Clinical Informaticist Sr

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

As our Sr. Clinical Informaticist, you will serve as an expert role model, promoting the understanding, integration, and application of information technology in healthcare settings. This role is 50% in hospital and 50% remote, providing a unique work life balance in the healthcare field.

Every day, you will apply your advanced education and experience to effectively address complex challenges in diverse healthcare delivery environments. You will act as a crucial liaison between clinical care and information technology, leading associates throughout the care continuum in the full life cycle of clinical technology projects. This includes guiding projects from conception and planning through implementation, optimization, and ongoing support, ensuring technology solutions enhance patient care and clinical workflows. 

To be successful in this role, you will possess extensive experience as a Clinical Informaticist, Nurse Informaticist, or a related role, with a strong background in clinical practice and advanced knowledge of healthcare information technology. You will demonstrate exceptional leadership, analytical, and communication skills, capable of translating complex technical concepts into clinical terms.

• Supports system standardization and optimization, and in creating a strategic plan for informatics and EHR governance/optimization in partnership with the system clinical informatics leadership.
• The position supports clinical value transformation and evidence based practice strategies with the outcome of improving patient safety and care quality.
• Provides informatics expertise in curriculum design and delivery, EHR training, and competency validation to associates.
• Supports system level projects by conducting workflow analysis, identifying key stakeholders, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, developing action plans, establishing project timelines, assessing training needs, and evaluating effectiveness post-implementation.
• Serve as the primary Clinical Informatics liaison for state and national regulatory reporting, system-wide configuration, and audit defense for CMS Medicare Promoting Interoperability (PI) Program measures across regional hospital and Community Connect sites.
• Manage Epic upgrade freeze schedules and lead annual hardship exception filings across all market locations to safeguard compliance and revenue integrity.
• Oversee configuration, tracking, and compliance for e-Prescribing, PDMP, Bi-Directional HIE, and public health data exchanges (including Syndromic Surveillance, ELR, eCR, Immunization, and NHSN AU/AR surveillance).
• Monitor state HIE/vendor transitions and execute targeted penalty mitigation strategies for high-risk clinical facilities.
• Partner with Reimbursement Finance, Quality, regulatory teams, and external health system partners to evaluate technical optimization requests, validate EHR functionality, and direct multidisciplinary workgroups.

Required

• BS Clinical Degree or equivalent e.g. Nursing, Pharmacist, Respiratory, PT/OT, Radiology, etc.
• Valid clinical license required for clinical informaticist.
• EPIC Proficient or Credentialed within one year of hire.
• 1-3 years, Minimum 2 years experience as informaticist or leading related projects and/or teams

Preferred

• Other Degree or Certification in Computer Science, MIS, Nursing, Informatics, HIT, Health Administration, or other related field
• Certified Professional in Healthcare Information & Mgmt Sys
• Project Management Professional, upon hire
• Experience in electronic clinical quality measures and regulatory guidelines