Clinical Informatics Specialist Job Description Template

The clinical informatics specialist works at the point where clinical practice meets clinical systems, translating how care is actually delivered into system design and configuration. The role usually requires a clinical background, because the judgment that matters is about what will work during a busy shift rather than what looks correct in a specification.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze clinical workflows and identify where systems help or hinder
• Translate clinical requirements into system configuration
• Design and evaluate clinical decision support rules
• Support the adoption of clinical systems by frontline staff
• Train clinicians and produce supporting materials
• Analyze system data to identify safety and efficiency issues
• Participate in system selection, design and testing
• Investigate incidents where system design contributed
• Act as the link between clinical staff and IT teams
• Support optimization projects after implementation

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, a clinical discipline or health informatics

Required Skills and Experience

• 3+ years combining clinical practice and health informatics
• Clinical qualification or substantial clinical experience
• Understanding of electronic health record systems and their configuration
• Ability to communicate credibly with both clinicians and technical staff
• Experience with clinical decision support and its risks
• Analytical skill with clinical system data
• Awareness of patient safety implications of system design
• Training and change management capability

Preferred Qualifications

• Informatics certification
• Experience with a major EHR implementation