Clinical Informatics Registered Nurse II

Valley Children's Hospital

29d•$53 - $82•Hybrid

About The Position

The Clinical Informaticist (CI) is a clinical leader who serves as the liaison for health IT efforts supporting clinical workflows and associated information systems requirements to support technology initiatives at Valley Children's Healthcare. Responsible for planning, coordinating, and monitoring the analysis, design, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of assigned health informatics applications and projects. Advanced knowledge and skills required for this role include clinical relevancy and in-depth knowledge and expertise in healthcare informatics, evidence-based processes, consultation, and leadership. The Sr. Clinical Informaticist has extensive knowledge as an informatics nurse/clinician and internal consultant who partners with Nursing, clinical staff, providers, Information Technology Services (ITS), Business/Administrative Services, Project Management (OPMO/ITPMO), and other entities to successfully design, educate, implement, adopt, and sustain interoperability within clinical and non-clinical information systems and practice across Valley Children's Healthcare. They help facilitate informatics-based projects using ongoing process improvement and change management techniques, responsible for identifying opportunities to reduce risk, improve workflows and care delivery, and diligently facilitating evidence-based, best practice and scope advocacy throughout projects, education, and technology. They facilitate, design, development, collaboration, implementation, support, and evaluation of clinical education programs and initiatives related to Clinical Informatics and the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) in alignment with the organizational strategic plan, regulatory requirements, and clinical outcomes. These competencies are essential to advance the practice, professional development, and support of nursing/clinical practice and care management activities across the care continuum. About Us: Clinical Informatics oversees training and workflow development for the Epic electronic health record. This includes providing training and support for new employees as well as ongoing support for all Epic users. Instructional Designers are experienced educational training professionals who know how to apply adult learning behavior theory and put it into practice with in-depth understanding of the professional field. They work with subject matter experts to learn workflows and apply instructional design methodology to the development of training materials for Epic system upgrades and optimizations. Clinical Informaticists apply their clinical training and experience to evaluate and improve workflows for clinical users of Epic. This includes proposing and overseeing system optimizations, collaborating with system analysts, and working with Instructional Designers on the development of training materials as needed. Clinical Informaticists round with users to observe workflows and provide at-the-elbow support as needed. With more than 670 physicians and 3,500 staff, Valley Children's Healthcare delivers high-quality, comprehensive care to more than 1.3 million children across Central California. Our 358-bed stand-alone children's hospital and network of specialty care centers and primary care practices offer advanced pediatric services - from cancer and blood disorders to heart care and neonatal intensive care, serving children with conditions ranging from routine to rare and complex. Beyond clinical care, Valley Children's is also a catalyst for community health - partnering with schools, nonprofits and public agencies to expand access, promote wellness and support the long-term success of children and families throughout the region.

Requirements

Minimum 4 years clinical experience
Minimum 4 years' experience in nursing informatics and informatics systems required
Minimum 3 years' experience and demonstrated competency with the current electronic documentation system required
Ability to work with colleagues in a positive way to help reinforce changes in the workflows supporting the intended use of the electronic system and avoiding system work-arounds
Bachelor's degree in nursing required
Active California Registered Nurse (RN) license
Epic Certification necessary to support area of specialty required within 90 days of hire or transfer into position