Clinical Informatics Specialist

Weiss Memorial Hospital has been serving Chicago’s North Side and surrounding communities providing excellent health care services for over 60 years. We are a 236-bed, Joint Commission-accredited facility providing a full range of health care services to meet the needs of our diverse community. We have grown to better serve our community to include more than 450 doctors representing 42 medical specialties and more than 800 employees, all committed to providing you with personalized care. We are looking for exceptional people who share our mission and values to join our team!

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

1. Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing
2. Registered Nurse with current Illinois license
3. Bachelors or Masters Degree in clinical area, computer science, informatics, information system or a related field
4. 5 years of clinical, healthcare system implement and/or experience in progressively responsible positions preferred.
5. Experience in assisting with the implementation of clinical and ancillary systems preferred.
6. Experience with clinical process automation, standardization, and implementation preferred.

JOB DUTIES

1. Demonstrates the WMH Customer Service Values, which are key in providing quality service to patients and customers.
2. Evaluates and supports advances in information technology.
3. Assists with developing policies and procedures to support new workflow processes.
4. Conducts and facilitates meetings and presentations effectively and professionally.
5. Develops curriculum.
6. Provides education.
7. Supports development of expert users.
8. Leads project activities and tasks focused on standards, implementation, and education of patient care processes, nomenclature, and tools.
9. Assists with the analysis and documentation of current state workflow and future state workflow.
10. Assists with defining user requirements in the design of the future state workflows to optimize the functionality of clinical applications.
11. Works with hospital leadership and staff to manage, monitor, and audit the future state.
12. Participates in developing monitoring and evaluation technology and decision support (barcode point of care, alerts, order sets, etc.) for continual improvement.

Weiss Memorial Hospital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.