Clinical Informatics Manager

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• • Provide campus leadership in developing and managing a unified system informatics program that is supported enterprise-wide.
  • Understand the impact of regulatory changes and communicate the impact of those changes on the informatics program.
  • Collaborates with nursing providers and organizational leaders in planning and implementing program expansion and growth including new business ventures construction and projects.
  • Ensures a competent technology-enabled workforce in collaboration with the IT and Education Services teams.
• Nursing Quality
  • Incorporate nursing research and evidence-based nursing knowledge into nursing informatics practice.
  • Develops and maintains standards of care that inform evidence-based practice quality of care patient safety and clinician workflow in collaboration with nursing leadership.
  • Act as a change agent in the identification development planning implementation and value measurement of informatics strategies to support quality patient care and professional practice.
  • Supports nursing and provider leadership by developing system informatics-driven policies and procedures.
    Ensures nursing practices and corresponding policies and procedures related to health IT follow appropriate Practice Acts accreditation requirements and other applicable regulations and standards.
• Operational
  • Ensure that informatics principles adopted are used to inform and monitor proposed service redesigns so that they are effective in improving clinical practice and patient outcomes.
  • Ensure that the structures are in place to monitor effective and valid information flows within systems used to deliver care and manage the business.
  • Promote the advancement of clinical and business intelligence systems capable of reporting information needed to improve patient outcomes support research and improve operations across the continuum of care.
  • Work with clinical and IT leaders in evaluating the effectiveness of technologies and workflows that impact clinical users.
  • Manage and allocate resources at the affiliate lever in conjunction with System and Hospital Goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in health business or informatics field - required
• 4-6 years Direct patient care in a clinical setting - required
• 4-6 years Customer Service Experience - required
• 1-3 years EMR/informatics - preferred
• 1-3 years Direct managment of people and teams - preferred
• Experienced in the use of electronic medical record documentation software including design build testing production and evaluation cycles.
• Ability to analyze and determine how technical functionality can be applied in the clinical setting.
• Understands limitations of technology and ensures rational application of appropriate solutions to identified issues whether technical workflow or policy-based.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to present information to varied audiences including hospital administrators physicians and board members.
• Possesses strong organizational and project management skills and attention to detail

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Physical Demands

• Standing - Occasionally
• Walking - Occasionally
• Sitting - Constantly
• Lifting - Rarely
• Carrying - Rarely
• Pushing - Rarely
• Pulling - Rarely
• Climbing - Rarely
• Balancing - Rarely
• Stooping - Rarely
• Kneeling - Rarely
• Crouching - Rarely
• Crawling - Rarely
• Reaching - Rarely
• Handling - Occasionally
• Grasping - Occasionally
• Feeling - Rarely
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Constantly
• Repetitive Motions - Frequently
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Frequently

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold - Rarely
• Extreme heat - Rarely
• Humidity - Rarely
• Wet - Rarely
• Noise - Occasionally
• Hazards - Rarely
• Temperature Change - Rarely
• Atmospheric Conditions - Rarely
• Vibration - Rarely

Thank you for your interest in Albany Medical Center!

Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center its patients affiliates and partners including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a need to know and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.