RN Telehealth Full-time
MedStar Health

Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist (RN)

MedStar Health Leonardtown, MD 20650, US
$89,065 - $162,801 / year
About this Job:

General Summary of Position
The Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist functions as the clinical expert consultant leader researcher and educator for clinical information and communication systems. Reviews recommends designs develops implements maintains supports optimizes and evaluates clinical information and communication systems in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of health care team members information services vendors and other informatics professionals. Leads and manages initiatives and projects for the introduction and optimization of clinical information and communication systems. Provides oversight and leadership of clinical information system downtime and emergency preparation and support. Provides clinical data stewardship analysis and visualization creation. Liaises between teams clinicians leadership and IS regarding clinical information and communication systems. Leads initiatives in the field in respect to research innovation and professional development.

 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

 

  • Provides oversight and participates in the system development life cycle (SDLC) for clinical information systems and clinical communication systems in collaboration with key stakeholders: project planning workflow assessment systems analysis/requirements gathering design development testing implementation evaluation and maintenance.
  • Identifies opportunities for optimization of clinical system functionality and adoption and clinical workflows and how clinical information or communication systems could provide improvement.
  • Collaborates with other resources to develop and implement educational content related to clinical information and communication systems use at system implementation user onboarding and on an ongoing basis.
  • Supports of end users of clinical information and communication systems during systems implementation and throughout the life cycle of the system including elbow support troubleshooting optimization change management.
  • Evaluates factors and develops solutions related to safety effectiveness cost clinical quality and regulatory compliance when developing and implementing clinical information systems.
  • Participates in MedStar Health projects for the selection of enterprise clinical information and communication systems including the evaluation of vendor product presentations and demonstrations.
  • Participates in the design validation implementation and optimization of data sets visualizations and reports for their constituents. Promotes the integrity of the nursing data collected retrieved and disseminated from clinical information systems.
  • Acts as a change agent anticipates the future needs of clinicians and innovates in the best interest of their clinicians and patients and assisting others in understanding the importance necessity impact and process of change.
  • Liaises between groups where constituents data and technology interface.
  • Contributes to the clinical nursing informatics body of knowledge by disseminating best practices through conference presentations posters and publication.
  • Maintains and advances knowledge and skills in nursing informatics through continuing education and/or advanced education.
  • Provides consultation in the field of nursing informatics by participating on nursing and nursing informatics councils at the local or system level and on hospital and relevant MedStar Health committees.
  • Collaborates with clinical practice and learning/education experts to ensure clinical information systems support evidence-based practice and MedStar's clinical practice guidelines.
  • Adheres to the State Nursing Practice Act regulatory ethical and accreditation standards and organizational/departmental policies and procedures. Upholds MedStar's SPIRIT Values and Code of Conduct.

Minimal Qualifications
Education

  • Associate's degree in Nursing required or
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing required or
  • Master's degree in Nursing Informatics Computer Science or related field required

Experience

  • 3-4 years of clinical nursing practice experience including in leadership roles required
  • Experience in the development and evaluation of clinical applications tools processes and structures that assist healthcare providers with the capture and management of clinical data in delivering care to patients required

Licenses and Certifications

  • RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in Maryland required
  • ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification or specialty certification in informatics within 2 years required

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

  • Advanced knowledge and skills in the science of informatics attained through job experience advanced education or certification.
  • Working knowledge in adapting or customizing existing information technology and clinical software.
  • Ability to prioritize manage and implement complex projects with strong analytical ability to solve complex clinical workflow problems.
  • Demonstrates the use of evidence-based practice using analytical methods statistics and decision support tools in support of clinical practice.
  • Ability to prioritize activities relative to goals and time frames managing multiple levels of deliverables.
  • Ability to communicate goals and priorities within a complex clinical/technical environment and to work effectively with a variety of groups and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to present data and information to multiple levels of the organization and educate staff in the use and application of clinical information systems and point of care technologies.
This position has a hiring range of : USD $89,065.00 - USD $162,801.00 /Yr.

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