Clinical Informaticist

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.CHI St. Josephs Health provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

CHI St. Joseph’s Health of Park Rapids part of CommonSpirit Health is an award-winning 25-bed critical access hospital located in the heart of lake country. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission we offer a full range of services including 24/7/365 Emergency Department and Level IV Trauma Center hospitalist program testing surgery orthopedics rehabilitation and more so that you can experience better health.

The Clinical Informaticist is responsible for providing leadership, clinical understanding, and support to the planning, coordination, implementation and sustainment of clinical health information technology (HIT):

• Works collaboratively with, but not limited to, Clinicians, Physicians, Regional CNIO,and IT to ensure that the needs of patient care areas are met and project timelines, milestones, and deliverables are on target with the overall clinical IT strategy. 
• Provides input regarding the IT systems and the impact on existing clinical standards, processes and forms in such a way as to gain support and buy-in from staff to successfully implement and sustain clinical HIT. 
• Position requires an understanding of clinical processes and HIT needs of the clinical disciplines. 
• Will provide guidance of ongoing strategy based on new models of care and optimization of systems, system integration, workflow analysis, analytics, research, outcomes and metric tracking and quality reporting. 
• Demonstrates organizational and communication skills in dealing with patients, families, physicians and other health care workers.

Degree in clinical related area (Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy, Nursing etc.) or Five (5) years’ work experience in a clinical care setting