Clinical Informaticist

Job Posting Title: Clinical Informaticist Department: Metropolitan Detention Center Location: 100 DEPUTY DEAN MIERA DR SW Pay Range: $92,456.00 - $143,333.00 Close Date: October 23, 2026 Employees at Bernalillo County enjoy the ability to team up with each other to build a high quality of life for our county residents, communities, and businesses. In addition to being an organization with a strong focus on work-life balance, building a culture of flexibility, learning, and belonging the County offers many benefits. Employees of Bernalillo County enjoy many thoughtful rewards such as, but not limited to generous leave accruals; career development opportunities; remote & flex-work options as appropriate; longevity pay; education assistance program; health benefits; lucrative retirement; and so much more. The Clinical Informaticist serves as the primary liaison between clinical operations, healthcare technology, data, and information systems. The position ensures that electronic health records (EHRs), clinical applications, decision-support tools, and related systems support safe, efficient, high-quality, and compliant patient care. The Clinical Informaticist translates clinical and operational needs into effective technology solutions and supports the implementation, optimization, governance, and evaluation of clinical information systems and workflows. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBIITIES Serves as a clinical subject-matter expert for the EHR and related clinical information systems. Participates in the evaluation, selection, implementation, configuration, testing, and optimization of clinical information systems. Develops and optimizes clinical documentation templates, order sets, workflows, alerts, reminders, care pathways, and decision-support tools. Evaluates clinical system functionality to ensure alignment with clinical, operational, regulatory, and patient-safety requirements. Coordinates with IT staff, vendors, contractors, and clinical leadership to resolve system issues and implement enhancements. Supports system upgrades, testing, change control, downtime planning, and business-continuity activities. Assesses clinical workflows and identifies opportunities to improve safety, efficiency, standardization, documentation, and continuity of care. Maps current and future-state clinical processes and translates clinical needs into functional and technical requirements. Facilitates workflow-design and process-improvement activities with clinical, operational, and technical stakeholders. Identifies risks and unintended consequences associated with technology or workflow changes and recommends mitigation strategies. Designs, evaluates, and maintains evidence-informed clinical decision-support tools in collaboration with clinical leadership. Evaluates alert burden, workflow interruptions, and system usability and recommends improvements. Uses clinical information systems and data to identify patient-safety risks and…