Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com. The Corporate Information Services Department is seeking a dynamic and talented Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist. The Senior Clinical Informatics Specialist provides guidance in identifying, developing, implementing, and maintaining an efficient and effective clinical information system. Supports the organization’s overall clinical initiatives by applying an excellent understanding of clinical processes and supporting information technologies to optimize health information systems. Serves as the liaison between providers, clinicians, IT, and management. As an advisor, this position helps shape and define current and future clinical information system improvements through daily interaction with individual teams both at corporate and enterprise-wide. Participates in strategic vision and planning. Provides continued customer support inclusive of supporting interactive education to enhance system and application comprehension. Facilitates the organization’s vision and strategy for clinical transformation, and actively engaging in managing system and practice changes. Serves as a mentor and role model. Key Responsibilities include: Leads: Plans, reviews and oversees implementation of activities, resources and timelines required to complete systems development projects, systems administration, and reporting. Must innovate and develop solutions for issues or new build, using clinical operational needs and IT options. Provides leadership in development, establishing ownership and maintaining work teams. Apply broad clinical informatics knowledge (technical and process) with highly comprehensive specialized knowledge to enhance new clinical system features and functions. Acts as IT Clinical management liaison to other IT departments as well as Corporate and Facility leadership and stakeholders. Oversees standardization of clinical system content. Identifies novel ways to bridge the gap between clinical departments and Information Services Department. Manages initiatives to promote effective design, development and implementation of clinical information system improvements. Must demonstrate leadership potential and capacity to mentor, motivate and manage team member is regards to routine support, various meetings or efficiency projects. Communicates: Promotes and communicates decisions to other UHS corporate and facility staff. Identifies educational needs and collaborates to design and implement end user education. Provides mechanisms for soliciting ongoing feedback from users and responds and follows-up with concerns in a timely manner. Keeps management well informed of activities, needs, and risks. Partner with key departments to identify and implement system improvements to enhance workflow and processes. Delivers expert knowledge of appropriate clinical design strategies to achieve or solve identified organizational needs. Acts as resource for key decision makers by organizing relevant information and defining alternatives. Articulates how new technology will impact current processes and procedures for the organization. Plans: Plans, facilitates, and evaluates improvements to operational workflow and processes in collaboration with facility clinical leadership. Researches, analyzes, and makes recommendations for