Clinical Informatics Analyst - Behavioral Health

Nexus Health Systems provides specialized medical, behavioral, psychiatric, and rehabilitative care through specialty hospitals and residential treatment programs. The Clinical Informatics Analyst – Behavioral Health improves MEDITECH clinical applications and workflows by translating behavioral health, operational, and regulatory needs into effective system configuration, supporting implementation, optimization, testing, training, compliance, and clinical user support.

Responsibilities

• Configure, test, implement, maintain, and optimize assigned MEDITECH applications and behavioral health content
• Gather requirements from clinicians and operational leaders, evaluate current workflows, and translate their needs into system design and configuration
• Serve as a primary resource for application enhancements, troubleshooting, and issue resolution within assigned modules
• Maintain clinical dictionaries, master files, documentation templates, and other application content to support data integrity and consistent practices across facilities
• Evaluate system usability and adoption, identify gaps between intended clinical practice and system behavior, and recommend improvements
• Build and maintain workflows for psychiatric and behavioral assessments, suicide risk and safety assessments, individualized treatment plans, therapy documentation, observation and precautions, and discharge planning
• Support documentation for restraint and seclusion, including required orders, assessments, monitoring, and regulatory elements
• Help ensure workflows reflect person-centered, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate care for the populations Nexus serves
• Support order sets, order management, medication administration workflows, clinical decision support, and alerts in collaboration with other application teams
• Participate in discovery sessions, future-state design, system build, interface testing, data validation, user acceptance testing, implementation, and go-live support
• Review application updates and upgrades, assess their clinical impact, develop test scenarios, document defects, and coordinate resolution
• Provide advanced application support and investigate issues through root cause analysis
• Maintain clear records of requirements, build decisions, workflow diagrams, test results, changes, and open issues
• Participate in an after-hours on-call rotation and provide onsite support during implementations, upgrades, and critical system events
• Develop training materials and job aids, explain system changes, and support clinicians as they adopt new workflows
• Partner with clinical, compliance, legal, and health information management teams on privacy, consent, guardianship, adolescent confidentiality, and appropriate access to patient information
• Configure documentation and workflows that support applicable CMS, Joint Commission, HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, state, and organizational requirements
• Support quality improvement, patient safety, survey readiness, and corrective action initiatives through thoughtful system design and reliable data capture

Preferred

• At least two years of behavioral health clinical experience, particularly in pediatric or adolescent care, inpatient psychiatric services, neurobehavioral care, residential treatment, rehabilitation, or a specialty hospital setting
• MEDITECH Client Server or Expanse implementation, configuration, optimization, or support experience
• Experience with clinical documentation, treatment planning, observation levels, restraint and seclusion requirements, and care coordination
• Experience with EHR implementations, upgrades, application support, end-user education, and change management
• Familiarity with MEDITECH clinical modules such as PCS, OE/OM, PCM/PWM, EMR, E-Chart, and Patient Portal
• A related master's degree, relevant clinical or informatics certification, or SQL and reporting experience
• At least two years of behavioral health clinical experience, particularly in pediatric or adolescent care, inpatient psychiatric services, neurobehavioral care, residential treatment, rehabilitation, or a specialty hospital setting.
• Behavioral Health Clinical Experience
• Pediatric
• Adolescent Care
• Inpatient Psychiatric Services
• Neurobehavioral Care
• Residential Treatment
• Rehabilitation
• Specialty Hospital Experience
• MEDITECH Client Server
• MEDITECH Expanse
• MEDITECH Implementation
• System Configuration
• System Optimization
• Application Support
• Clinical Documentation
• Treatment Planning
• Observation Level Management
• Restraint
• Seclusion Requirements
• Care Coordination
• EHR Implementation
• EHR Upgrades
• End-User Education
• Change Management
• MEDITECH PCS
• MEDITECH OE/OM
• MEDITECH PCM/PWM
• MEDITECH EMR
• MEDITECH E-Chart
• MEDITECH Patient Portal
• Related Master's Degree
• Clinical Certification
• Informatics Certification
• SQL
• Reporting Experience

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off and holidays
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth

Company

• Integrated specialty care and residential treatment for medically complex patients
• Houston, Texas, USA
• https://nexushealthsystems.com/
• Founded in 1992
• 501-1000 employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing, social work, counseling, psychology, applied behavior analysis, health informatics, health information management, or a closely related field
• Active, unrestricted licensure or certification in good standing as **one** of the following: Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), or Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
• RNs must hold a Texas license or a multistate license recognized in Texas
• Experience with clinical informatics, EHR applications, healthcare systems, or related technology work
• Experience gathering requirements, analyzing clinical workflows, supporting testing, and translating clinical needs into system solutions
• Strong communication, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• At least two years of behavioral health clinical experience, particularly in pediatric or adolescent care, inpatient psychiatric services, neurobehavioral care, residential treatment, rehabilitation, or a specialty hospital setting
• MEDITECH Client Server or Expanse implementation, configuration, optimization, or support experience
• Experience with clinical documentation, treatment planning, observation levels, restraint and seclusion requirements, and care coordination
• Experience with EHR implementations, upgrades, application support, end-user education, and change management
• Familiarity with MEDITECH clinical modules such as PCS, OE/OM, PCM/PWM, EMR, E-Chart, and Patient Portal
• A related master's degree, relevant clinical or informatics certification, or SQL and reporting experience

Required skills

• Behavioral Health, Clinical Documentation, Clinical Informatics, Clinical Workflow Analysis, EHR Implementation and Configuration, Electronic Health Records (EHR), MEDITECH Expanse, Requirements Gathering, SQL

Experience

• 2+ years