Clinical Integration Analyst - CalAim - County of Riverside
Riverside, CA 92501
About the Job
The Riverside University Health System has an opening for Clinical Integration Analyst - IT Integration for the CalAim program. This job opening will serve to fill a Clinical Integration Analyst vacancy in Riverside.
The in-house IT team will work on the development, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the IT systems as they move toward integration and work towards the IT integration process of the County's EHR Systems.
Duties include, but not limited to:
- Provide oversight of the Enhanced Care Management Clinical Integration Analyst, the Business Process Analyst, Program coordinator and Analyst.
- Collaboration with Analyst on Enhanced Care Management reports for accuracy and compliance.
- Conduct internal Audit within Community Health Centers, Behavioral Health, and Public Health Enhanced Care Management teams for Data inaccuracies and collaborate with Nurse Coordinators for efficient workflows.
- Participate in Community Health Centers, Behavioral Health, and Public Health Enhanced Care Management team's data governance to ensure report accuracy.
- Responsible for projecting, justifying, recommending, and implementing solutions to problems affecting Enhanced Care Management data.
- Plan, supervise, and conduct studies of administrative and operational activities, including fiscal operations, budget preparation and control, equipment usage, staffing patterns, workflow, and space utilization.
- Coordinate the preparation of a division or unit budget; analyze budget items requested and determine justifiable needs based on program objectives and priorities; continuously review financial data, ensuring conformance with established guidelines and recommend the transfer of funds.
- Recommend and establish contract forms and procedures; monitor adherence to contract terms; research grant funding availability and relevance.
- Direct office service units such as duplication service, communications service, supply room, central files, information units, and the coordination of building maintenance services.
- Develop and recommend internal policies and procedures; develop internal guidelines and procedures describing and clarifying standard practices; administer and coordinate the publication and distribution of policies and procedures.
- Review current pending, and new legislation to determine the effect on departmental operations and programs; participate in various meetings; present and/or gather data to assist management in making administrative and operational decisions.
- Direct, assign, train, and evaluate subordinate clerical and technical personnel in performing various professional, administrative, and clerical support tasks.
What is Cal AIM?
California Advancing and Innovating Medical CalAIM is a state funding initiative. This initiative aims to help advance and transform Medi-cal to improve services that will provide well-rounded care beyond the doctor's office and hospital to address the individual's physical and mental health needs. CalAIM encompasses services and programs such as Enhance Care Management, Community Support, Justice Involved initiative, and Population Health Management, among many others. These programs primarily focus on improving patients' access to health care and better health outcomes.
What is ECM?
Enhanced Care Management (ECM) is an essential part of CalAIM. ECM provides care management for the most complex patient populations, such as the homeless population, adults who are high utilizers, children and youth, adults with serious mental illness, individuals with long-term care services, justice-involved populations, birth equity, and intellectual developmental disabilities. This program provides comprehensive care management and coordinates the individual's whole health needs.
The ideal candidate will have experience with: EPIC or EHR experience, project management, budget analysis, and Power BI.
May require occasional driving to attend meetings.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Provide technical support for RUHS' integrated clinical information system operations; assist in the coordination of RUHS information system operations and activities in support of interdisciplinary clinical practice, clinical decision-making, quality assessment, and patient safety initiatives.
• Translate clinician requirements, in partnership with multi-disciplinary teams, into specifications for clinical information systems to redesign the workflow in clinical areas.
• Assist in the design, acquisition and implementation of applicable clinical/healthcare informatics, including software validation and installation, clinical content development, user acceptance testing, business process re-engineering, training, and go-live implementation support; coordinate the research, selection, and planned implementation process for nursing and clinical applications.
• Assist the Clinical Integration Supervisor in coordinating, implementing, and conducting education and training to end-users of RUHS integrated clinical information systems and applications; develop and organize training curricula, schedules, and training materials.
• Facilitate effective communication with user groups and assist with go-live readiness to ensure smooth implementation of new functional elements, applications, and major releases of clinical information systems; interface with nursing, ancillary staff, and other clinicians related to the development, implementation, and review of the RUHS clinical information systems and procedures.
• Assist in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the integrated clinical information systems.
• Support and coordinate software applications for nursing and clinical operations, inclusive of, but not limited to, scheduling and updating systems; provide technical assistance and support to end-users.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree in nursing, business or healthcare administration, computer science, communications, industrial engineering, natural sciences, or other healthcare field related to the assignment.
Experience: Four years of professional level experience in a hospital or healthcare setting that included one year of supporting clinical information or electronic health record (EHR) systems and applications. (Additional qualifying experience related to the support of clinical information or EHR systems and applications may be substituted for the required education based on one year of full-time experience equaling 30 semester or 45 quarter units of the required education.)
Knowledge of: Principles and practice of Nursing or Clinical Informatics, and clinical information management processes and procedures; Electronic Health Records (EHR); clinical and nursing support applications such as Epic EHR; computer networks and software interface; standards and compliance issues related to patient care and safety required by Joint Commission, federal, and state regulatory agencies for healthcare.
Ability to: Coordinate multifaceted and technically sophisticated clinical information system projects; provide project management and training skills; use basic principles, practices, and functional activities for the maintenance and enhancement of clinical information systems; gather and analyze data; speak and write effectively; interpret and apply laws, rules, regulations, standards, and procedures; prepare concise reports and documents; establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, customers, employees, and the public; communicate effectively with people at all organizational levels.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Veterans' Preference:
The County has a Veterans Preference Policy. Upload a copy of your (or your spouse's) Member-4 Form DD-214 (or NGB-22) indicating dates of service, and a copy of your spouse's letter of disability (if applicable) with your application. For privacy reasons, it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans' preference. See the policy here: here (Download PDF reader) ( Download PDF reader ).
Reasonable Accommodations:
The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). If you are a qualified individual and need a reasonable accommodation to take this exam, contact the recruiter before taking the exam. For additional information and the accommodation form, visit the Disability Access Office web page at: http://dao.rc-hr.com
Pre-Employment:
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of both a pre-employment physical exam, including a drug/alcohol test, and a criminal background investigation, which involves fingerprinting. (A felony or misdemeanor conviction may disqualify the applicant from County employment).
Employment Documents:
Upload a copy of any license(s), official/unofficial transcript(s), degrees, and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account. If your education was completed outside of the United States, you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services or( NACES )Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc.( AICE ).
What's Next?
This recruitment is open to all applicants. Applicants who are current County of Riverside employees and/or current employees of the County of Riverside's RUHS may be considered before other applicants depending on the volume of applications received.
Qualified applicants may be considered for future vacancies throughout the County.
Application Period:
BASED ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED, THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE.
Applications received prior to the closing date will be considered based on the information submitted. Changes or alterations cannot be accepted. All applicants must submit a complete application by the closing date of this recruitment. No late applications will be permitted. Include relevant work experience details on resume and/or application. Applicants who fail to provide information demonstrating they possess the position requirements may not be considered further in the application process. A description of job duties directly copied from the job classification or job posting will not be considered.
For questions regarding this recruitment contact the recruiter, Nicole Prado:nprado@rivco.org.
GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION:
Please read and follow any special application instructions on this posting. Click the 'Apply' link located on this page to submit your application. For instructions on the application process, examinations, Veteran's preference, pre-employment accommodation or other employment questions, please refer to our web site, www.rc-hr.com . A pre-employment physical examination and background check may be required.
MEDICAL/DENTAL/VISION INSURANCE: A choice of different medical, dental and visions plan are available to elect. The County provides a Flexible Benefit Credit contribution as governed by the applicable SEIU Memorandum of Understanding to contribute towards the cost of these plans.
Note: Employees on assignment through the Temporary Assignment Program (TAP) receive different benefits. See the list here .
MISCELLANEOUS RETIREMENT: County of Riverside has three retirement Tiers through the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS).
- Tier I (Classic Member - Formula 3% @ 60): Applicable to current and former County of Riverside local miscellaneous employees hired prior to 08/24/2012 and did not withdraw CalPERS contributions. The employee contribution is eight (8%) percent.
- Tier II (Classic Member - Formula 2% @ 60): Applicable to local miscellaneous employees 1) hired after 08/23/2012 through 12/31/2012; 2) Previously employed with another CalPERS contracting public agency or a reciprocal retirement system, with a break in service of less than six months between the separation date with the previous employer and the appointment date with the County of Riverside. The employee contribution is seven (7%) percent.
- Tier III (PEPRA New Member - Formula 2% @ 62): Applicable to CalPERS local miscellaneous new members hired on or after the implementation of the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) which took effect January 1, 2013. As of July 1, 2020, the employee contribution is 7.25% and subject to change annually.
A new member is defined as any of the following:
CalPERS refers to all members that do not fit within the definition of a new member as "classic members".
Contribution rates are subject to change based on the County of Riverside annual actuarial valuation.
Note:
This summary is for general information purposes only. Additional questions regarding retirement formulas can be sent to retirement@rivco.org or by calling the Benefits Information Line at (951) 955-4981,
Option 2.
If you have prior service credit with another CalPERS agency or within agencies, please contact CalPERS at (888) 225-7377 to determine which retirement tier would be applicable to you. CalPERS is governed by the Public Employees' Retirement Law. The Retirement Law is complex and subject to change. If there's any conflict between this summary and the law, the law will prevail over this summary.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION: Voluntary employee contribution with a choice between two 457 deferred compensation plan options.
VACATION ACCRUAL (Bi-Weekly Accrual):
0< 3 year = 80 Hours (10 Days)
4< 9 years = 120 Hours (15 Days)
10 or more years = 160 Hours (20 Days)
Maximum Vacation leave accumulation is 480 hours.
SICK LEAVE: Four (4) hours Sick Leave accrual per pay period with unlimited accrual.
HOLIDAYS: Normally 12 paid holidays per year.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE: Allowed 5 days (3 days are County paid; 2 additional days can be taken from accrued Sick Leave balance).
BASIC LIFE INSURANCE: Equal to one times annual base salary not to exceed $50,000 of term life coverage. Premiums are paid by the County. Additional Supplemental Life plan is available for employee purchase.
DISABILITY: Short-term Disability benefit pays up to a maximum of $461.54 weekly, payable up to a maximum of 52 weeks.
POST RETIREMENT MEDICAL CONTRIBUTION: A monthly contribution is made by the County towards retiree health insurance offered through the County as governed by the applicable SEIU Memorandum of Understanding.
OTHER: There may be other benefit provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding. Please contact the recruiter listed on the job posting directly for more information.