Job Summary

The Physician Informatician supports the transformation of care through systems and processes delivering improvements in quality, safety, efficiency, and service across the continuum of care.

Job Duties

• Serves as a clinical informatics liaison to clinical and information technology staff, clinical departments, committees, work groups and advisory groups. 
• Collaborates with clinicians and information systems on the optimization of clinical practice workflow and practice including the creation of required clinical content, protocols, workflows and related system usage.
• Champions a clinical informatics domain serving as the physician informatician champion for an assigned Institute to improve patient experience, clinical and/or operation workflows.  Develops and documents a plan for the given Institute and demonstrate successful execution against the plan. Collaborates with Nurse Informaticians and other Relationship Managers.
• Leads marketing, learning and adoption efforts through presentations to Geisinger audiences. Presents at national meetings and/or publishes Health IT-related progress and discovery in peer-reviewed literature.
• Achieves Epic Physician Builder and Epic SmartUser certification. Actively builds in Epic and helps mentor other Physician Builders.
• Assists with training needs including providing pre-implementation, go-live and post go-live support for new Epic end-users. Assists with writing and presenting Tips & Tricks and other Efficiency materials.

Work is typically performed in a clinical and office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.

Position Details

Requirements:

• Must be actively practicing inpatient medicine (preferably hospital medicine)
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Clinical Informatics (preferred)

Education

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine- (Required)

Experience

Minimum of 2 years-Clinical (Preferred)

Certification(s) and License(s)

Licensed Medical Doctor - State of Pennsylvania

Skills

Clinical Informatics; Interpersonal Communication; Clinical Care

About Geisinger

Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes ten hospital campuses, a 550,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. With nearly 24,000 employees and more than 1,700 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in Pennsylvania by billions of dollars annually. Learn more at geisinger.org or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Geisinger values who you are, where you are from, and where you are going. We seek out people of various backgrounds and cultures with unique abilities, non-traditional career paths and ambitious aspirations. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status. Read more about Our Commitment to Inclusive Recruiting.

Our Vision & Values

Everything we do is about making better health easier for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.

EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.

LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.

INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.

SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

Our Benefits

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and prescription coverage.