Clinical informatician
Clinical informaticians are registered clinicians, such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals, who use their clinical knowledge to shape the organisation's digital health services. They make sure that clinical systems, data, and decision support fit the way care is delivered, are safe to use, and improve outcomes for patients and the experience of clinicians and care staff.
- UK GDaD PCF role
- None: this reference defines the role
- ESCO occupations
- clinical informatics manager (ISCO-08 1342)
- On GitHub
- Role document · Role data
Levels
| Band | Role level | UK GDaD PCF level | Civil Service grades | Job evaluation points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Clinical informatics specialist | — | — | 452 |
| 7 | Senior clinical informatician | — | — | 525 |
| 8a | Lead clinical informatician | — | — | 580 |
| 8c | Head of clinical informatics | — | — | 663 |
In a digital health care organisation
- The role needs current clinical knowledge, so most posts require registration with a clinical professional body and some ongoing clinical practice.
- Clinical informaticians give specialised advice on how systems affect patient care, so their judgement directly affects patient safety.
- They work closely with clinical safety officers, contributing clinical expertise to hazard identification and safety cases.
- Good clinical data depends on consistent use of clinical terminologies such as SNOMED CT, so they help design structured records and decision support.
- They act as a bridge between clinicians, care staff, and digital teams, and often lead clinical engagement for system changes.
ESCO occupations and skills
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clinical informatics manager
Clinical informatics managers oversee the daily operations of information systems used in a medical institutions. They also carry out research, using their understanding of clinical practices to find ways to improve healthcare services.
Essential skills and knowledge (28)
Skills and competences
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- analyse large-scale data in healthcare
- apply good clinical practices
- apply organisational techniques
- collect healthcare user's general data
- communicate in healthcare
- comply with quality standards related to healthcare practice
- conduct clinical software research
- contribute to continuity of health care
- contribute to public health campaigns
- follow clinical guidelines
- oversee clinical information system activities
- perform clinical coding procedures
- review patient's medical data
- use clinical assessment techniques
- use foreign languages for health-related research
Knowledge
Optional skills and knowledge (31)
Skills and competences
- advise on training courses
- communicate in foreign languages with health service providers
- comply with legislation related to health care
- implement strategic planning
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges
- manage budgets
- manage project metrics
- manage workflow processes
- meet deadlines
- participate in medical records' auditing activities
- perform project management
- recruit employees
- supervise staff
- train employees
Knowledge
- IBM InfoSphere DataStage
- IBM InfoSphere Information Server
- Informatica PowerCenter
- Oracle Data Integrator
- Oracle Warehouse Builder
- Pentaho Data Integration
- QlikView Expressor
- SAP Data Services
- SQL Server Integration Services
- analytical methods in biomedical sciences
- audit techniques
- conditions for professional practice of clinical psychology
- creation of clinical psychological opinions
- data extraction, transformation and loading tools
- health psychology
- healthcare analytics
- manage healthcare staff
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