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Clinical Analyst roles in healthcare IT, data management, and informatics qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension when your employer is enrolled in E-Verify. With a STEM degree in health informatics, computer science, or a related field, you can work up to 36 months total while building the employer relationship most commonly needed for H-1B visa sponsorship.
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The Clinical Informatics Systems Analyst I is primarily responsible for assisting in the operation and administration of clinical information systems, collaborating with clinical and technical associates to enhance workflow methodology and tools. Support responsibilities include application support of medium to high complexity for acute and non-acute care clinical applications for a large, multi-regional healthcare system; provides incident, change and problem management support following the outlined ITIL processes. This position must possess sufficient detailed healthcare knowledge and systems expertise to support assigned clinical application(s). This position requires the ability to work with minimal supervision. This position is exempt.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Collaborate with Clinical Informatics colleagues across the enterprise to drive strategic goals and vision for the department and CHRISTUS Health.
- Collaborate with Clinical Informatics colleagues to focus on standardized best practice workflow processes and clinical content to ensure alignment across all ministries in order to create efficiencies that improve patient safety.
- Collaborate with technical colleagues to help identify any infrastructure related issues that have resulted in clinical application issues.
- Develop, test, implement, support, and maintain assigned clinical applications, solutions and business processes to meet operational and technical requirements.
- Demonstrates strong communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with other people, both individually and in groups.
- Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical practice as it pertains to the integration of clinical information systems and impact on end users.
- Assist in reporting any identified clinical information systems compliance issues/concerns and escalate utilizing proper chain of command.
- Provide on-going end user clinical information systems support with all upgrades, new releases and enhanced functionality.
- Assist with communication to clinical end user system changes, new functionality, workflow process changes, and downtime procedures as they relate to the electronic medical record.
- Foster relationships with ministry leadership and departments such as Information Services, Quality, Case Management, Revenue Cycle, and Finance to ensure effective communication, to meet business and financial requirements.
- Provides effective customer service by being courteous, polite and friendly at all times.
- Perform in-depth analysis of workflows, data collection, report details, and other technical issues associated with clinical information systems.
- Troubleshoot and/or resolve application issues and escalate more complex issues as appropriate.
- Consistently follows up with end users. Able to ask the right questions to obtain understanding of end user issues and needs. Seeks information from others when end user issues appear to pose significant risks. Provides clear and organized status reporting on key project areas to be used as external communications to stakeholders.
- Provides insight and recommendations on application/system analysis in assigned area(s). Demonstrates a solid/working level of subject matter expertise in providing support to projects, customers, and other teams, while proactively working to improve and obtain new expertise in application/system in assigned areas. Utilizes application training, application web site and application resource materials regularly and effectively.
- Demonstrates decision making based on facts (vs assumptions); Routinely researches multiple avenues to identify viable options. Contributes to strategy discussions by identifying options with associated pros and cons with team members.
- Completes task with attention to detail and high level of quality. Performs self-review process prior to sending to supervisor. Design, configuration requires minimal additional QA by peer or lead analyst. Manages low to medium complexity projects/requests. Collaborates with team members as needed.
- Performs basic process and requirement analysis, including process mapping though current flow charts, documents, requirement elicitation, and specification gathering in support of root cause problem solving and negotiating creative solutions. In addition, using current and projected data, provides recommendations in assigned application. Responsible for completing basic gap analysis, and providing recommendations.
- May be required to work additional hours as needed during critical problems.
- Must have strong knowledge of clinical information systems, clinical informatics, data management and administration.
- Must have advance knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Must have excellent verbal and written skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Must have excellent project management and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Responsible for other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
Education/Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of clinical/technical application experience in lieu of degree, strongly preferred
Experience
- Preferred 1-3 years previous clinical information systems experience or equivalent
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- Valid Driver’s License
- Epic certification/accreditation/self-proficiency preferred (may be required to certify in relevant application within 90 days of hire) Note: Once achieved, must be maintained.
Work Schedule:
8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Work Type:
Full Time
Description
Summary:
The Clinical Informatics Systems Analyst I is primarily responsible for assisting in the operation and administration of clinical information systems, collaborating with clinical and technical associates to enhance workflow methodology and tools. Support responsibilities include application support of medium to high complexity for acute and non-acute care clinical applications for a large, multi-regional healthcare system; provides incident, change and problem management support following the outlined ITIL processes. This position must possess sufficient detailed healthcare knowledge and systems expertise to support assigned clinical application(s). This position requires the ability to work with minimal supervision. This position is exempt.
Responsibilities:
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Collaborate with Clinical Informatics colleagues across the enterprise to drive strategic goals and vision for the department and CHRISTUS Health.
- Collaborate with Clinical Informatics colleagues to focus on standardized best practice workflow processes and clinical content to ensure alignment across all ministries in order to create efficiencies that improve patient safety.
- Collaborate with technical colleagues to help identify any infrastructure related issues that have resulted in clinical application issues.
- Develop, test, implement, support, and maintain assigned clinical applications, solutions and business processes to meet operational and technical requirements.
- Demonstrates strong communication and interpersonal skills when interacting with other people, both individually and in groups.
- Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical practice as it pertains to the integration of clinical information systems and impact on end users.
- Assist in reporting any identified clinical information systems compliance issues/concerns and escalate utilizing proper chain of command.
- Provide on-going end user clinical information systems support with all upgrades, new releases and enhanced functionality.
- Assist with communication to clinical end user system changes, new functionality, workflow process changes, and downtime procedures as they relate to the electronic medical record.
- Foster relationships with ministry leadership and departments such as Information Services, Quality, Case Management, Revenue Cycle, and Finance to ensure effective communication, to meet business and financial requirements.
- Provides effective customer service by being courteous, polite and friendly at all times.
- Perform in-depth analysis of workflows, data collection, report details, and other technical issues associated with clinical information systems.
- Troubleshoot and/or resolve application issues and escalate more complex issues as appropriate.
- Consistently follows up with end users. Able to ask the right questions to obtain understanding of end user issues and needs. Seeks information from others when end user issues appear to pose significant risks. Provides clear and organized status reporting on key project areas to be used as external communications to stakeholders.
- Provides insight and recommendations on application/system analysis in assigned area(s). Demonstrates a solid/working level of subject matter expertise in providing support to projects, customers, and other teams, while proactively working to improve and obtain new expertise in application/system in assigned areas. Utilizes application training, application web site and application resource materials regularly and effectively.
- Demonstrates decision making based on facts (vs assumptions); Routinely researches multiple avenues to identify viable options. Contributes to strategy discussions by identifying options with associated pros and cons with team members.
- Completes task with attention to detail and high level of quality. Performs self-review process prior to sending to supervisor. Design, configuration requires minimal additional QA by peer or lead analyst. Manages low to medium complexity projects/requests. Collaborates with team members as needed.
- Performs basic process and requirement analysis, including process mapping though current flow charts, documents, requirement elicitation, and specification gathering in support of root cause problem solving and negotiating creative solutions. In addition, using current and projected data, provides recommendations in assigned application. Responsible for completing basic gap analysis, and providing recommendations.
- May be required to work additional hours as needed during critical problems.
- Must have strong knowledge of clinical information systems, clinical informatics, data management and administration.
- Must have advance knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
- Must have excellent verbal and written skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Must have excellent project management and communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Responsible for other duties and special projects as assigned.
Requirements
Education/Skills
- Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of clinical/technical application experience in lieu of degree, strongly preferred
Experience
- Preferred 1-3 years previous clinical information systems experience or equivalent
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- Valid Driver’s License
- Epic certification/accreditation/self-proficiency preferred (may be required to certify in relevant application within 90 days of hire) Note: Once achieved, must be maintained.
Work Schedule:
8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Work Type:
Full Time
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding STEM OPT Authorization as a Clinical Analyst
Verify your CIP code before applying
Check that your degree's Classification of Instructional Programs code maps to an approved STEM field on the ICE STEM Designated Degree Program List. Health informatics, biomedical engineering, and computer science codes qualify. A mismatch means your DSO can't authorize the extension.
Confirm E-Verify enrollment before accepting offers
Ask the recruiter or HR contact to confirm their E-Verify Company ID number before you sign anything. An employer not enrolled in E-Verify legally can't employ you on STEM OPT, and enrollment can't be retroactive after your start date.
Target health systems and payers over staffing agencies
Direct employers at hospitals, insurance payers, and pharmacy benefit managers file I-983 training plans themselves and can define concrete learning objectives tied to clinical analytics workflows. Staffing agencies placing you at a third-party site create a more complex triparty I-983 arrangement that many DSOs flag for additional review.
Search Migrate Mate to filter Clinical Analyst roles by E-Verify status
Migrate Mate surfaces Clinical Analyst postings from employers with verified E-Verify enrollment, so you're not manually screening each company. Filter by STEM OPT eligibility to focus your applications on roles your authorization actually covers.
Build your I-983 training plan around measurable analytics milestones
USCIS expects the I-983 to show how each job duty advances your STEM skills. Map your training goals to specific deliverables like EHR optimization projects, clinical data validation cycles, or regulatory reporting workflows. Vague descriptions increase the chance your DSO requests a revision before endorsing the form.
File your STEM OPT extension application 90 days before OPT expires
USCIS allows you to apply up to 90 days before your current OPT EAD expires. Submitting earlier gives you a cap-gap buffer if processing runs long, and ensures your I-983 is endorsed and on file with your DSO well before the deadline.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Clinical Analyst role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
Most Clinical Analyst positions qualify if your employer classifies the role under a STEM-aligned SOC code, such as operations research analyst, computer and information systems manager, or medical and health services manager, and your underlying degree falls on the ICE STEM Designated Degree Program List. Your DSO confirms eligibility by matching your degree's CIP code to the approved list before endorsing your I-983. If the role sits in a purely administrative unit with no data or systems component, it may not qualify, so review the job description carefully with your DSO.
What E-Verify requirement applies to my STEM OPT employer?
Your employer must be actively enrolled in E-Verify at the specific worksite where you'll work, not just at the corporate level. Enrollment has to be in place before your STEM OPT start date. You can ask your HR contact for the E-Verify Company ID number and verify enrollment status through the E-Verify employer search tool. If your employer operates across multiple locations, confirm that the exact office listed on your I-983 is enrolled.
How should I complete the I-983 training plan for a Clinical Analyst position?
The I-983 requires you and your employer to describe how each job duty develops practical STEM skills directly tied to your degree field. For a Clinical Analyst role, map duties like EHR configuration, clinical data quality analysis, or regulatory reporting to specific learning goals in informatics, data science, or biomedical systems. USCIS expects concrete milestones, not generic job descriptions. Your DSO must endorse the completed form before your STEM OPT extension can be approved, and the plan must be updated every six months or when your job duties change significantly.
What happens to my work authorization if I'm in the H-1B cap-gap period as a Clinical Analyst?
If your employer files an H-1B petition on your behalf before your OPT EAD expires and you're selected in the lottery, cap-gap rules automatically extend your OPT work authorization through September 30 of that year. You can continue working as a Clinical Analyst during this period without a new EAD. USCIS issues a cap-gap extension notice, but you don't receive a new card. Keep your original EAD, the I-797 receipt for your H-1B petition, and your most recent I-20 together as your employment authorization documentation.
Where can I find Clinical Analyst jobs where the employer is already set up for STEM OPT hiring?
Migrate Mate filters Clinical Analyst listings by employers enrolled in E-Verify and experienced with STEM OPT training plans, so you're not researching each company's compliance posture manually. Focusing on health systems, payers, and clinical data vendors that already have I-983 processes in place reduces onboarding friction and speeds up your actual start date.