Clinical Informaticist

Job Description Summary

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP) is an entity within the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) that provides healthcare to patients within the rural health network throughout the state of South Carolina.

The Medical Informaticist reports to the Director, Clinical Systems Architecture. Under limited supervision, the Medical Informaticist serves as an OCMIO informaticist to maximize the practical utility of healthcare information technology (HIT), particularly Epic, on an enterprise-wide basis.

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)

Employee

Regular

CC001785 MCP - Florence Administration

Salary

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The Medical Informaticist reports to the Director, Clinical Systems Architecture. Under limited supervision, the Medical Informaticist serves as an OCMIO informaticist to maximize the practical utility of healthcare information technology (HIT), particularly Epic, on an enterprise-wide basis. This position utilizes advanced clinical knowledge combined with information technology expertise to enhance HIT utilization s role identifies sub-optimal HIT utilization in clinical settings within the medical center and develops improvement strategies.

The Medical Informaticist facilitates communication and organizes workgroup meetings with end-users, Epic teams and medical center leadership. This position functions as a resource to staff and assists educators/trainers in the development of education literature and training programs to promote training and understanding of Epic use. This role collects and assists with rank ordering user enhancement requests related to Epic and other HIT applications.

This role will work up to 20% of their time as an NP or PA in a clinical setting at MUSC with the balance of time spent throughout the hospital and clinics serving as an OCMIO informaticist.

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent, and 1 year of experience.

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan
• Paid time off and extended sick leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Disability insurance plan options
• Continuous professional and clinical training
• Competitive pay
• Annual Merit Increase
• Wellbeing resources
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Employee perks and discounts
• Employee referral program
• Flexible schedule options
• Certification incentive program

• Ability to perform job functions while standing and sitting. Ability to perform job functions while walking and climb stairs. Ability to work from elevated areas. Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. Ability to bend and twist at the waist. Ability to squat and perform job functions. Ability to perform gross motor activities with fingers and hands.
  
  Ability to perform firm grasping with fingers and hands. Ability to reach overhead. Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. Ability to use lower extremities for balance and coordination. Ability to reach in all directions. Ability to lift and carry 50 lbs. unassisted. Ability to lift/lower objects 50 lbs. from/to floor from/to 36 inches unassisted. Ability to lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs.
  
  Ability to exert up to 50 lbs. of force. Examples include:
  To transfer a 100 lb. patient that cannot assist in the transfer requires 50 lbs. of force. For every 100 additional pounds, assistance will be required from another healthcare worker. 20 lbs. of force are needed to push a 400 lb. patient in a wheelchair on carpet. 25 lbs. of force are required to push a stretcher with a patient with one hand.
  
  Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand or at a distance. Ability to match or discriminate between colors. Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. Ability to deal effectively with stressful situations.
  
  Ability to work rotating…