Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Job id 156837 location administration fournace place hiring range: annual minimum to midpoint: 90981.09
118277.62 full/part time full-time regular/temporary regular
About us
Harris health is a nationally recognized health system comprising three teaching hospitals and an extensive network of ambulatory care centers serving the people of harris county, texas, since 1966Staffed by the faculty, fellows and residents from two nationally ranked medical schools, baylor college of medicine and the university of texas health science center at houston (uthealth), harris health is the first healthcare system in houston to receive the prestigious national committee for quality assurance (ncqa) designation for its network of patient-centered medical homes.
Each year, harris health provides more than 1.8 million total outpatient visits through its more than 40 ambulatory care facilitiesAdditionally, harris health sees more than 177,000 emergency visits at its level 1 and level 3 trauma centers and 35,000 hospital admissions through its three hospitals: ben taub, lbj and quentin mease.
Established by voter referendum to enhance the level of charity care available in the community, harris health system has often received national recognition for serving those in need and for its achievements in operational excellence, such as being named to the 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 most wired hospitals lists by the american hospital association’s hospitals & health networks magazine.
Additionally, harris health system is pleased that each of its three hospitals — ben taub, lyndon bJohnson and quentin mease — achieved pathway to excellence™ designation by the american nurses credentialing center.
Job profile
Job summary
This senior clinical quality informatics specialist (cqis) will need to be knowledgeable in current quality reporting metrics as it applies to electronic clinical quality measurement (ecqm), patient safety & outcomes and infection prevention; will act as the primary resource for leading changes as it relates to quality, patient safety and infection control (qpsic) and the use of the electronic health record (ehr) in reporting quality data to all regulatory agencies; will drive collaborative projects involving ehr teams, clinical informaticist, facility clinicians and leaders; will be a key driver for identifying opportunities to achieve high reliability performance and meet goals of exceeding regulatory requirements related to quality performance; will interact directly with pavilion directors and managers to assure clinical workflow redesign and ehr quality documentation tools are optimized and will use their knowledge in quality and informatics to apply these principles to quality reporting and design of electronic tools to assure patient safety and prevent adverse patient outcomes through the use of the ehr and clinical decision support rulesThis position leads project teams, coordinates work assignments and performs complex problem resolution as identified; designs training plans, conducts and evaluates training sessions for ehr end-users and may lead or support project management activities required to deliver business-oriented, valuable and relevant solutionsThis position will work with harris health staff and lead teams, as necessary, to understand and define the problems being solved, procure, advise on and perform the integration of the data sources necessary to analyze the needs appropriately that will directly support the organizations success as a high reliability organization.
Minimum qualifications
Degrees / work experience:
Bachelor`s degree in biomedical informatics, data science or health care related field (and) five (5) years work experience in clinical informatics
(or)
Master`s degree in biomedical informatics, data science or health care related field (preferred) (and) three (3) years work experience in clinical informatics
Two (2) years work experience years in clinical performance improvement or other quality management program with knowledge of clinical quality measure requirements compliance and leading practices preferred
Licenses & certification:
Certified professional in healthcare quality (cphq) within 2 years of employment
Epic certification within 12 months of employment
Management experience: one (1) year of experience managing teams in designing ehr application interfaces
Communication skills:
Above average verbal communication (heavy public contact)
Exceptional verbal (public speaking)
Writing/ correspondence
Proficiencies: ms word, ms powerpoint, ms excel, ms outlook, p.c.
Job attributes
Knowledge/ skills/ abilities: analytical, design, medical terms, project management experience preferred
Work schedule: hybrid telecommute
Benefits and eeoc
Harris health system benefits program is designed to provide you with more flexibility and choices in meeting your specific needsHarris health system benefits program allows you to protect your income in case of illness, death and disability, and to help you save for retirement.
It is the policy of harris health system to provide equal opportunity for all applicants for employment regardless political affiliation, race, color, national origin, age, sex, religious creed or disabilityApplicants may request any reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in the application process.
Job category
Allied health
