Nurse Informaticist IV

Sutter Health•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

The Nurse Informaticist IV participates in planning, developing, training, implementing, evaluating, integrating, optimizing, and maintaining clinical information systems and associated applications. The role brings together clinical practice, affiliate workflows, and regulatory requirements to support a cohesive clinical information system reflecting the patient care experience. Using clinical knowledge and advanced problem-solving skills, the Nurse Informaticist serves as the primary champion and spokesperson for non-physician clinical caregivers and bridges local, regional, and enterprise information services organizations with end users. The role collaborates with the IS Support Team, Nursing Leadership, and selected technology companies to support ongoing optimization of clinical systems and applications. The position validates and redesigns workflows, reviews clinical content across clinical areas, and develops and maintains interdisciplinary teams to address identified issues. It identifies and recommends process and policy changes related to clinical documentation and uses clinical-system data to develop metrics for improving and monitoring patient care productivity.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing Informatics, Health Care Administration, or a clinical-related field; equivalent experience is accepted in lieu of the required degree or diploma.
California Registered Nurse (RN) licensure.
Eight years of recent relevant experience.
Expert competency in evidence-based professional nursing knowledge, theory, practices, principles, and processes.
Extensive knowledge of healthcare operations and departments, physician and clinical staff workflows, patient care, and quality assessment and improvement.
Knowledge of local, state, federal, and accrediting-body healthcare regulations and standards, including Joint Commission standards and documentation requirements.
Demonstrated leadership, conflict identification and resolution, group problem-solving, and group-process skills to build consensus and implement changes.
Exceptional analytical and project management skills, including analyzing problems and developing practical conclusions that streamline processes, improve productivity, or increase quality of care.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for explaining clinical information and program data to diverse audiences.
Advanced computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office, EHR navigation in EPIC or other clinical information systems, data analysis, and report generation.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team with attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
Ability to prioritize and delegate assignments under varied and urgent conditions, follow standardized procedures, and meet deadlines.
Ability to identify and solve complex problems using multiple sources of information and offer new perspectives on existing solutions.
Ability to build collaborative relationships across clinical, information services, legal, quality management, and technology teams.

Responsibilities

Participate in planning, development, training, implementation, evaluation, integration, optimization, and maintenance of clinical information systems and associated applications.
Incorporate clinical practice, affiliate workflows, and regulatory requirements into clinical information systems.
Serve as the primary champion and spokesperson for non-physician clinical caregivers and bridge end users with local, regional, and enterprise IS organizations.
Collaborate with the IS Support Team, Nursing Leadership, and selected technology companies to support ongoing system optimization.
Validate and redesign workflows and review clinical content for all clinical areas.
Develop and maintain interdisciplinary teams to resolve identified issues.
Identify, review, and recommend process and policy changes related to clinical documentation and clinical information system evolution.
Use clinical information system data to develop metrics for improving and monitoring patient care productivity.
Prepare routine and ad hoc reports to support departmental functions, plans, and decision making.
Protect the privacy of patients’ protected health information.
Build collaborative relationships with healthcare providers, information services, legal, quality management, and selected technology companies to coordinate efficient and cost-effective clinical information systems.