Clinical Informaticist, Senior

Oregon Department of Human Services

Clinical Informaticist maximizing effectiveness of Electronic Health Record systems at Oregon State Hospital. Partnering with clinicians to enhance workflows and usability while driving optimization projects across departments.

Posted 7/3/2026full-timeSalem • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $6,276 - $9,644 per monthWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Clinical Informaticist is a licensed clinician with training or experience in information systems who is responsible for maximizing the effectiveness of Oregon State Hospital’s Electronic Health Record (EHR), Avatar and related clinical information systems.
Key functions include partnering with clinicians to improve workflows and EHR usability, leading clinical centric process redesign, and translating clinical needs into system requirements.
The role also drives optimization projects across departments, guides change management and readiness efforts, and serves as a liaison between operations, clinical teams, technical staff, and external partners.
In addition, the Clinical Informaticist ensures timely issue resolution, supports end users, and participates in upgrades, releases, and testing activities.
The role analyzes current and future workflows, documents requirements, performs targeted configuration or data mapping, and builds and executes test scripts to validate system changes.
The Clinical Informaticist also develops effective training and adoption strategies and produces essential documentation such as process maps, business rules, and technical materials that support consistent, policy aligned use of the EHR.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.
OR; Any combination of experience and education equivalent to seven years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skills for the classification.
Required for this role: Clinical education and active licensure as a Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse, Social Worker, Psychologist, or Psychiatrist with a minimum of one year of clinical experience.
Understanding of software development processes, including analysis, design, programming standards, and project management.
Ability to analyze business needs and translate them into system design or improvements.
Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., SQL).
Certificate or degree in Medical Informatics.
Experience with qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluating program effectiveness and efficiency.
Knowledge of organizational systems theory and its application in government or large institutions.
Familiarity with organizational change management principles.
Understanding of statistical methods for performance analysis and improvement.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent, low-cost medical, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family.
Optional benefits like life insurance, disability coverage, deferred compensation, and FSA options for health and childcare.
Generous paid time off: 11 holidays, 3 personal days, monthly sick leave, and vacation accrual starting at 8 hours/month.
Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
Retirement security through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/ Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP).
Training and development opportunities to grow your career with the State of Oregon.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Clinical ExperienceSystem Requirements TranslationProcess RedesignData MappingTest Script ExecutionStatistical Methods for Performance AnalysisQualitative and Quantitative Evaluation MethodsSoftware Development ProcessesProject ManagementOrganizational Systems Theory

Soft Skills

CollaborationCommunicationProblem-SolvingTraining DevelopmentLiaison Skills

Certifications

Registered NurseLicensed Practical NurseSocial WorkerPsychologistPsychiatristMedical Informatics Certificate