Clinical Informatics Strategist

Voted one of Chicago's Best Places to Work by the Chicago Tribune for the ninth year in a row, Clarity Partners is hiring!

Clarity Partners is seeking a Clinical Informatics Strategist local to Chicago, IL. In this role, you will serve as a key liaison between clinical departments and Information Services to support the design, optimization, and effective use of the electronic medical record (EMR). You will help drive system improvements, workflow enhancements, and successful implementation of EMR-related initiatives across facilities. This position plays a critical role in ensuring EMR design aligns with clinical practice standards and supports high-quality patient care. This position will report in a hybrid setting.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with clinical teams and EMR users to understand workflows, gather requirements, and support system improvements.
• Lead planning, design, development, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of clinical information systems.
• Apply clinical knowledge (nursing practice preferred) to ensure EMR functionality aligns with clinical standards and supports high-quality patient care.
• Analyze current and future departmental workflows to recommend EMR solutions that improve operations.
• Provide system analysis, database structure development, application testing, and project management support.
• Serve as first-line support for clinical users, troubleshooting system issues and coordinating workflow changes.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with end users to ensure optimal EMR usage and provide ongoing training and education.
• Coordinate clinical staff education on EMR systems and updates.
• Collaborate with clinical and IS teams to identify problems and propose solutions for clinical information needs.
• Participate in hospital-wide process improvement initiatives related to clinic information systems.
• Support EMR project oversight, process flow development, and post-implementation coaching for clinicians.
• Follow through on EMR improvements, system interfaces, workflow enhancements, and related documentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required; Master's in Clinical Informatics, Nursing Informatics, or Healthcare Informatics preferred.
• Current nursing licensure required.
• 5-7 years of clinical experience, including direct experience with EMR implementation, design, or optimization.
• Experience with Cerner EMR preferred.
• 2-3 years of information systems project experience preferred.
• Strong understanding of clinical workflows, EMR functionalities, and healthcare operations.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills; ability to present information effectively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify optimal EMR build options.
• Demonstrated project management skills with experience supporting clinical system initiatives.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical leaders, IS analysts, end users, and vendors.
• Proficiency with EMR systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to travel to multiple facilities and work varied shifts as needed to support go-lives or conversions.
• Ability to work with confidential patient information and adhere to hospital safety and compliance standards.

Clarity is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For the Clinical Informatics Strategist, the base hourly pay range is $40.00 - $60.00/hr. The range represents a good faith estimate that Clarity reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of posting. Compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.