workflow through system enhancements or process improvements. 

• Provides technical and application expertise to design, analyze, and optimize clinical information systems to ensure that system design achieves objectives of standardization, integration, and efficiency.

• Collaborates with system team members to develop, coordinate, and assist with educational materials and learning opportunities. 

• Shares knowledge and expertise with others in support of organizational change management. 

• Adheres to facility policies and procedures. Demonstrates ethical business practices and personal actions and adherence to the facility’s Compliance Program and Code of Conduct.

• Develops and maintains documentation of system design and workflow processes.

• Analyzes and researches issues brought forward by end users, following up and assisting with resolution.

• Serves as clinical informatics liaison for clinical and quality programs.

• Develops and supports downtime processes and tools.

• Provides summary information to leadership staff members as requested. Proactively provides important communication to provide information on changes or critical circumstances.

• Perform other functions as required to fulfill the expectations of the Clinical Informaticist.

Minimum Required Education/Experience:  Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required. Five years of nursing experience with at least two years or informatics experience is highly desired. Healthcare information systems experience and previous teaching experience preferred. Knowledge of Meditech and PointClickCare are highly desired.

Pre-Employment Knowledge, Abilities and Skills: 

• Ability to determine appropriate course of action in more complex situations.

• Ability to be self-directed and highly collaborative.

• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, negotiation, and critical-thinking skills.

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

• Advanced working knowledge of various business and financial software systems.

• Strong adaptability and flexibility to various and changing duties. 

• Ability to manage multiple and simultaneous responsibilities and to prioritize scheduling of work.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with the public, other agencies, employees and administration.

• Working knowledge of clinical terminology and concepts.

• Advanced knowledge of finance and accounting terminology and concepts.

Note: An acceptable combination of education, training and experience that provides the above knowledge, abilities and skills may be substituted.

Necessary Special Requirements: Must obtain annual flu vaccination and any job-specific immunizations. Required to submit to a tuberculosis screening process.

Unusual Demands: Work is subject to recurring and inflexible deadlines and frequent interruptions.  

 Benefits:

All Employees are eligible for:

· Employee Assistance Program

· 403B retirement fund options (employer match after one year of employment)

· Cafeteria Meal Discount

Full and part-time positions are eligible for:

· Medical benefits including telehealth options

· Dental and vision benefits

· Basic life insurance and AD&D (employer paid)

· Supplemental Life/AD&D

· Paid Time Off

· Short-term disability (employer paid)

· Critical Illness Insurance

· Accident Insurance

· Identity protection

· Tour of Duty (Paid temporary housing for those who qualify)

If you’re considering joining our team this position will be open for a minimum of 5 days or until filled.