HEALTH INFORMATICIST in Dallas, Texas

Hours of Work :

40

Days Of Week :

M-F

Work Shift :

8X5 Day (United States of America)

Job Description :

Your Job:

In this highly technical, fast-paced, and rewarding position, you will collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to provide the best care for patients. The primary purpose of the Health Informatics ClinDoc/Stork position is to research, design, program, test, install, and maintain assigned programs and systems. Using evidence-based practice, Health Informaticists contribute to patient safety by developing clinical protocols, documentation templates, and decision-support rules in collaboration with physicians, nurses, and other clinicians.

Your Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in healthcare informatics, nursing, or other related fields.

• Equivalent work experience can replace the educational requirement.

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas preferred – if licensed, maintain a current license.

• Certification in Epic Clindoc or Stork applications is preferred.

• Prior work experience in nursing or other clinical environment is preferred.

• Three to five or more years of experience implementing or supporting electronic health record applications is preferred.

Your Job Responsibilities:

• Understands and can articulate user needs and problems and determines the feasibility of solutions.

• Uses clinical knowledge and hospital experience to assist in supporting clinical applications.

• May be called upon as a technical resource for other project teams. Provides on-call support to MDMC, MCMC, MMMC, MRMC, MCCC, MRCC, MLMC , MSMC, and Methodist Addison and McKinney Surgical Centers during non-business hours.

• Demonstrates ability to manage many jobs simultaneously, balancing priorities, deadlines, and time. The work is highly technical, and the incumbent is often required to work independently.

• Demonstrates ability to personally complete all aspects of a project in a reliable, accurate, and timely manner.

• Develops design specifications and implementation schedules for application changes.

• Assesses, plans, designs, implements, and evaluates clinical workflow and business processes and runs performance maintenance reports on tools to define technology needs.

• Performs or ensures system maintenance and testing is complete for requested changes and updates/new releases for all assigned applications.

• Communicate with the Team Lead , senior informaticists, other informaticists, leadership, and users to develop system requirements and solutions.

• Logs, tracks, and resolves problems related to the application system with system vendors.

• Maintains current detailed system documentation for assigned applications.

• Continually assesses the education needs of end users about technology solutions. Plans and contributes to formal and informal education for staff.

• Works collaboratively with team members and informs leadership of all events about the operations of assigned applications and projects.

• Other duties as assigned.

Methodist Health System is a faith-based organization with a mission to improve and save lives through compassionate, quality healthcare. For nearly a century, Dallas-based Methodist Health System has been a trusted choice for health and wellness. Named one of the fastest-growing health systems in America by Modern Healthcare , Methodist has a network of 12 hospitals (through ownership and affiliation) with nationally recognized medical services, such as a Level I Trauma Center, multi-organ transplantation, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, neurosurgery, robotic surgical programs, oncology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics, among others. Methodist has more than two dozen clinics located throughout the region, renowned teaching programs, innovative research, and a strong commitment to the community. Our reputation as an award-winning employer shows in the distinctions we’ve earned:

• Magnet® designations for Methodist Dallas, Methodist Charlton, Methodist Mansfield, and Methodist Richardson Medical Centers

• 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review , 2023

• Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer, Gold Designation, 2023

• Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer, 2023

Methodist Health System is a faith-based organization with a mission to improve and save lives through compassionate, quality healthcare. For nearly a century, Dallas-based Methodist Health System has been a trusted choice for health and wellness. Named one of the fastest-growing health systems in America by Modern Healthcare , Methodist has a network of 12 hospitals (through ownership and affiliation) with nationally recognized medical services, such as a Level I Trauma Center, multi-organ transplantation, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care, neurosurgery, robotic surgical programs, oncology, gastroenterology, and orthopedics, among others. Methodist has more than two dozen clinics located throughout the region, renowned teaching programs, innovative research, and a strong commitment to the community. Our reputation as an award-winning employer shows in the distinctions we’ve earned:

• Magnet® designations for Methodist Dallas, Methodist Charlton, Methodist Mansfield, and Methodist Richardson Medical Centers

• 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review , 2023

• Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer, Gold Designation, 2023

• Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer, 2023

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Methodist Health System (MHS) to select, develop, and promote employees based on individual ability and job performance. It has been, and will continue to be, the policy of MHS to provide equal employment opportunity to all people in all aspects of employer-employee relations without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, disability, marital status, genetic information or ancestry. This policy affects decisions including, but not limited to, an employee’s compensation, benefits, terms and conditions of employment, opportunities for promotion, training, development, transfer all other privileges of employment. MHS is committed to maintain a working environment free of intimidation, workplace discrimination and harassment. Retaliation or attempted retaliatory behavior that occurs as a result of an employee’s exercise of their rights under this policy or any other statutorily protected right is strictly prohibited and will be grounds for disciplinary action.