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Announcement Number STAFF - VA - 26037

For questions regarding this position, please contact:

Kelly Weak

[email protected]

406-994-2671

Laura Larsson

[email protected]

406-994-7504

Classification Title Program/Project Lead

Working Title Health Informaticist

Brief Position Overview

The Health Informaticist will focus on optimizing the use of information technology in school-based healthcare settings to improve patient care, enhance clinical workflows, and facilitate data-driven decision making. The Health Informaticist will leverage their understanding of both information technology and healthcare to facilitate data-driven decision making toward excellent outcomes for clients of the school-based health center and for long-term sustainability of school-based services.

Position Number 4C7144

Department Nursing Departments

Division College of Nursing

Appointment Type Professional

Contract Term Fiscal Year

Semester

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FLSA Exempt

Union Affiliation Exempt from Collective Bargaining

FTE 1.0

Benefits Eligible Eligible

Salary $72,000 to $78,000 annually, commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications

Contract Type LOA

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Recruitment Type Open

Position Details

General Statement

The mobile health training program ( MHTP ) is an interprofessional team of nursing faculty, nursing students, and dental professionals who provide screening, preventive care, and case management for American Indian children living on Montana Reservations. Nursing faculty and students from Montana State University and dental professional team members provide critical healthcare services for American Indian children while assisting Montana’s Tribal Nations in meeting the Office of Head Start health requirements and providing clinical practice opportunities for nursing students. The MHTP provides critical clinical training placements for undergraduate and graduate nursing students while increasing access to care for high priority Montana schoolchildren.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Health Informaticist will focus on optimizing the use of information technology in school-based healthcare settings to improve patient care, enhance clinical workflows, and facilitate data-driven decision making. The Health Informaticist will leverage their understanding of both information technology and healthcare to facilitate data-driven decision making toward excellent outcomes for clients of the school-based health center and for long-term sustainability of school-based services. The individual in this role be responsible for data collection, management, analysis, and reporting activities described in the NEPQR grant narrative funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The primary activity is tracking clinical encounters between mobile health training program ( MHTP ) clinicians and school-based health center clients/patients. In partnership with tribal Head Start, Early Head Start, elementary, middle, and high schools, the MHTP is responsible for detailed reporting of clinical information through the Uniform Data System including managing patient records and using advanced techniques for intercommunication between various electronic health records (Child Plus, Daphne, Curve) and the federal record system (Uniform Data System). Additional responsibilities are related to clinical service delivery including planning travel for the interprofessional team, purchasing and maintaining equipment, documenting travel and project related expenses, and compiling and analyzing data reports from the associated software programs. Careful attention to research with human subjects, proper completion of paperwork for participants including tracking incentives, and data collection instruments will be required.

+ Manage interoperability, data security, and regulatory compliance for Daphne, Curve, ChildPlus, the Uniform Data System and other multiple health record systems.

+ Design and implement electronic workflow protocols into multiple health record systems.

+ Manage sensitive records, including confidential patient information and medical records.

+ Perform data collection, entry, and analysis.

+ Use data to create reports for funding agencies and for academic dissemination.

+ Use date to create infographics for use in a variety of media and publications.

+ Purchase, track, set up, maintain, and transport equipment utilized for mobile health clinics.

+ Manage purchases and document program related expenses in Chrome River, SmartBuy, and other financial systems.

+ Convene, attend, and participate in teleconference meetings with the School Based Health Center Alliance members.

+ Review written documents for grant proposals and grant deliverables.

+ Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders.

+ Crosstrain with small team to plan, organize, manage, and oversee mobile health clinics throughout Montana in coordination with Community partners.

Required Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills

+ Combination of education and/or applicable experience equivalent to an undergraduate degree in health informatics or other closely related field.

+ Training in FHIR techniques for data interoperability.

+ Demonstrated experience utilizing the Uniform Data System.

+ Demonstrated experience dealing with various groups of individuals and/or communities in various situations with a high degree of tact and diplomacy.

+ Demonstrated experience providing verbal and written communication in a professional manner.

Preferred Qualifications – Experience, Education, Knowledge & Skills

+ Master’s degree in Health Informatics or closely related field.

+ Knowledge of American Indian cultures, history and contemporary issues, particularly those tribes in Montana.

+ Experience with clinical research or similar research setting.

+ Experience with minimal statistical analysis.

+ Demonstrated experience using data to illustrate public health priorities.

+ Aptitude with medical screening equipment and electronic systems.

+ Competence in interfacing with state procurement and expenditure requirements.

The Successful Candidate Will

+ Utilize sound judgement to make significant decisions independently.

+ Represent MSU Mark and Robyn Jones College of Nursing in a professional manner and be an advocate for health promotion.

+ Demonstrate ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with various populations.

+ Maintain confidentiality of records and sensitive information at all times in accordance with Human Subjects training guidelines.

+ Work effectively with a broad range of constituencies including health care agencies, tribal colleges, and 2-year colleges, and national organizations.

+ Refined proofreading and editorial skills.

+ Consistently demonstrate an independent work initiative.

+ Establish and maintain a positive working environment.

Position Special Requirements/Additional Information

This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts Montana State University’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

This position has supervisory duties? No

Posting Detail Information

Number of Vacancies 1

Desired Start Date Upon completion of a successful search

Position End Date (if temporary)

Open Date

Close Date

Applications will be:

Screening of applications will begin on July 29, 2025; however, applications will continue to be accepted until an adequate applicant pool has been established.

Special Instructions

EEO Statement

Montana State University is an equal opportunity employer. MSU does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, political ideas, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, national origin, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class status in violation of any applicable law.

In compliance with the Montana Veteran’s Employment Preference Act, MSU provides preference in employment to veterans, disabled veterans, and certain eligible relatives of veterans. To claim veteran’s preference, please complete the veteran’s preference information located in the Demographics section of your profile.