Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai!

The Enterprise Information Services (EIS) team at Cedars-Sinai understands that true clinical transformation and the optimization of a clinical information systems implementation is fueled through the alignment of the right people, processes, and technologies.

Why work here?

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been ranked the #1 hospital in California and #2 hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, 2022‑23. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to our groundbreaking biomedical research facilities and advanced medical education programs. We offer learning programs, tuition reimbursement and performance-improvement projects so you can achieve certifications and degrees while gaining the knowledge and experience needed to advance your career.

We take pride in hiring the best, most hard-working employees. Our dedicated doctors, nurses and staff reflect the culturally and ethnically diverse community we serve. They are proof of our dedication to creating a dynamic, inclusive environment that fuels innovation and the gold standard of patient care we strive for.

What you will be doing:

The Clinical Systems Engineer collaborates with Clinical Operations, Technology Teams, Application Teams, and vendors to deliver and optimize integrated clinical solutions. This position will develop, deliver, and support clinical technology solutions that include databases, interfaces, and edge device messaging.

• Supports clinical, operational, and technology areas through evaluation, analysis, and understanding of workflows and business requirements; capable of adhering to and implementing established department standards.
• Provides consultation for new system assessment, design, implementation, and support strategy for clinical technology, IT networks, and integrations within EIS as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• For small single department projects, leads the solution design and deployment of clinical technology in existing and new care delivery environments in conjunction with clinical, vendor, and technology partners.
• Monitors security bulletins with existing vendors. Proactively report findings and collaborated with senior team members on strategy for management of clinical technology and integration of related technology within the hospital system.
• Proactively monitors the performance of the Clinical Software Suite of Applications to minimize outages. Provides 7x24 support for applications on a rotation basis.
• Collaborates with team members to create standards and documentation on all technical aspects, including but not limited to: data standards, workflows, messaging concepts, clinical systems, alerting/alarming, software platform internals, debugging strategies, failure mode analysis, responsibility matrix, and performance tuning.
• Updates existing documents & runs test plans to perform: software, hardware, and firmware upgrades in a controlled environment to ensure minimal disruption to clinical and operational workflows.
• Coordinates clinical information system development activities with key EIS engineering groups, including: coordination with the systems integration team to implement, test, and maintain system interfaces; coordination with EIS Informatics and Technology groups to analyze business and interface requirements; coordination with network engineers and UNIX systems administrators to implement and maintain clinical information system platforms.
• Performs business and clinical requirements discovery and develop procedures to extract clinical data and generate reports to support operations, quality management, resource management, regulatory, and research purposes.
• Collaborates with technology teams and vendor support teams to investigate software and system failures; generates Root Cause Analysis documents
• Coordinates vendor project meetings; reviews and verifies quotes, and statements of work, and tracks vendor efforts against PO.
• Function as a liaison to Application and Clinical teams; represent the team in various healthcare technology committees and workgroups.

Experience Requirements:

Three (3) plus years of experience developing and managing clinical technology systems.

Solid understanding in developer role to implement and support sophisticated systems interfaces.

Educational Requirements:

High School Diploma/GED.

Bachelor's degree in Biomedical, Clinical Engineering, or related field. (preferred)