Job Description
DescriptionSummary:
The Clinical Informatics Systems Analyst Senior is primarily responsible for
assisting in the operation and administration of clinical information systems, collaborating with
clinical and technical associates to enhance workflow methodology and tools. Support
responsibilities include application support of medium to high complexity for acute and non-acute
care clinical applications for a large, multi-regional healthcare system; provides incident, change
and problem management support following the outlined ITIL processes. This position must possess
sufficient detailed healthcare knowledge and systems expertise to support assigned clinical
application(s). This position requires the ability to work with minimal supervision. This position
is exempt.
Responsibilities:
Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader
of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.Collaborate with Clinical Informatics colleagues
across the enterprise to drive strategic goals and vision for the department and CHRISTUS
Health.Collaborate with Clinical Informatics colleagues to focus on standardized best practice
workflow processes and clinical content to ensure alignment across all ministries in order to create
efficiencies that improve patient safety.Collaborate with technical colleagues to help identify any
infrastructure related issues that have resulted in clinical application issues.Develop, test,
implement, support, and maintain assigned clinical applications, solutions and business processes to
meet operational and technical requirements.Demonstrates strong communication and interpersonal
skills when interacting with other people, both individually and in groups.Demonstrate sound
understanding of clinical practice as it pertains to the integration of clinical information systems
and impact on end users.Assist in reporting any identified clinical information systems compliance
issues/concerns and escalate utilizing proper chain of command.Provide on-going end user clinical
information systems support with all upgrades, new releases and enhanced functionality.Assist with
communication to clinical end user system changes, new functionality, workflow process changes, and
downtime procedures as they relate to the electronic medical record.Foster relationships with
ministry leadership and departments such as Information Services, Quality, Case Management, Revenue
Cycle, and Finance to ensure effective communication, to meet business and financial
requirements.Prioritize, coordinate, and implement updates and requested changes to clinical
information systems.Provides effective customer service by being courteous, polite and friendly at
all times.May be required to work long hours during critical problems and on-call
rotation.Responsible for other duties and special projects as assigned.Perform in-depth analysis of
workflows, data collection, report details, and other technical issues associated with clinical
information systems.Troubleshoot and/or resolve application issues and escalate more complex issues
as appropriate.Independently provides guidance and leadership on quality assurance and testing
initiatives. Demonstrates ability to lead team through complex integrated testing processes. Able to
manage testing projects as necessary.Quickly and decisively takes action in fast changing,
unpredictable situations. Shows tremendous amount of initiative in tough situations. Is exceptional
at spotting and seizing opportunities. Proactively plans projects and tasks within
application.Applies advanced level understanding of assigned clinical/business operations,
processes, and workflows. Discusses, and identifies dependencies with project team members and
stakeholders. Maintains collaborative customer relationships; Ensures the needs of the customer are
fully represented in all updates.Possesses the skill to develop strong and positive relationships
with client management at all levels. Is respected by the client as an expert and end users
demonstrate confidence in the individual. Provides clear and organized status reporting on key
project areas to be used as external communications to stakeholders. Coordinates team members to
gather information and prepare organized, consistent, and accurate status reporting.Demonstrates an
advanced level of application understanding, and applies expertise to help meet customer goals and
outcomes. Tackles new problems using experimentation, including successes and failure experiences.
Creative problem solving beyond standard recommendations and practice.Contributes to strategy
discussions by proactively identifying options with associated pros and cons with team members,
stakeholders and leaders. Consistently displays superior judgment. Reputation for high-quality
decisions.Able to understand complex requirements of end users and project goals and propose
technical solutions for multifarious design, configuration needs. Able to independently analyze,
design, and configure the application. Ability to teach team members complex design, configuration.
Proactively and independently troubleshoot and resolve complex incidents and requests without
direction.Design, configuration and deliverables demonstrate exceptional ability to address complex
end user needs. Quality has the confidence of project management. Sets the bar for project team
quality work. Independently manages medium to large scale and complex projects/requests.
Collaborates with team members as needed.Leads and evaluates process and requirements analysis,
including process mapping though current flow charts, documents, future needs/plans, requirement
elicitation, stakeholder analysis, and specification gathering on complex projects/requests.
Responsible for completing gap analysis, and providing cross application recommendations.Must have
strong knowledge of clinical information systems, clinical informatics, data management and
administration.Must have advance knowledge of Microsoft Office products.Must have excellent verbal
and written skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently and as a
member of a team.Must have excellent project management and communication skills, both verbal and
written. Must have proven ability (preferably within Christus) to independently and successfully
lead multidisciplinary team initiative.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of
clinical/technical application experience in lieu of degree, strongly preferredPreferred 5-7 years
previous clinical information systems experience or equivalentPreferred 2+ years project management
experience or equivalentValid Driver’s LicenseEpic certification/accreditation/self-proficiency in
relevant application required; multiple certification/accreditation/self-proficiency in relevant
applications preferred.
Work Type:
Full Time
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- Specialty: Information Technology
- Location: 1101 East Se Loop 323Tyler, Texas 75701
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About the Company:
CHRISTUS Health is an international Catholic, faith-based, not-for-profit health system comprised of
more than 600 services and facilities, including more than 60 hospitals and long-term care
facilities, 350 clinics and outpatient centers, and dozens of other health ministries and
ventures.
Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in Houston and San Antonio and
the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, the mission of CHRISTUS Health is to extend the healing
ministry of Jesus Christ.
To support our healthcare ministry, CHRISTUS Health employs approximately
45,000 Associates and has more than 15,000 physicians on staff who provide care and support for
patients. CHRISTUS Health is listed among the top ten largest Catholic health systems in the United
States.
EXTENDING THE HEALING MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST
We are inspired by our mission, vision and
core values to deliver compassionate, high quality health care, improving the health of the
communities we serve. Above all, we are committed to providing our customers and their family
members with a truly unique healing experience, one that embodies our values and respects the
dignity and worth of each person. Creating a health care system that is truly excellent in all areas
is an ongoing effort.