Physician Informatics Champion - Supplemental/Optional Role
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Job Description
The Physician Informatics Champion will serve one of three divisions within the organization: Ambulatory, Inpatient or Specialties.
The Physician Informatics Champion will serve as the clinical liaison for their assigned specialties between medical staff and information technology, data and IS security teams, ensuring that health IT systems effectively support clinical workflows, patient safety, and quality outcomes.
This role drives adoption of electronic health record (EHR) functionality, optimizes clinical decision support, and champions digital transformation initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
Role includes: Clinical-IT Alignment: Collaborates with physicians, clinicians, and IT teams to design and implement technology solutions that enhance care delivery.
EHR Optimization: Leads efforts to improve usability, efficiency, and compliance within EHR systems, including order sets, documentation templates, and decision support tools. Change Management: Facilitates training, communication, and engagement strategies to promote adoption of new technologies and workflows.
Data-Driven Improvement: Partners with analytics teams to leverage clinical data for quality improvement, population health, and performance reporting.
Governance & Standards: Participates in informatics governance committees to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements, best practices, and organizational priorities.
Plays a critical role in prioritizing project and requests to account for high value/high impact initiatives that align with organizational strategies and goals. Innovation Leadership:
Identifies emerging technologies and advocates for solutions that advance clinical excellence and patient experience. Project Management: Leads technology projects that impact physician workflows to ensure clinical input, ensuring stakeholder communication and adoption of technology.
Job Requirements
- Medical Degree or Doctorate of Osteopathy (Required)
- 3 - 4 years clinical experience. (Required)
- 3 - 4 years technical experience. (Required)
- Project management
- Rounding on physician
- Developing status reports
- Development communication plans
- Adult learning and developing training aids
- Other Doctor of Osteopathy Upon Hire Required
Job Responsibilities
Leads design, vetting, and implementation of clinician-facing workflows, order sets, documentation templates, and best practice alerts in partnership with physician champions and IT.
Drives adoption of new features, releases, and optimization initiatives through targeted communications, training, peer-to-peer coaching, and at-the-elbow support.
Systematically identifies and removes friction in physician workflows (e. g., documentation burden, inbox volume, order entry), leveraging usability testing, personalization tools, and automation (smart phrases, macros, delegated tasks).
Co-leads clinical informatics governance; establishes specialty-specific physician champion networks; prioritizes enhancements and ensure transparent decision-making.
Manages physician facing projects to ensure deliverables are inclusive of physician input and 95% of project milestones are completed on time and budget.
Other Related Information
Clinical liaison between inpatient specialties and information systems to ensure technology and data needs support clinical workflows and efficiencies. This role is responsible for clinical input, project management, change management, adoption and use of technology and governance support of technology and data imperatives.
Working Conditions
- Bending - Rarely
- Climbing - Rarely
- Concentrating - Frequently
- Continuous Learning - Frequently
- Hearing: Conversation - Frequently
- Hearing: Other Sounds - Frequently
- Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
- Kneeling - Rarely
- Lifting <10 Lbs. - Rarely
- Lifting 50+ Lbs. - Rarely
- Lifting <50 Lbs. - Rarely
- Pulling - Rarely
- Pushing - Rarely
- Reaching - Rarely
- Reading - Frequently
- Sitting - Rarely
- Standing - Occasionally
- Stooping - Rarely
- Talking - Frequently
- Thinking/Reasoning - Consistently
- Use of Hands - Frequently
- Color Vision - Rarely
- Visual Acuity: Far - Frequently
- Visual Acuity: Near - Frequently
- Walking - Occasionally
TriHealth SERVE Standards and ALWAYS Behaviors
At TriHealth, we believe there is no responsibility more important than to SERVE our patients, our communities, and our fellow team members. To achieve our vision and mission, ALL TriHealth team members are expected to demonstrate and
live the following:
Serve: ALWAYS...
- Welcome everyone by making eye contact, greeting with a smile, and saying "hello"
- Acknowledge when patients/guests are lost and escort them to their destination or find someone who can assist
- Refrain from using cell phones for personal reasons in public spaces or patient care areas
Excel: ALWAYS...
- Recognize and take personal responsibility to address and recover from service breakdowns when a customer's expectations have not been met
- Offer patients and guests priority when waiting (lines, elevators)
- Work on improving quality, safety, and service
Respect: ALWAYS...
- Respect cultural and spiritual differences and honor individual preferences.
- Respect everyone's opinion and contribution, regardless of title/role.
- Speak positively about my team members and other departments in front of patients and guests.
Value: ALWAYS...
- Value the time of others by striving to be on time, prepared and actively participating.
- Pick up trash, ensuring the physical environment is clean and safe.
- Be a good steward of our resources, using supplies and equipment efficiently and effectively, and will look for ways to avoid waste.
Engage: ALWAYS...
- Acknowledge wins and frequently thank team members and others for contributions.
- Show courtesy and compassion with customers, team members and the community
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Informatics Champion acts as the clinical liaison between medical staff and IT teams to ensure health IT systems support clinical workflows, patient safety, and quality outcomes across Ambulatory, Inpatient, or Specialties divisions. This role involves leading EHR optimization, driving technology adoption, managing physician-facing projects, and systematically removing friction points in clinical workflows.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a Medical Degree or Doctorate of Osteopathy along with 3 to 4 years of required clinical experience and 3 to 4 years of required technical experience. Key responsibilities also require skills in project management, physician rounding, developing status reports, communication planning, and adult learning for training aid development.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Informatics — Physician Career Context
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