Laboratory Informaticist

Position:Laboratory Informaticist
Location:Remote
Duration: Months Contract

Job Description:
Minimum + years’ experience as a clinical or applications analyst, computer technician in a healthcare setting required.
• Experience with JIRA and/or Confluence considered an asset.
• Applies knowledge to improve operational workflows, streamline processes, and support strategies.
• Consults and advises on advanced features, functions, and proper uses of Cerner applications and core systems. Applies in-depth knowledge of operations, expertise from previous implementation experiences to assist with assessment, development and support of workflows.
• Strong skills in performing system configuration, running system audits/queries and other designs.
• Expectation is that the consultant is able to self-direct, identify tasks that are required to be performed and be a strong leader/advocate of change.
• The role is expected to leverage experience from previous implementations to help inform project plans,identify issues/risks, outline and detail system solutions, define future state workflow amongst other responsibilities.
• Focus is on workflows in ambulatory clinics and acute care units as they pertain to lab order management including but not limited to encounter/ADT impacts on orders, order activations, requisition printing and processing, specimen collection workflows including aspects such as collection resolution/collection inquiry, collection run times and label management, lab order sets, internal vs externally executed orders, result display, messaging and reporting.
• Collaborate with Lab Informatics team that is responsible for LIS applications and intra-lab workflows (working in the LIS and defining intra-lab workflows are out of scope for this role). Communication with Lab Informatics to ensure operational awareness and preparedness for upcoming changes is expected.
• Direct and recommend system solutions to internal teams, operational leadership, clinicians, professional organizations, departmental partners and other key stakeholders.
• Contributing to end to end laboratory workflows by working with clinical SMEs, informatics and Cerner application specialists as required (Visio used).
• High degree of awareness of the interconnectivity of workflows and system designs/functions in complex healthcare environments and ability to identify key dependencies and inputs required for successful future state definitions of both workflows and system designs.
• Produce detailed and thought-out content, including SBARs, to support expedient decision making with governance boards.

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