Perioperative and Procedural Clinical Informaticist I

Southlake Campus

Position Summary / Career Interest:

In this role, you will collaborate closely with perioperative and procedural teams, including surgeons, nurses, and administration, to analyze clinical workflows and requirements, assist with system build, audit, maintenance, identify areas for improvement, and implement data-driven strategies.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Collaborate with administrative teams to assess, design, and implement effective workflows that support perioperative and procedural services.
• Observe workflows to help identify enhancement opportunities for the patient, provider and/or staff experience.
• Assist with onboarding activities for new team members.
• Role model best practices and promote standardized workflows.
• Participate in efforts to improve user adoption of workflow changes.
• Evaluate and facilitate optimizations that enhance clinical decision support, operational efficiency, and standardization.
• Act as a liaison between front line clinical teams, ensuring that clinical needs are adequately represented and addressed in technology-related, training, optimizations, and initiatives.
• Assist in support and troubleshooting for clinical departments, addressing system issues promptly and ensuring minimal disruption to clinical operations.
• Coordinate and provide training to clinical end-users, promoting optimal utilization of information systems and technology.
• Assist in the analysis and interpretation of data, providing meaningful insights and recommendations for process improvements and strategic decision-making.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines, including HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability) and other data privacy and security requirements.
• Provide support, and adoption efforts for system upgrades, migrations, and integrations.
• Communicate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including physicians, nurses, administrators, and IT professionals.
• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in clinical informatics, incorporating new insights into organizational processes and systems.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science nursing or other clinical healthcare related field. A combination of experience and education may be considered.
• 1 or more years experience as super user and/or providing user support for technology changes in healthcare setting.
• 2 or more years experience in a clinical position (nursing or ancillary) in a healthcare institution or clinic of comparable size and complexity.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Master's Degree

Required Licensure and Certification

• Current professional license or clinical certificate required in professional area.
• Able to obtain certification or proficiency (with certification-level score) in assigned Epic application within six (6) months of employment.

Knowledge Requirements

• Basic analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
• Proficient in using various software applications and databases relevant to perioperative and procedural services, such as EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems, scheduling software, and data analysis tools.
• Commitment to continuous learning and professional development in healthcare informatics.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-53652

Important information for you to know as you apply:

• The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer.  Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status.  See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

• The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link asktalentacquisition@kumc.edu.

• Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.

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