Job Information
Ascension Health Clinical Informatics Specialist in Nashville, Tennessee
Details
Department: Relationship and Demand Management
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 hour shift
Location: Nashville, TN (50% remote, 50% St. Thomas East Regional Hospitals)
Benefits
Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community
*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.
Responsibilities
Proactively achieves goals and objectives.
Provide operational insight and understanding of the clinical Informatics function within the broader scope of health informatics and information systems.
Ensure collaboration between Informatics, technical, clinical and operational teams so technology and practices focus on efficiency, standardized practice and patient safety.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with market leaders at various levels resulting in a dynamic where the partners consider the Clinical Informatics Specialist their primary point of contact for technology interests and challenges.
Through trusted relationships, advise market partners in their technology interests via persuasion, influence, negotiation and compromise.
Stay current and aware of societal and technological trends, issues and new developments.
Create a culture of ownership and accountability within the team.
Ensures work is approached as problem solvers with an active role in resolution.
Serves as a representative within the market for partners and team members to escalate technology problems with both projects and routine operations.
Collaborate with technical partners and peers throughout the Ascension organization
Use data and analytics to monitor the tools and technology in use.
Assures team collaboration (Technology and local clinical teams) so new technology and new practices focus on efficiency, standardized practice and patient safety.
Skills we seek:
Exceptional communication skills in a variety of formats (written and verbal, synchronous and asynchronous) are necessary to support the regular need to collaborate, inform, and advise across teams and audiences.
Provides integration, oversight and awareness of the Clinical Informatics role in the context of health informatics and information systems.
Develop and maintain expertise in current clinician workflows including technology and human processes.
Assure the coordination efforts to evaluate and optimize clinical system designs based on current clinical workflows and evidence based practice.
Understand technical capabilities of systems and is consulted as an expert to identify best options to achieve desired outcomes with a focus on efficient workflows and patient safety.
Awareness of the impact of implementing technology to facilitate practice within change management and adoption. Understands and supports change management principles for adoption of new or existing tech/tools/processes.
Consulted for opportunities around efficiencies and improved patient outcomes. Implements content development of training resources related to technology use.
Organize, prioritize, and execute assignments to achieve specific objectives, key performance indicators to achieve project deliverables.
Continuously supports the team to elevate the role of clinical informatics by empowerment, coaching, and leading by example.
Skilled in independently assessing issues and owning the engagement of the appropriate stakeholders.
Requirements
Education:
- High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Additional Preferences
Master’s Degree
Experience in workflow/process analysis and improvement, particularly related to healthcare IT or equivalent experience
Clinical Hospital Experience
Experience in leading teams
Experience in leading change
Experience in matrixed healthcare IT environment
Why Join Our Team
When you join Ascension, you join a team of over 134,000 individuals across the country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture, continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly $46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our team today.
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Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
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