Clinical Informatics Analyst

CASS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER

Job/Position Description

Department Name: Information Services

Title: Clinical Informatics Analyst

EEOC Classification:  Exempt

PART ONE: Dimension and Description

Primary Purpose: Identifies clinical practice workflow and process issues and concerns, and provides leadership and guidance to define system and process requirements that will optimize performance and utilization by clinicians. The Clinical Informatics Analyst is responsible for the assessment, planning, training, implementation, evaluation, and optimization of nursing informatics projects.  The goal of the position is to serve as the primary interface between nursing, IT, and patient care services to ensure transparent multidisciplinary delivery of healthcare technology. 

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities : Formally responsible for making recommendations regarding policies associated with the job's purpose and essential responsibilities

Routine Decision Making: Works with clinical leadership to offer technology solutions that follow patient care best practices while maintaining integrity of electronic systems designed to support patient care.

Required Knowledge: Knowledge and skills in quality improvement methodologies.  Knowledge of nursing process and practices.  Knowledge of mandates of regulatory and accrediting bodies.

Required Skills and Ability: Excellent interpersonal communication, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.  Evidence of ability to function with a high degree of independence while actively collaborating with health care members providing care.  Excellent analytical skills.  Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Education and Certification/ Registration Required for the Position:  Clinical Degree for patient-facing role.

PART TWO: Essential Responsibilities and Tasks

A Ensures the completion and effectiveness of assessing, planning, implementation, evaluation, and optimization of nursing informatics projects. (35% of time

Collaborates with clinical department directors/managers, physicians, and other key staff in overall project evaluation.

Supervises optimization projects for units. 

Works closely with project leaders to identify project objectives, expected outcomes, resource requirements, and evaluation strategies.  Work with the team to implement projects.

Contributes to the design and conduct of evidence-based practice and quality improvement activities related to the care of patients and their families.

B Provides program management for nursing informatics projects. (35% of time)

Works to establish policies and practices for the IT team to support the delivery and maintenance of health information technology.

Assesses unit and department technology needs

Helps coordinate training to support new software implementations.

Provides ongoing end-user education and develops recommended policies and procedures.

Works with appropriate department teams to confirm staff involvement and competency for projects.

Provides support to nursing staff for relevant technologies through regular clinical rounds.

Provides support for daily system operations for relevant technologies.

Role model leadership behaviors that demonstrate professional values and commitment to advanced practice.

C Facilitates a safe practice environment for interdisciplinary team members to use technology. (30% of time

Establish collaborative relationships with other members of the healthcare team.

Evaluate current interventions and emerging technologies to ensure implementation strategies that promote viable data, cost, safety, and quality outcomes.

Provide a nursing perspective and articulate nursing needs related to the integration of technology in patient care delivery.

Evaluates necessary changes in nursing clinical practice and workflow as related to technology, including new functionality.

Analyzes processes and implements necessary process improvements related to technology.

Evaluates practice setting suitability for use of technology with the goal of ultimately achieving one standard of care.

Evaluates outcomes of technology use including but not limited to feedback from users and impact on improved care

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

TYPE OF WORK (Check One

Medium Work:  Lifting 100# maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25#

PHYSICAL DEMANDS (Check those which apply)

Lifting:  Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling

Carrying:  Transporting an object, usually holding it in hands or arms or on the shoulders

Pushing:  Exerting force upon an object so that the object moves away from the force (including slapping, striking, kicking, and treadle actions

Hearing:  Ability to determine audible communication

Stooping:  Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist

Kneeling:  Bending the legs at the knees to come to rest on the knee or knees

Crouching:  Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine

Crawling:  Moving about on the hands and knees or hands and feet

Reaching:  Extending the hands and arms in any direction

Handling:  Seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with the hand or hands (fingering not involved

Fingering:  Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with the fingers primarily (rather than with the whole hand or arms as in handling).

Repetitive Motions:  Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers

Feeling:  Perceiving such attributes of objects and materials as size, shape, temperature, or texture by means of receptors in the skin, particularly those of the finger tips

Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word.  Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly

Seeing:  Obtaining impressions through the eyes of the shape, size, distance, motion, color or other characteristics of objects

 Including Major Visual Functions

Acuity, near - clarity of vision at 20 inches or less

Depth perception - ability to judge distance and space relationships so as to see objects where and as they actually are

Field of vision - area seen up and down or to the right or left while eyes are fixed

Accommodations - adjustment of the lens of the eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Color vision- the ability to identify and distinguish colors.

WORKING CONDITIONS (Check those which apply)

Inside:  Worker spends approximately 75% or more of time inside

Dust:  Air filled with small particles of any kind, such as textiles dust, flour, wool, leather, feathers, etc., and inorganic dust including silica and asbestos, which make the workplace unpleasant or are the source of occupational disease.    

Clinical degree or higher education.

Knowledge with an EMR, preferably Meditech, with application build experience.

Hospital or clinic workflow knowledge.