Clinical Nurse Informaticist

Randolph Hospital District D B A Memorial Hospital•Chester, IL

1d•$39 - $56

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse Informaticist serves as the bridge between clinical operations, information technology, quality improvement, and organizational leadership. The role optimizes clinical workflows through technology, supports data-driven decisions and improved patient outcomes, helps ensure regulatory compliance, advances interoperability and information exchange, and leads adoption of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence. The position collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to maximize the value of electronic health record (EHR) systems and other clinical technologies while promoting operational efficiency, patient safety, and staff engagement. This full-time, hourly position is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday on the day shift, and reports to the Chief Nursing Officer. It provides clinical informatics leadership; EHR and workflow optimization; data analytics and decision support; quality, regulatory, and compliance support; interoperability and health information exchange leadership; evaluation of AI and emerging technologies; education and training; change management and project leadership; clinical decision support and patient safety; information governance and data integrity; population health support; and revenue-cycle documentation support.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
At least 3 years of clinical nursing experience (the posting specifies a minimum of 3–5 years).
Experience with electronic health record systems.
Experience leading projects, workflow redesign, or quality improvement initiatives.
Strong analytical and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification (RN-BC).
Experience with rural health, critical access hospitals, ambulatory care, or population health programs.
Experience with data analytics, dashboard development, and reporting tools.
Experience supporting interoperability and health information exchange initiatives.
Project Management certification or formal project management training.
Experience evaluating or implementing AI and healthcare technology solutions.

Responsibilities

Serve as the clinical liaison among nursing, providers, ancillary departments, administration, and information technology teams.
Provide strategic leadership for clinical information systems and technology initiatives, participate in organizational technology planning, and facilitate relevant governance committees.
Maintain relationships with vendors, consultants, and technology partners; promote continuous improvement, innovation, and evidence-based practice.
Assess and optimize EHR workflows and clinical documentation; identify efficiency and user-satisfaction improvements; recommend system enhancements; and participate in EHR upgrades, testing, validation, implementation, and maintenance.
Develop documentation standards, templates, order sets, care plans, clinical decision support tools, and workflows; monitor system utilization and adoption; and support integration of clinical equipment such as lab devices, ECGs, pumps, and vital monitors.
Develop and analyze clinical, operational, quality, and financial metrics; create dashboards, reports, and visualizations; help leaders interpret data; identify trends and improvement opportunities; and support population health, value-based care, and strategic planning.
Collaborate with finance, quality, and operations leaders to establish meaningful performance indicators.
Support regulatory reporting and accreditation requirements, including CMS, Joint Commission, state, and federal requirements; promote documentation compliance; participate in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives; and monitor adherence to documentation standards and workflows.
Provide vendor management and contract input, support disaster recovery and downtime planning, and contribute to grant-funded technology initiatives.
Lead interoperability improvements with healthcare systems and community partners; collaborate with providers, health information exchanges, referral partners, and vendors; support interfaces and data exchange; and monitor accurate, timely information sharing and interoperability performance.
Evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, automation, and digital health solutions; assess opportunities, risks, benefits, privacy, and readiness; oversee AI governance and ethical review; educate stakeholders about responsible AI use; and collaborate on innovation strategies.
Develop and deliver technology education; mentor staff; build and support departmental EHR super-users; create training materials and competency assessments; coordinate training for implementations and upgrades; support new employee and physician onboarding; and promote standardized workflows.
Lead clinical technology projects from planning through implementation and evaluation; apply project management methods; facilitate stakeholder engagement; assess impact and readiness; develop implementation, testing, and post-go-live support plans; and manage competing priorities.
Design, evaluate, and maintain clinical decision support; monitor alert effectiveness and reduce alert fatigue; and support medication safety, infection prevention, care coordination, patient safety, and evidence-based electronic tools.
Promote standardized clinical documentation and data governance; ensure data quality and integrity; participate in privacy, security, and cybersecurity awareness; and collaborate with compliance and information security teams.
Support care management, chronic disease management, population health, value-based purchasing, alternative payment models, patient access, care coordination, and community health initiatives; integrate telehealth and virtual care technologies.
Support quality documentation, charge capture, and collaboration with clinical documentation improvement (CDI); contribute to revenue-cycle initiatives and use analytics to identify opportunities to improve revenue-cycle operability.