Are you looking for a meaningful career caring for our communities most vulnerable populations?
The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center is one of the largest community health centers in Massachusetts serving Worcester, Framingham, Milford and the surrounding communities. We are a thriving and growing organization, and our team is expanding across sites to support this growth.
As an employer of choice, the Health Center prides itself on its inclusive workplace environment which fosters teamwork, accountability and respect and supports the growth and development of each employee. We are an equal opportunity employer and embrace the richness of the diversity of our staff and community. You are a good fit for our team if you’re passionate about helping people live healthier lives and enjoy working in a supportive, team-based environment.
The Clinical Informatics Lead will work in two job functions: As a Primary Care Provider and as an EMR Specialist.
As a Primary Care Provider, you will be delivering comprehensive primary care services to patients and coordinating care of patients under the supervision of a Physician. This person will serve as a member of the clinical practice team and work collaboratively with other team members in providing patient care.
The Clinical Informatics Lead will serve as the liaison between the IT Team and the Medical Provider team to identify clinical EMR issues and improve workflows. The Clinical Informatics Lead will also train any new incoming Providers on how to use the EMR system. They will work one on one with new Providers as well as create training material that can be utilized for future clinical team members.
Clinical (40%):
Clinical Administrative (10%):
Clinical Informatics (50%):
The mission of Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center (Kennedy Community Health) is to “help people live healthier lives.” We believe that everyone has a right to accessible, high quality, comprehensive, integrated and compassionate health care. As a community health center, Kennedy Community Health has always provided comprehensive care to its patients, who are at disparate risk for chronic disease and poor health outcomes. Our vision is to be a constantly growing, financially sound, Federally Qualified Community Health Center that:
efficiently delivers high quality, accessible primary care services.
becomes the health care home and provider choice of all our patients.
achieves excellence in outcomes with our patients as partners.
remains at the forefront of innovative health care practices.
Founded in a Worcester housing project in 1972, today Kennedy Community Health has three medical facilities, two dental sites, two optometry practices and six school-based centers serving residents of Worcester, Framingham, Milford, and the surrounding communities of MetroWest and Central Massachusetts. Currently over 26,000 patients of all ages receive care and service through Kennedy Community Health’s family practice model of care, a comprehensive approach to the delivery of quality primary and urgent care, dental care, optometry, pharmacy, behavioral health, substance use treatment and social services, women’s health, HIV/AIDs treatment and services, medical specialties, nutrition counseling, laboratory, and health education programs. Kennedy Community Health is certified as a patient-centered medical home by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a model that supports the flow of information among medical teams, coordinating health care visits, utilizing electronic technologies for tracking and errors prevention, and providing follow-up while, most importantly, engaging patients in their care.
