Clinical Informatics Nurse

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Clinical Informatics Nurse

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Required: Licensed Registered Nurse;
• BSN Nursing;
• Minimum 5 years healthcare experience; Knowledge of PowerChart system; Patient Safety knowledge;
• Working knowledge of clinical performance improvement;
• Proven communication skills;
• able to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel within the organization;
• Demonstrated presentation skills;
• Demonstrated leadership in change management.
• Desired: Master of Science in Nursing, informatics, or related health care field.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• The Clinical informatics Registered Nurse (CI RN) is an expert in human factors, patient safety, and the use of technology to optimize care delivery processes and effectively communicate patient care activity.
• The CI RN specializes in patient care processes and clinician workflow and leads initiatives to promote effective process design, development, and implementation of the Electronic Medical Record and other technologies.
• The CI RN is responsible for assuring clinician involvement in evaluation of new technology design and function.
• As well, this role supports physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinicians as the resource for requests related to technology changes.
• The CI RN demonstrates independent decision making as appropriate in evaluation of requests for system improvements and determines feasibility and advisability of system changes.
• The CI RN works closely with clinicians, departmental leadership, Quality, Patient Safety and Accreditation and Licensure Departments and Information Systems staff to clarify needs, prioritize requests, recommend technology design, workflow and execute change and adaptation to the EMR and other technology.
• Responsible for order set management:
  • Development and maintenance of overall principles for safe design and use of order sets, with a focus on workflow design;
  • Development and maintenance of standard order set clinical content;
  • Identified leader as resource for requests for changes, additional orders and order sets;
  • Shepherds clinical authors through the approval process outlined by the NMH informatics committees;
  • Collaborates with specialty authors to develop order sets based on order set standards, patient safety principles, and evidence based practice guidelines.
• Responsible as a thought leader for maximizing technology design to achieve the best clinical outcomes and leads the organization's approach to clinical documentation in collaboration with the Nursing informatics Committee and the Clinical informatics Committee.
• Works with clinicians to optimize MR documentation and the use of the EMR as a communication tool.
• Participates in improvement projects and on assigned committees to provide content expertise on the literature related to the use of the EMR, Barcode Point of Care and other technology to meet patient safety goals, support clinician workflow, and achieve care improvements.
• Thought leader and resource for clinicians on the clinical information system and patient care processes to promote optimal care, reduce errors, and achieve organizational goals.
• Participates in development, monitoring and evaluation of technology and decision support (barcode point of care, rules, order sets, etc.) for continuous improvement.
• Partners with the informatics RPh to facilitate advanced clinical decision support implementation within the electronic medical record in order to meet clinical goals.
• Collaborates with NM Academy on education for safe and effective use of the EMR.
• Coordinates, facilitates, and evaluates clinician functional testing for human factors issues before and after system upgrades and improvements.
• Problem solves application and workflow issues and works through barriers to achieve results by collaborating effectively with users and the Information Technology staff.
• Communicates effectively with all members of the healthcare delivery team, leadership, informatics committee members, and the PowerChart implementation team.
• Accountable for measurable improvements in clinician satisfaction with technology, and in the use of technology as a facilitator of best practices, patient safety, and error avoidance.
• Demonstrates proficiency in conducting, coordinating and publishing research in HealthCare informatics. AA/EOE