Clinical Informatics Specialist
Clinical Informatics Specialist
Position Summary:
The Clinical Informatics Specialist plays a crucial role in our organization's digital transformation, focusing on aligning digital solutions with clinical workflows in home and community care settings. This hybrid position, working both in the field and from a home office, is responsible for ensuring that digital health solutions are designed and implemented in a way that optimizes clinical practice, enhances user experience, and promotes adoption. The specialist will collaborate with healthcare providers, IT staff, and other stakeholders to analyze existing workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, and design solutions that seamlessly integrate with care delivery processes. By leveraging human factors principles and industry standards, this role will be central to creating digital health solutions that are intuitive, efficient, and aligned with the unique needs of home and community care practitioners.
Responsibilities:
• Conduct comprehensive workflow analyses in home and community care settings to inform the design and implementation of digital health solutions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate clinical needs into functional requirements for digital health solutions
• Design and optimize user interfaces and workflows within digital health solutions to ensure alignment with clinical practice and human factors principles
• Develop and implement strategies to promote user adoption and engagement with digital health solutions in home and community care settings
• Conduct usability testing and gather feedback from end-users to continuously improve digital health solutions
• Provide expert guidance on the integration of digital health solutions with existing systems and workflows
• Stay updated on industry trends, best practices, and regulatory requirements related to clinical informatics and digital health in home and community care
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of digital health technologies that align with organizational goals and clinical needs
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators related to the use and impact of digital health solutions in home and community care settings
• Serve as a liaison between clinical staff, IT teams, and vendors to ensure effective communication and problem-solving
• Identify and mitigate risks related to the implementation and use of digital health solutions in home and community care environments
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Health Informatics, or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience. Home or community care settings preferred.
• Certification in Clinical Informatics (e.g., CPHI-C) or willingness to obtain within one year of hire
• Strong understanding of clinical workflows and processes in home and community care environments
• Experience with digital health technologies, EHR systems, and mobile health applications
• Knowledge of human factors principles and their application in healthcare technology design
• Familiarity with industry standards such as HL7, and FHIR.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex clinical processes into technical requirements
• Strong communication and interpersonal abilities, with the capacity to effectively interact with various levels of healthcare professionals and technical staff
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and manage change effectively in healthcare settings
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Tableau, Power BI)
• Experience with quality improvement methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, hybrid work environment
• Willingness to travel to various care settings for on-site workflow analysis and solution implementation
About Us:
At SE, we love what we do. Every day, we bring hope and happiness to clients, homes, and communities across Canada. We treat each person with dignity and love, like our own family; we build empathy; and we do the right thing. We are always inspired to make a difference. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we share knowledge, provide the best care, and help each client to realize their most meaningful goals for health and wellbeing. We are an inclusive workplace offering competitive pay, benefits, pension, and work life balance. We're a great place to work, and we hope you'll join our team.
SE Health is committed to the success of all its employees. If you feel you need accommodations because of illness or disability, please do not hesitate to contact Talent Acquisition Team at careers@sehc.com at your earliest convenience.