Health Information Specialist I

CIS II Coordinator

BJC HealthCare is one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States, delivering services to residents primarily in the greater St. Louis, southern Illinois and southeast Missouri regions. With net revenues of $6.3billion and more than 30,000 employees, BJC serves patients and their families in urban, suburban and rural communities through its 14hospitals and multiple community health locations. Services include inpatient and outpatient care, primary care, community health and wellness, workplace health, home health, community mental health, rehabilitation, long-term care and hospice.

BJC is the largest provider of charity care, unreimbursed care and community benefits in the state of Missouri. BJC and its hospitals and health service organizations provide $785.9 million annually in community benefit. That includes $410.6 million in charity care and other financial assistance to patients to ensure medical care regardless of their ability to pay. In addition, BJC provides additional community benefits through commitments to research, emergency preparedness, regional health care safety net services, health literacy, community outreach and community health programs and regional economic development.

BJCs patients have access to the latest advances in medical science and technology through a formal affiliation between Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Childrens Hospital with the renowned Washington University School of Medicine, which consistently ranks among the top medical schools in the country.

Role Purpose

The Clinical Information System (CIS) Coordinator II supports the implementation of system upgrades, and assists with design and testing efforts for enhancements to clinical information systems. This position engages and builds collaborative relationships with hospital leadership, clinical department users, providers, IS and other corporate departments to facilitate usage and acceptance of clinical applications. This position also leads a CIS project team/initiative at an individual HSO.

Responsibilities

• Provides support to end users and seeks to make improvements through training, process improvement and quality assurance initiatives; provides new and ongoing clinical application training and assesses current level of knowledge of new users; works with department management to provide additional clinicalapplication education.
• Gathers and interprets the workflow and business requirements for impacted areas; collaborates with colleagues to ensure key workflow changes are highlighted in training activities; participates in BJC CIS Teams and Projects; assists with mapping of workflows.
• Reviews, tests and implements system enhancements and upgrades; assists clinical end user community in understanding technical components of enhancement/upgrade work; acts as a lead for a CIS Team or Project and collaborates with IT partners to understand enhancements and upgrades, as well as targeted testing requirements.
• Provides daily support to clinicians through review of clinical reports, audits, downtime procedures, and troubleshooting.
• Maintains communications to hospitals regarding clinical application changes and upgrades; assists in the development of targeted communications from Project Teams for the end user community and CIS.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Associate's Degree

Experience

• 2-5 years

Preferred Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC were committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer