Nurse Informaticist / Healthcare Informaticist

CoxHealth•Springfield, MO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned numerous honors for workplace excellence, including being named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times, and recognized by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group for America’s Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare and for Women and Diversity. Forbes has acknowledged CoxHealth as one of the Best Employers for New Grads, and Healthcare Innovation has recognized them as a Top Company to Work for in Healthcare. The Nurse Informaticist (NI) functions as a knowledgeable practitioner, consultant, educator, and evaluator to maintain and improve system services. They are responsible for leading the department through the design of clinical processes, solutions, technology workflow, and successful adoption to achieve value, by participating in efforts that meet departmental needs in adherence with organizational strategy. The NI manages ongoing relationships with departments, providing system management and clinical subject matter expertise, focusing on department success in utilizing technology solutions. They assist in change management, identify opportunities for improvement, and are accountable for achieving project targeted outcomes. The NI provides informatics guidance and acts as a liaison between clinical departments and IT, leveraging both clinical and informatics knowledge to provide innovative solutions and establish trusted relationships with department leaders. They collaborate across teams to plan and ensure appropriate communication and documentation for implementing and evaluating systems and services, supporting high-quality clinical workflows and application development. The NI evaluates clinical utilization and workflow, including patient safety and clinical outcomes, and researches, analyzes, and makes recommendations for clinical application workflow improvements. As a Healthcare Informaticist (HCI), you will provide informatics guidance and act as a liaison between the clinical and IT departments, leveraging both healthcare and informatics knowledge to provide innovative solutions. The HCI collaborates with clinicians, providers, and ancillary departments in analyzing clinical requirements specific to the organization. The HCI should be knowledgeable in clinical documentation needs, regulations, and standard operating procedures essential in the EHR. They participate in testing and validating solutions and clinical documentation tools, current state mapping and future state workflow development, content issue resolution, implementation, optimization, and end-user support. A strong understanding of healthcare strategy, operations, and the ability to adjust to changing needs is essential. The HCI manages relationships with department contacts, providing clinical subject matter expertise. The HCI collaborates with the Informatics team for general instruction on routine work and detailed instruction on new projects or assignments.

Requirements

RN license active in the state of Missouri
At least 5 years of clinical experience, with at least 2 years involving clinical informatics experience.
Licensure, certificate or experience in healthcare related field
Associate degree or 4 years experience in related health care field
7 years clinical informatics experience
Comfortable sharing sensitive messages or unpopular points of view in a motivating manner with team members and client
Action oriented and comfortable taking informed risks within the scope of responsibility.

Nice To Haves

Bachelors of Science in Nursing
At least 3 years of clinical experience
Previous Clinical informatics experience
ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification
3 years clinical experience
Clinical licensure within 90 days if applicable
Associates or bachelors degree in healthcare related field
Bachelors degree

Responsibilities

Leading the department through the design of clinical processes, solutions, technology workflow and successful adoption that will lead to achieved value.
Participating in efforts which meet departmental needs in adherence with the guidelines aligned with the organization strategy.
Managing ongoing relationships with departments, providing system management and clinical subject matter expertise, focusing on department success in utilizing technology solutions.
Assisting in change management, helping identify opportunities for improvement, and being accountable for achieving the project targeted outcomes.
Providing informatics guidance and acting as a liaison between the clinical departments and IT, leveraging both clinical and informatics knowledge to provide innovative solutions.
Establishing trusted relationships with department leaders.
Collaborating across teams to plan and ensure appropriate communication and documentation is completed to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of systems and services, to support high-quality clinical workflows and application development.
Evaluating clinical utilization and workflow, including patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Researching, analyzing and making recommendations for clinical application workflow improvements.
Collaborating with clinicians, providers, and ancillary departments in analyzing clinical requirements specific to the organization.
Participating in testing and validating solutions and clinical documentation tools, current state mapping and future state workflow development, content issue resolution, implementation, optimization, and end user support.
Managing relationships with department contacts, providing clinical subject matter expertise.
Collaborating with Informatics team for general instruction on routine work and detailed instruction on new projects or assignments.
Reviewing change requests submitted. Escalating requests to the appropriate clinical and IT working groups for further review, discussion, and approval.
Ensuring clinical and operation workflows are documented appropriately for their supported areas.
Maintaining departmental engagement and relationships.
Participation on organizational working groups focusing on the strategic or transformation needs of the health care system in the implementation of clinical information systems.
Leading project management as it pertains to informatics, ensuring coordination and integration of standards of care practice across all clinical departments.
Mentoring new and junior informatics team members, actively sharing knowledge, skills and experiences.
Decisively making high-quality decisions, even when based on incomplete information or in the face of uncertainty.
Conveying clear expectations and following up consistently.
Assisting in obtaining clinical and operations workflows and documenting appropriately for their supported areas.
Assisting with workflow development to assure alignment with regulatory guidelines.
Keeping up to date on technology, client needs and industry trends.
Leveraging data analytics to identify areas for improvement and redesign workflows to support quality, patient safety and regulatory requirements.