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Medical Informatics Analyst

CommonSpirit Health, Englewood, CO, United States


Job Summary and Responsibilities

This is a remote position that supports our Mountain Region (Utah, Colorado, Kansas), it is preferred that candidates live within the region.

As a Medical Informatics Analyst, you will apply informatics knowledge and expertise, clinical, operational experience, critical thinking, and leadership skills to facilitate a multidisciplinary approach to advocate for and support our regional providers and executives. This is to increase clinical system efficiency, expand technology utilization, foster innovation, reduce barriers to access clinical systems, facilitate clinical system design and implementation, provide information to generate insights that improve decisions, achieve better outcomes, advance regional strategies, and promote quality care.

Every day, this role will work as part of a larger team where each individual will have specific focus on areas such as Ambulatory Medicine, Oncology, Hospital Medicine, Surgery, OB/GYN, and Reporting. The position will work with regional and national Informatics teams to provide domain knowledge, when needed, for education/training, at-the-elbow support, and troubleshooting standard issues.

To be successful in your role, you will strategically apply your expertise in medical informatics, clinical operations, and critical thinking to advocate for and support regional providers and executives, driving clinical system efficiency, technology utilization, and innovation. You will demonstrate exceptional proficiency in facilitating clinical system design and implementation, generating actionable insights from data, and collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve better outcomes, advance regional strategies, and promote quality care across the organization.

Engage with Providers to enhance their Efficiency and Productivity by reducing barriers to complete and efficient documentation, improving charge capture, streamlining workflow, and reducing waste.

Enhance the usability of our providers' electronic platforms to decrease the burden and reduce variability. Remove ineffective systems to increase provider utilization of our technology.

Participate in the Design and support of effective and regulatory-compliant content, Clinical Decision support, and reporting/metrics to provide insight and enhance clinical and operational outcomes

Advocate for the needs of our Regional Providers, representing their needs across the organization and improving their experience with the technology they utilize by supporting optimization, build, and leading change preparedness efforts.

Oversee, enhance, and steward the clinical systems downtime tools and provider downtime readiness.

Remain proficient in using all CommonSpirit Health-specific applications supported by the Medical Informatics team. Maintains accurate documentation within the Incident Management System to include a clear description of the problem, the steps utilized in problem-solving, and the final solution.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience:

Bachelors Degree

OR

Associates Degree and minimum of 2 years clinical, healthcare or informatics related experience in lieu of Bachelor's Degree

Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Health Administration or other related field, preferred

Experience with large, diverse projects including planning, facilitating, and implementation

Minimum of 2 years of Informatics experience

Minimum of 5 years clinical or healthcare related experience

Licensure and Certifications:

Epic Certification, within 12 months of hire/transfer

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Training

Ability to adapt to new or changing environments

Strong critical thinking skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Informatics training, preferred

Reside within the Region Supported (Utah, Colorado, Kansas), preferred

Physical Demands:

Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects.

Where You'll Work

Inspired by faith. Driven by innovation. Powered by humankindness. CommonSpirit Health is building a healthier future for all through its integrated health services. As one of the nation's largest nonprofit Catholic healthcare organizations, CommonSpirit Health delivers more than 20 million patient encounters annually through more than 2,300 clinics, care sites and 137 hospital-based locations, in addition to its home-based services and virtual care offerings. CommonSpirit has more than 157,000 employees, 45,000 nurses and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice providers across 24 states and contributes more than $4.2 billion annually in charity care, community benefits and unreimbursed government programs. Together with our patients, physicians, partners, and communities, we are creating a more just, equitable, and innovative healthcare delivery system.

Pay Range

$39.27 - $58.42 /hour

We are an equal opportunity employer.