Clinical Informatics Lead

Overview: Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact. HonorHealth offers a diverse benefits portfolio for our full-time and part-time team members designed to help you and your family live your best lives. Visit honorhealth.com/benefits to learn more. Join us. Let’s go beyond expectations and transform healthcare together. HonorHealth is one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more. With nearly 17,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers and close to 2,000 volunteers dedicated to providing high quality care, HonorHealth strives to go beyond the expectations of a traditional healthcare system to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. Learn more at HonorHealth.com. Responsibilities: Job SummaryThe Clinical Informaticist Lead (CI-Lead) has mastery knowledge in a clinical discipline, technology, and other technology areas. They align technology with the organization's strategic objectives and use their informatics knowledge to teach others. The CI-Lead mentors team members, assists with professional growth, and educates on best practices. They collaborate with business operations to develop innovative solutions for clinician technology needs, guide team deliverables, escalations, and engagement. They will collaborate with department leadership for resource planning and workload balancing to ensure efficient and effective team performance.Essential Functions

• Optimization: Identify and coordinate workflow improvement opportunities, lead analysis, facilitate the implementation, customization, and optimization of technology systems to meet the needs of clinicians and support effectiveness and efficiency. Identify opportunities for improvement, consistently measuring and showcasing organizational value. Troubleshoot complex issues, workflow problems, and enhancement requests, contributing to root cause analysis. Evaluate impact of future technology solutions on business practices. Proactively research opportunities to leverage technology.
• Rounding/Gemba: Engage in onsite interactions with end users via Gemba rounding. Promote team accountability, and ensure outcomes are achieved. Act as a liaison between teams and departments, develop and maintain effective relationships within HonorHealth and with external entities, and facilitate, coordinate, and prepare recommendations and presentations for key stakeholders.
• Project: Co-lead or manage large complex clinical projects or programs with minimal guidance. Prepare workflow analysis, engage internal and external resources. Advise team members on project and change management resources for successful initiative completion. Assign project resources in partnership with department leadership. Monitor and ensure project objectives and deliverables are achieved.
• Professional Development: Maintain current knowledge of trends in clinical practice, healthcare informatics, and technology innovations to support continual optimization, while ensuring professional growth through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations. Develop and implement educational strategies to promote understanding of informatics principles. Provide mentoring and supervision, demonstrate leadership within the department.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare field, Computer Science or similar discipline – Required
• Master’s degree in healthcare informatics or related discipline - Preferred

Experience

• 3 years Clinical experience utilizing technology including electronic health records in an acute care and/or ambulatory setting - Required
• 5 years Informatics experience; inclusive of roles in areas of patient safety, process/quality improvement, and/or project management. Demonstrates leadership development and some experience in a supervisory capacity. - Required

License and Certifications

• Current licensure/certification (i.e. RN, Therapy, PCT, MA) in the state of Arizona – Required
• Industry Clinical Informatics certification (ie. HIMSS, ANCC) within 1 year of eligibility of sitting for exam - Required

Facility: HonorHealth Support Services Department: IT CMIO Work Hours: 80 hours per PP Shift: Day Position Type: Full-Time