Physician Specialist - Emergency Support

Responsibilities:

• Maintains thorough understanding of site-specific physician adoption plan.
• Regularly reviews progress towards goals and objectives detailed in the plan.
• Coordinates and provides training for the electronic medical record.
• Coordinates and provides physician training using a variety of methods: classroom, computer based, and one-on-one.
• Maintains education materials for all methods.
• Tracks physician training and proficiency requirements.
• In collaboration with Medical Staff office, coordinates and provides new physician orientation.
• If applicable, coordinates physician remote access connection to the EMR.
• Advises physician office staff on the technical requirements for remote access.
• Coordinates, provides and tracks training for physician office staff.
• Promotes maximum utilization of EMR within the physician group.
• Serves as primary contact for physician EMR related issues.
• Provides ongoing techniques to better incorporate and utilize the EMR. Facilitates the creation, use and maintenance of order sets.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree, preferred.
• Must have strong clinical background and knowledge of patient care setting and clinical practice.
• Nursing experience preferred but other diagnostic and therapeutic experience acceptable.

Certifications:

• Experience typically supported by license in a medically related field such as nursing, pharmacy, medical technology or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

• For Information Technology Division caregivers, ITIL Foundations certification is required within 6 months of position start date.

Complexity of Work:

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

• 3-5 years experience in a clinical setting, preferably in a multi-entity health care system.
• Experience with clinical information systems or computerized physician order management preferred.
• Experience in education/training or human resources development preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• RN, LPN, MA, RT or another clinical license.

Physical Requirements:

• High degree of dexterity to produce materials on a computer.
• Requires normal or corrected vision, hearing and speech, mobility sufficient to attend meetings.
• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds.
• The position must be available after hours for support by pager and computer dial-in.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.