SENIOR NURSING INSTRUCTOR (INFORMATICS)

Los Angeles County (CA)•Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings, to supportive housing. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov THE MISSION: "To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care." DEFINITION: Provides comprehensive in-service education services to a nursing organization. Leads clinical system optimization efforts by developing, planning, and recommending strategy related to improvements of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and promotes consistency in implementation by regularly referencing enterprise, site and department policies and expected practices at each step of a project including proposal, design, build, and launch. Collaborates with enterprise business leaders and/or groups to discuss and understand changes needed to meet practice, regulatory, and enterprise objectives to be made to the EHR system that will help meet business priorities and strategizes how to get those changes implemented and functional in the EHR system. Identifies current workflows and develops or proposes future state workflows to support standardized clinical operations utilizing existing resources and technology. Formulates and develops plans, procedures, and program content designed to meet specifically identified training needs and change management challenges for the EHR System. Conducts formal instruction in the more difficult or complex EHR system areas of nursing technology requiring knowledge and understanding of the scientific principles and the theoretical concepts underlying specific nursing procedures or techniques, or in a broad range of subjects which may include not only nursing theory, but supervisory principles and practices. Identifies and analyzes on an ongoing basis, the training needs and problems of varied levels and categories of nursing personnel for the EHR system. Plans, develops, and implements the use of evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of training effort and modifies training content and/or methodology for the EHR system. Develops EHR system related course content and the selection of teaching methods designed to achieve established education objectives, the conduct of formal classroom and clinical instruction, and evaluates their effectiveness. Provides go-live support and assists end users with new technology and workflow processes to improve use and adoption based on project/optimization needs. Communicates to the local implementation support structure at various facilities and coordinates with resources to achieve organizational change management goals.

Requirements

A License to practice as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
A current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program certificate issued by the American Heart Association.
Two (2) years of nursing education experience as a nursing instructor or its equivalent, in the field of informatics.
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions.

Nice To Haves

A Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited college/university in Nursing or Health Care Administration, Nursing Informatics, or related field.
A Master of Science degree from an accredited college/university in Nursing or Health Care Administration, Nursing Informatics, or related field.
Hands-on experience in EHR/EMR implementation.
Additional year(s) of experience beyond the Selection Requirements.

Responsibilities

Leads clinical system optimization efforts by developing, planning, and recommending strategy related to improvements of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and promotes consistency in implementation by regularly referencing enterprise, site and department policies and expected practices at each step of a project including proposal, design, build, and launch.
Collaborates with enterprise business leaders and/or groups to discuss and understand changes needed to meet practice, regulatory, and enterprise objectives to be made to the EHR system that will help meet business priorities and strategizes how to get those changes implemented and functional in the EHR system.
Identifies current workflows and develops or proposes future state workflows to support standardized clinical operations utilizing existing resources and technology.
Formulates and develops plans, procedures, and program content designed to meet specifically identified training needs and change management challenges for the EHR System.
Conducts formal instruction in the more difficult or complex EHR system areas of nursing technology requiring knowledge and understanding of the scientific principles and the theoretical concepts underlying specific nursing procedures or techniques, or in a broad range of subjects which may include not only nursing theory, but supervisory principles and practices.
Identifies and analyzes on an ongoing basis, the training needs and problems of varied levels and categories of nursing personnel for the EHR system.
Plans, develops, and implements the use of evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of training effort and modifies training content and/or methodology for the EHR system.
Develops EHR system related course content and the selection of teaching methods designed to achieve established education objectives, the conduct of formal classroom and clinical instruction, and evaluates their effectiveness.
Provides go-live support and assists end users with new technology and workflow processes to improve use and adoption based on project/optimization needs.
Communicates to the local implementation support structure at various facilities and coordinates with resources to achieve organizational change management goals.