Health Informatics Specialist

Overview:

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! West Anaheim Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Founded in 1964, West Anaheim Medical Center is a 219-bed acute-care hospital dedicated to providing the community with high-quality, compassionate healthcare. Key services include general medical and surgical inpatient care and treatment, emergency services, surgical services, behavioral health, comprehensive heart center, and diagnostic imaging. For more information visit www.westanaheimmedctr.com.

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf

Privacy Notice for California Applicants: https://www.primehealthcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Notice-at-Collection-and-Privacy-Policy-for-California-Job-Applicants.pdf

Health Informatics Specialist will be responsible for providing analytic support and quantifying business requirements and performing analyses, forecasting, and mining of data to support cross-functional teams and stakeholders. They will review patients’ records for timeliness, completeness and accuracy while communicating with cross-functional teams as appropriate. The Health Informatics Specialist will ensure that there is quality maintenance of the patient information/medical records within applicable laws, policies, rules, and regulations. They will also perform other duties as assigned or required.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

Required qualifications:

1. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in clinical healthcare field, Business Discipline, Healthcare Management, Health Information Management, Healthcare Informatics and/or equivalent experience
2. Working knowledge of medical terminology
3. Demonstrate advanced ability to operate a computer, multiple software applications, and other office equipment as necessary.

Preferred qualifications:

1. Clinical experience.
2. Work experience in an acute care health information management setting.
3. Interpersonal skills necessary to deal with and establish working relationships with physicians, hospital personnel and co-workers.
4. R.H.I.A or R.H.I.T certified

West Anaheim Medical Center offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $22.28 to $41.39. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.