The Clinical Research Informatician is a bridge between clinicians/researchers and data. Must have a blended knowledge of clinical workflow, terminology, and practices with an understanding of health information technology to advance clinical and translational research towards improved patient care. The Clinical Informatician will play an integral role focused on creating, testing, implementing, and maintaining applications and data for clinical areas. Responsibilities include acting as a liaison between clinicians/researchers and data stewards, interfacing with stakeholders on informatics software development, maintenance, and operations, and creating streamlined workflows for the exploitation of healthcare data.

Essential Duties:

• Collect, organize, curate, and document healthcare information within the data warehouse.
• Apply experience with clinical information and workflows to the development of informatics tools, applications, analyses, and procedures.
• Develop, modify, test, and implement applications and algorithms for the collection, organization, and analysis of healthcare data.
• Assist in the development of presentations, scientific publications, and grant proposals.
• Apply insights gained from research to improve patient care or healthcare operations.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Req Bachelors Degree In Health Information Management or Health Informatics OR B.S. in clinical field (nursing, etc.) and certification in Health Informatics OR B.S. in informatics, computer science, statistics, biomedical engineering artificial intelligence AND certification in Health Informatics.

• Req 2 years Clinical research experience
• Req 2 years Clinical informatics experience
• Req 2 years Experience in information technology and/or in academic healthcare setting
• Req Experience with clinical operations, Health Information Management, or care management
• Req Experience with clinical standards and coding
• Req Experience with clinical definitions, ontologies, dictionaries, and taxonomies
• Req Experience with KPIs as they relate to clinical areas
• Req Experience Implementing new technologies in clinical areas

• Req Ability to interact directly with and interpret healthcare data using self-service tools or coding languages, such as SQL and Python
• Req Ability to liaison between clinical stakeholders and Enterprise Data & AI technical team members
• Req Expertise in analyzing and optimizing clinical workflows, leveraging IT to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and patient outcomes through targeted interventions and system improvements.
• Req Collaborate with software vendors and IT service providers to ensure that their products and services are tailored to meet the unique operational needs of the healthcare facility, optimizing performance and compliance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Pref Masters degree

Required Licenses/Certifications:

• Req Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only)

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