Clinical Informatics Specialist - RN - Nursing Administration
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Healthcare
Health Informatics
Pay Competitive
Location Bakersfield/California
Employment type
Full-Time
- Req#: CLINI
- New Hire Premium: +6% of base rate of pay, matched up to 6% if contributed to Deferred Compensation Plan.
- Shift Differential Pay: varies per classification.
- A Comprehensive Benefits Package: includes Holidays, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance.
- Develop curriculum for clinical information and communication systems and provides education for current and new employees.
- Coach, mentor, and provide one-on-one support for members of the clinical team in gaining and maintaining competency in use of clinical information and communication systems.
- Provide instructor-led training tailored to the learners’ individual needs, including but not limited to, flexibility with time, location and content; assess and address education needs related to clinician/provider use of clinical information systems.
- Develop and coordinate communication about future EHR changes, upgrades, and downtimes to clinical customers; develop and perform competency assessments related to clinician use of information systems, documents findings; designs and delivers targeted training and remediation as necessary and evaluates effectiveness of interventions.
- Synthesize data, information, and knowledge to clarify informatics issues or problems; analyze multiple approaches/solutions to the informatics issue or problem, develop a recommended informatics solution to the informatics issue or problem.
- Identify analyze, prioritize, redesign, test, and implement improvements to existing clinical information systems; lead root cause analysis efforts related to clinical information systems.
- Develop methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining clinical information system performance improvement results; consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, costs, and impart to patient care when problem-solving.
- Provide support to Dragon Medical One, voice to text.
- Provide Tier 1 technical support to clinicians.
- Performs other job related duties as required.
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing, other clinical discipline, information technology/informatics, business, management, communication, etc.; AND, one (1) plus years of experience in a position that had same or similar primary duties; OR,
- Associates Degree or Certification in clinical discipline (e.g. nursing, respiratory, therapy, medical assistant, surgery technician, pharmacy technician),…
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Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds, offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los Angeles. Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care, inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing personalized patient-centered wellness care.
Kern Medical cares for 15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.
Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such as:
Position:
Clinical Informatics Specialist - RN
Compensation:
The estimated pay for this position is $56.5955 to $88.1740 . The rates shown include a 6% premium pay (base= $-$ plus 6%). This reflects only a portion of the total compensation package for this position. Additional compensation may be available for this role through differentials, incentives, and bonuses. In addition, this position may be eligible for participation and company contributions into the Kern County Employees’ Retirement Plan.
Definition:
The Clinical Informatics Specialist RN will coordinate and monitor the analysis, design, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of clinical informatics applications and projects within the assigned area as well as coordinate and provide direct support and education to KCHA clinicians (physicians, nurses, and other interdisciplinary team members) in their use of technology including the electronic health records (EHR).
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