Clinical Informaticist (OPA3) SR 30-Oregon State Hospital (Hybrid)

Initial Posting Date:

07/02/2026

Application Deadline:

07/16/2026

Agency:

Oregon Health Authority

Salary Range:

$6,276 - $9,644

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Clinical Informaticist (OPA3) SR 30-Oregon State Hospital (Hybrid)

Job Description:

If this opportunity aligns with your strengths, background, and commitment to fostering inclusivity, we encourage you to apply! At the Oregon State Hospital (OSH), we value diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and experiences to help us build a stronger, more equitable future for all.

The Oregon State Hospital (OSH) is seeking a Clinical Informaticist-Operations Analyst 3 (SR30) for a 12-month, limited duration assignment with the ability to analyze business needs and translate them into system design or improvements.

The OSH Technology Services team functions as a centralized, enterprise level information technology group within the broader structure of the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). This team is responsible for managing, maintaining, and evolving the critical digital systems that support OSH’s clinical, administrative, and operational needs. Serving both the Salem and Junction City campuses together employing roughly three thousand staff.  The Technology Services team oversees systems that support electronic health records, secure communication, data management, compliance reporting, and hospital wide workflow optimization.

What you will do!

The Clinical Informaticist is a licensed clinician with training or experience in information systems who is responsible for maximizing the effectiveness of Oregon State Hospital’s Electronic Health Record (EHR), Avatar and related clinical information systems. Key functions include partnering with clinicians to improve workflows and EHR usability, leading clinical centric process redesign, and translating clinical needs into system requirements. The role also drives optimization projects across departments, guides change management and readiness efforts, and serves as a liaison between operations, clinical teams, technical staff, and external partners.

In addition, the Clinical Informaticist ensures timely issue resolution, supports end users, and participates in upgrades, releases, and testing activities. The role analyzes current and future workflows, documents requirements, performs targeted configuration or data mapping, and builds and executes test scripts to validate system changes. The Clinical Informaticist also develops effective training and adoption strategies and produces essential documentation such as process maps, business rules, and technical materials that support consistent, policy aligned use of the EHR.

This position plays a key role in decision-making related to the use, improvement, and effectiveness of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, Avatar. It requires independent judgment in determining how Avatar is configured and used, based on strategic direction. The incumbent will make decisions with minimal oversight that impact the implementation of Avatar and related processes across multiple OSH campuses.

To review the position description, please email melissa.m.perez@oha.oregon.gov.

Minimum Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, Finance, Political Science or any degree demonstrating the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and four years professional-level evaluative, analytical and planning work.
OR;