Job Title: Clinical Research Informatician
Duration: Direct Hire
Location: Los Angeles CA 90032
Description
- The Clinical Research Informatician is a bridge between clinicians/researchers and data.
- They blend their 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.
- **Must Have's: **Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management or Health Informatics OR B.S. in a clinical field (nursing, etc.) with certification in Health Informatics OR B.S. in informatics, computer science, statistics, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence with certification in Health Informatics. **(Required)**
- Master's Degree **(Preferred)**
- Minimum 2 years' experience in:Clinical Research
- Clinical Informatics
- Information Technology and/or Academic Healthcare Settings
- Experience with:Clinical operations, Health Information Management, or Care Management
- Clinical standards, coding, definitions, ontologies, dictionaries, and taxonomies
- Clinical Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Implementing new technologies in clinical settings
- Healthcare data curation and documentation in a data warehouse
- Proficiency in:SQL and Python or similar coding languages
- Liaising between clinical stakeholders and technical teams
- Expertise in:Analysing and optimizing clinical workflows to improve efficiency and patient outcomes
Qualifications:Minimum 2 years' experience in clinical research
- Minimum 2 years' experience in clinical informatics
- Minimum 2 years' experience in information technology and/or in academic healthcare setting
- Experience with clinical operations, Health Information Management, or care management
- Experience with clinical standards and coding
- Experience with clinical definitions, ontologies, dictionaries, and taxonomies
- Experience with KPIs as they relate to clinical areas
- Experience implementing new technologies in clinical areas
- 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.
- Ability to interact directly with and interpret healthcare data using self-service tools or coding languages, such as SQL and Python
- Ability to liaison between clinical stakeholders and Enterprise Data & AI technical team members
- Expertise in analyzing and optimizing clinical workflows, leveraging IT to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and patient outcomes through targeted interventions and system improvements.
- 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.
