Clinical Informatics Specialist

Job Description

Job Description:
The key job responsibilities of the Clinical Data Analyst (CDA) include managing research customer requests for data sets, working with the client to understand data needs, developing clear specifications of requirements, building complex queries, writing Structured Query Language (SQL) code  , and translating those needs into data extract, documentation, and code. This may include the implementation of tools that are applied to clinical information that would allow clients to accomplish their research aims. The CDA. works closely with clinicians across all hospital/healthcare departments to understand and effectively extract data from data management systems. The incumbent will apply sound programming principles and standardized procedures to all requests to ensure reproducibility. The incumbent will support requests from various research domains. The incumbent must provide excellent customer service, troubleshoot system issues, and validate results. The CDA will build code against UCSF’s APeX or other electronic healthcare systems. This role must demonstrate clear communication with clients and team members. Other responsibilities include validating data, providing output in a clear understandable format and overall maintaining strong customer relationships with clients. Department Overview The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Information Technology Academic Research Systems group is chartered to provide data services and infrastructure that support clinical researchers' computing and analytic requirements.  Its services include providing data sets from clinical systems to researchers, the development support and maintenance of UCSFs secured environment (RAE and REDCap).

Qualifications:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in health care information technology, computer science, or related area, and/or equivalent combination of experience/training. - Certification: EPIC CLARITY DATA MODEL - Minimum 5 years of related experience required - Knowledge of the EPIC clarity data model, including patient, encounter, provider, diagnosis, procedure, medication, laboratory, and billing domains. - Knowledge of EPIC cogito reporting architecture and associated reporting tools. - Understanding of data lineage, provenance and movement of data from EPIC production systems into CLARITY. - Understanding of healthcare privacy, security and regulatory requirements, including HIPAA and institutional policies governing protected health information. - Advanced SQL programming skills for complex querying, joins, subqueries, and common table expressions. - Broad and/or in-depth knowledge of 1-2 areas of focus in clinical informatics specialty areas. Knowledge of controlled terminology, clinical workflows, user interface optimization, clinical decision support, rules development, data integration and mining, clinical ontologies, and adoption of technology. - Thorough knowledge of all relevant clinical informatics software and technology, and the complex concepts, principles, policies, methodologies, and industry standards and practices involved with patient care and electronic medical data management in the UC health care system. - Detail-oriented, with proven ability to effectively manage time, see projects through to completion, organize competing priorities, and effectively address complex, urgent issues as they arise. - Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate productively, work in a team environment, and to train and support clinical informatics users at all professional and technical levels throughout the medical center. - Strong problem-resolution skills, with the ability to quickly diagnose problems, and develop, test, and implement appropriate and effective solutions in a timely manner. - Strong analytical skills and knowledge in documentation and reporting, with the ability to select and run queries, collect and analyze system performance data, and produce substantive reports and analyses. - Ability to work with senior staff and managers in clinical information technology, health care management, and business analytics, serving as a technical resource and providing advice and counsel on issues of functionality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, policy, and performance. REQUIRED CERTIFICATION - EPIC CLARITY DATA MODEL