Nursing Informatics Specialist

Nursing Informatics Specialist

Contract

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin Remote in selected location (Arizona, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah)

Direct Client

Skills:

1. Clinical Informatics
2. Nursing clinical experience

Job Summary:

-Plays a major role in the interdisciplinary care team's successful adoption of the electronic medical record.

-This role is knowledgeable about clinical workflows and the role technology plays in those workflows.

-This role utilizes change management principals to facilitate the adoption of new clinical workflows brought about by technology updates.

-To achieve maximum adoption, this role will coordinate (or provide expertise in) the planning, design, development, training, implementation, communication, maintenance, and evaluation of new or existing functionality related to clinical and business information systems in collaboration with IT and clinical operations.

-Working under the direction of leadership, integrates nursing/clinical science, computer science, informational science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and expertise in clinical practice.

-Works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to ensure engagement and elicit, analyze, prioritize and validate workflows and requirements for changes in processes, policies, and information systems.

-Ensures data/information is current with regulatory agency and best practice standards.

-Coordinates the collection and reporting of metrics defining benefits realization associate with the clinical information systems.

-Serves as an internal consultant to all departments to identify and achieve department and project goals.

Job Responsibilities:

-Coordinate or provide expertise in the planning, design, development, training, implementation, communication, maintenance, and evaluation of new or existing functionality related to clinical and business information systems.

-Integrate nursing/clinical science, computer science, and informational science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and expertise in clinical practice.

-Work as a liaison among stakeholders to ensure engagement and elicit, analyze, prioritize, and validate workflows and requirements for changes in processes, policies, and information systems.

-Ensure data/information is current with regulatory agency and best practice standards.

-Coordinate the collection and reporting of metrics defining benefits realization associated with the clinical information systems.

-Serve as an internal consultant to all departments to identify and achieve department and project goals.

Skills:

Required Skills & Experience:

-Experience in change management, and adoption and engagement strategies of key stakeholders/operational leaders for a high impact change.

-Experience in operational workflow development and operational translation across departments and facilities.

-Experience in test environment setup and iterative refinement with stakeholder input.

-Experience in knowledge transfer and coaching of internal team members to ensure long-term sustainability.

-Experience in strategic guidance on governance models and change management during implementation.

-Two (2) years of nursing clinical experience.

-Demonstrated competency and knowledge as acquired by the participation in multi-disciplinary implementation projects with a clinical scope.

OR

-Two (2) years of clinical informatics experience.

-Expertise with statistical analysis and interpretation of data.

-Strategic problem solving, organization, and superior planning skills.

-Excellent verbal and written skills for high-level communication.

-Ability to manage and coordinate implementation, design and maintenance of clinical information systems used to improve clinical operations for a service line, group.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

-Experience with Rauland or a Rauland implementation with Epic.

-Three (3) or more years of Nursing Informatics experience.

Education:

Required Education: -Associate's degree in Nursing.

Preferred Education: -Bachelor's degree in Nursing.

Required Certifications & Licensure:

-Current state of Wisconsin Registered Nurse License.

OR

-Multi-state Nursing License from a participating state in the NLC (Nurse Licensure Compact).

Preferred Certifications & Licensure: