Senior Informatics Nurse Specialist
About The Position
The Senior Informatics Nurse Specialist, Enterprise Clinical Downtime, is part of HCA Healthcare’s Digital Transformation and Innovation (DT&I), Clinical Informatics team. The role applies clinical nursing and informatics expertise to support safe, continuous patient care and operational resilience during clinical technology disruptions, downtime, and recovery. The specialist independently coordinates assigned enterprise clinical downtime work, develops and maintains guidance and tools, evaluates clinician workflows, supports readiness assessments and education, and contributes to response and recovery planning. The role collaborates with the Director and Consulting Informatics Nurse Specialist of Enterprise Clinical Downtime, the Information Technology Group, and clinical and operational stakeholders at corporate, division, and hospital levels. It translates approved program direction into practical resources, gathers field feedback, identifies clinical risks and workflow gaps, and recommends improvements to strengthen leadership, readiness, response, resiliency, and recovery. This is a hybrid position based in Nashville, Tennessee, and may require 25% travel.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- At least 3 years of experience in a clinical setting as a Registered Nurse.
- At least 1 year of nursing informatics experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Nursing, Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Independently coordinate assigned enterprise clinical downtime workstreams and deliverables in support of program priorities and hospital readiness.
- Translate clinical and operational requirements into downtime and recovery workflows, forms, guides, education, and resources for divisions and hospitals.
- Support the Enterprise Clinical Downtime Council and related workgroups by preparing materials, documenting input, coordinating actions, and following through on assigned deliverables.
- Serve as a clinical informatics subject matter expert for nursing and interdisciplinary downtime workflows, EHR contingency processes, and recovery planning.
- Develop, maintain, validate, and improve enterprise clinical downtime guidance, procedures, forms, toolkits, job aids, and supporting documentation.
- Partner with clinical, technology, and operational teams to review workflows, confirm requirements, and support education, drills, tabletop exercises, and readiness activities.
- Support clinical response and recovery during downtime incidents by assessing workflow impacts, identifying operational needs, escalating risks, and coordinating communications.
- Represent Enterprise Clinical Downtime in interdisciplinary initiatives, operational planning, and field engagement as a collaborative member of the DT&I Clinical Informatics team.
- Coordinate with corporate, division, and hospital colleagues to resolve workflow issues and support implementation of standardized clinical downtime procedures and practices.
- Conduct or support clinical downtime readiness assessments, gap analyses, observations, and follow-up planning with divisions and hospitals.
- Analyze readiness findings, operational data, and stakeholder feedback to identify trends, recommend improvements, and support enterprise standardization.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
