Clinical Informatics Coordinator

UMC Position

Employer-paid pension plan (Nevada PERS) competitive salary & benefits package. As an academic medical center with a rich history of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada, UMC serves as the anchor hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, offering Nevada's highest level of care to promote successful medical outcomes for patients.

UMC is a Level I Trauma Center, home of the ONLY Verified Burn Center, and Transplant Center. In 2026, we became the FIRST and ONLY Magnet®-Recognized hospital in the state, reflecting UMC's nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Position Summary:

Coordinates goal achievement of organizational and clinical departments by: streamlining work processes; encouraging integration of technologies that support improved patient safety/patient outcomes through best practices and development of secure, reliable systems. Designs new practices and implements new systems. Provides leadership in the facility related to clinical process design and system implementation.

Job Requirement

Education/Experience: Equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree in Informatics or patient/clinical care related specialty or graduation from and accredited school of nursing and two (2) years of clinical experience in the appropriate specialty area plus two (2) years progressive responsibility in clinical data management or technical clinical informatics related experience.

Licensing/Certification Requirements: None.

Additional Position Requirements

• 1+ years of experience as an Operating Room Nurse or a Certified Surgical Technologist
• 1+ years of Epic experience.
• Experience interpreting, tracking, and disseminating surgical device data

Preferred Requirements in addition to the above.

• Green Belt Certification.
• Strong Experience in Microsoft OS.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Physical Requirements

Knowledge of: Clinical knowledge of workflow and patient care; specific area of clinical nursing or program focus; integration of technologies that support improved patient safety/patient outcomes through best practices and development of secure, reliable systems., computer programming principles, techniques and procedures; operating principles and characteristics of clinical computer systems and associated software; program and system documentation requirements; system integrity requirements; quality improvement methodologies; department and hospital safety practices and procedures; patient rights; infection control policies and practices; handling, storage, use and disposal of hazardous materials; department and hospital emergency response policies and procedures.

Skill in: Developing programs; nursing principles and practices; developing policies and procedures; research and assessment on the clinical needs of the hospital informatics system; applying needs assessment techniques; applying adult education practices; developing public relations; applying cost accounting methods; organizing and prioritizing among conflicting priorities; applying team building concepts; facilitating groups; performing statistical analysis; using computers and a variety of software applications; establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with all personnel contacted in the course of duties; efficient, effective and safe use of equipment.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions: Mobility to work in a typical clinical setting and use standard equipment, stamina to remain standing and/or walk for extended periods of time, vision to read printed materials and a VDT screen, and hearing and speech to communicate effectively in both oral and written forms. Strength and agility to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and up to 50 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this classification.