Health Informatics Officer

JOB DESCRIPTION
Designation : Health Informatics Officer
Section/Department : Health Information Management
Reporting to : Health Informatics Team Lead
Responsible for/Reporting Staff:
Purpose and Scope of the Job:
Act as a liaison between clinicians and the IT team to determine end-user
Electronic Medical Record (EMR) requirements, design workflows, perform
functional testing, and conduct end user trainings.

Main Duties and Responsibilities/Performance Standards:
* Analyze and interpret patient, medical-related, or information systems data to improve clinical services.
* Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to health practice administration and back-office functions.
* Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support clinical workflows and information management.
* Develop or deliver training programs for health information technology, creating operating manuals as needed.
* Develop or implement policies or practices in coordination with involved Departments needed for redesigning workflows based on evidence-based practices.
* Implement or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes or structures to assist nurses, physicians, and clinical support staff with data retrieval.
* Provide, support or follow-up pre-requisites needed in maintaining frontend functionalities and reports in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR).
* Translate nursing and medical practice information between clinicians and IT analysts in order to accurately design and implement workflows and reports.
* Monitor physician and nurses EMR adoptability to provide timely and efficient training to reduce patient care disruption.
* Monitor proper data entry by health care professionals to ensure precise hospital database which will be used for administrative purposes (audit, statistics, review, and reporting).
* Perform other duties as assigned, to meet Departmental and Hospital goals and objectives.
* Ensures safety standards (occupational and patient safety) are complied.
* Ensures quality and patient safety practices are followed
* Provides or promotes people centered care
* Promotes inclusive health by providing equitable and accessible care to patients and families with special needs.

Qualifications, Competences and Skills:*
Education: Degree in Informatics/ Medical Field/ Information Technology
Experience : ‎3-‎5 years' work experience in Informatics/ healthcare setting
Licensure : Not Applicable
Language: Proficiency in verbal and written English Language
Computer Proficiency: MS Office suite - highly skilled with IT
interest
Performance Competencies & Skills: *
* Energetic team player seeking challenging position in health informatics
* Experience with CERNER Millennium hospital information system preferred
* Knowledge of trends and innovations in the area of health IT.
* Strong communication and interpersonal skills
* Strong organizational skills, with great attention to detail
* Ability to work under pressure
* Knowledge of Medical terminology
* Ability to solve problems and inefficiencies via process improvement
* Strong analytical skills related to information gathering and interpreting

Principle Working Relationships and Remarks
* HIM staff
* Clinical Staff
* IT Staff