Clinical Informatics Clinician Jobs

Functions in a leadership role, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, as a direct care provider and clinical systems expert. Develops and implements training pertaining to the staff’s use of clinical systems, participates as an active and integral member of the Clinical Informatics Dept. and maintains the established standards of care and practice through direct patient care, clinical systems improvement activities and staff education.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participates in area specific and hospital-wide clinical systems orientation
• Maintains familiarity with a variety of medical problems, technical training and use of equipment pertinent to area.
• Ensures current documentation of clinical systems competency requirements for staff.
• Participates in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical systems programs/products/ systems
• Establishes clinical systems departmental objectives with leadership team and Clinical Informatics Dept.
• Serves as resource in day to day management of clinical systems.
• Maintains accessibility to nursing staff on all shifts.
• Prepares written/verbal reports on clinical systems QI findings and actions taken.
• Formulates unit-based clinical systems QI measurement indicators.
• Uses adult learning principles to participate in the planning, design, implementation, evaluation and sustained performance of clinical systems education opportunities and workshops for staff.
• Is responsible for ensuring and documenting the sustained clinical systems proficiency of staff
• Continually evaluates clinical systems QI results and implements and monitors improvement changes as necessary.
• Manages unit specific clinical systems competency program; determines competency needs, continually evaluates staff on clinical systems performance
• Serves as a resource for clinical systems programs/products/systems
• Consults on clinical systems issues
• Serves as the facilitator and coordinator for the implementation and ongoing maintenance of clinical systems programs/products/systems and policies and procedures
• Serves as area’s Clinical Systems Council Chair
• Participates in hospital-wide QI Program and assists in JCAHO and other regulatory preparation.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

• Three (3) years’ experience in clinical area.
• Certified in cardio‑pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED

• B.S. degree in Nursing.