Health IT Clinical Informaticist

This is a remote position.

We are looking for a candidate to perform clinical informatics analysis, validation, workflow, implementation, and coordination activities supporting Health IT modernization. The Clinical Informaticist analyzes and documents clinical workflows and requirements; develops clinical informatics work products; supports system design review, testing, implementation, readiness, adoption, and optimization activities; and evaluates clinical impacts and risks. Government officials and authorized Government clinical personnel retain clinical-care, clinical-policy, system-approval, and other Government decision authorities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze and document clinical workflows, care-delivery processes, documentation
  practices, information needs, and clinical-system interactions.
  
• Translate clinical workflows and operational needs into clear functional, workflow, data,usability, and system requirements.
  
• Develop clinical workflow diagrams, requirements artifacts, impact assessments, validation materials, testing inputs, readiness products, and other clinical informatics deliverables.
  
• Participate in design and configuration reviews and analyze proposed solutions for alignment with documented clinical workflows and requirements.
  
• Develop clinical test scenarios, participate in testing and validation activities, document findings, and track identified clinical workflow or usability issues.
  
• Analyze the clinical impact of system changes, upgrades, releases, workflow changes,and modernization activities.
  
• Identify clinical risks associated with system or workflow changes, develop mitigation options, and track Government-approved mitigation actions.
  
• Support implementation readiness, adoption, workflow transition, development and review of training content, super-user support, and post-implementation optimization.
  
• Coordinate clinical informatics activities with clinicians, operational personnel, business analysts, technical personnel, training personnel, and applicable program stakeholders.
  
• Assess clinical workflows and proposed changes for alignment with applicable clinical documentation standards, clinical decision-support needs, interoperability considerations, patient-safety requirements, clinical governance, quality standards, and regulatory requirements, and document findings and recommended actions.
  
• Develop briefings, analyses, reports, and other required clinical informatics work Products.
  
  

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in clinical informatics, healthcare operations, clinical workflow analysis, Health IT, or related work.
  
• Knowledge of clinical workflows, healthcare documentation, clinical information systems, and healthcare operational processes.
  
• Ability to translate clinical needs into requirements, workflow documentation, test scenarios, and implementation products.
  
• Ability to analyze clinical impacts and risks associated with Health IT changes.
  
• Strong analytical, written, facilitation, and interdisciplinary communication skills.
  
• Experience supporting EHR modernization, implementation, optimization, or similar Health IT initiatives is preferred.
  
• U.S. Citizenship required
  
• Ability to obtain a DHS Public Trust clearance