Job: RN Clinical Informatics Coordinator - WIS

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Jobing Description

Location: US-CO-Loveland
Posted Date: 11/3/2011
Shift: Day
Category: Information Technology - Positions
Department: Care Transformation
Facility:
Position Type: Full-Time-FA
Shift Hours: Primariliy weekdays but may vary
Hours Per Week: ..

Internal Code A: ..
New Grad: No
Internal Code B: ..



Overview:
About McKee Medical Center


*McKee Medical Center is a 132-bed, acute-care hospital that has served the Loveland, Colo. community for more than 30 years.
*McKee prides itself on providing excellent patient care, the latest in technological advances and caring attention to patient needs. Since opening in 1976, McKee has been dedicated to supporting our patients' physical, emotional and mental well-being.
*McKee Medical Center employs more than 950 health care professionals and support staff and has more than 500 volunteers. The hospital has a medical staff with 166 active staff physicians, including primary care and specialty physicians.

About Loveland, Colorado
With close views of the Rocky Mountains, and a short drive from Denver, Boulder, and Fort Collins, Loveland is a growing town of 60,000 with an enviable location and an award-winning quality of life. Living in Loveland gives you convenient access to mountain sports (we're only 40 miles from Rocky Mountain National Park), nearby universities and a thriving artistic community. Loveland hosts an annual sculpture show and the town's Benson Sculpture Garden has earned the reputation of being one of the nation's best outdoor art displays.

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Responsibilities:
The pay opportunity for this position is $28.01 - $36.49 (midpoint) - $44.89 per hour depending on experience.

This position is responsible for providing Informatics expertise and resources for a facility or specialty area. As a resource, this position provides on-going user training and informatics support for various teams and committees. This position supports the organization's vision and direction for computer systems, process design, data management and related processes. The informatics coordinator serves as a liaison between the facility or specialty area clinical support staff and the Clinical Information System IT team to communicate user needs and facilitate system modification to meet user needs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Performs Decision Support and Outcomes Coordinator functions. Develops, coordinates, facilitates and plans on-going information system evaluation including: user accuracy, data integrity, and system reliability to support decisions and coordinate outcomes. Provides application testing for system enhancements. Participates in post implementation change evaluation, and develops and implements action plans and supports users in maintaining changed work flow and technological processes. May coordinate with IT regarding downtime.

2. Performs Educator functions. Collaborates with education team to develop and improve training materials related to changes and upgrades in the existing EMR (electronic medical record) and clinical application systems. Develops and implements communication and education plan in conjunction with clinical educators and management for current staff to assure changes to the EMR are implemented according to the Franchise Model. Provides clinical application system training and support.

3. Performs Consultant and Project Coordinator functions. Maintains on-going user communication and support to assure user competency and obtain information on usage of the system and workflow concerns through established, regularly scheduled rounds in the facility. Collaborates with end-users, account managers, physicians and clinicians to help define health care information issues and enhancement opportunities and to identify methodologies for implementing, utilizing and modifying informatics solutions and data structures that support health care access, delivery, and evaluation. Provides consultation and project support in conjunction with project leadership for the deployment of new IT clinical applications.

4. Performs Advocate and Policy Developer functions. Maintains on-going user support structure by recruiting super users and maintaining a trained and engaged core user group. Plans and provides regular meetings with super users to identify issues as well as educate to improve knowledge transfers in the clinical setting. May conduct regular focus meetings that provide opportunities for end users to verbalize concerns and suggest potential improvements related to the use of the information systems. Collaborates with users, leadership, and IT department to resolve conflicts between workflow and the information systems. Supports staff in the use of existing technology in a manner which promotes maintenance of patient safety and confidentiality and supports facility-specific and system-wide processes and principles.

5. Performs Research functions. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of Healthcare Informatics, as well as new developments in computer hardware and software technology. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of nursing practices, regulatory standards, and organizational direction. Utilizes this knowledge in supporting users and process teams.

6. Performs Product Developer functions. Participates in facility and system interdisciplinary process improvement teams to identify potential future uses of the information systems and potential improvements in the current use of the systems. Follows through with assigned tasks for issues resolution.

7. Performs Communicator functions. Develops and evaluates the effectiveness of communication tools and processes. Regularly updates supervisor regarding current status, issues and trends related to the use of clinical information systems. Immediately escalates critical issues to leadership. Maintains a line of communication to all users of clinical information systems.

Job Summary:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must possess diverse clinical knowledge and technology aptitude as normally obtained through the completion of a bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent related experience.

The incumbent will be a Registered Nurse (R.N.) with licensure in practicing state.

Must be proficient in the use of system office applications.

Must possess a basic understanding of integrated clinical systems.

Must have highly developed interpersonal and critical thinking skills with the ability to prioritize needs rapidly.

This position requires the ability to convey messages and thoughts clearly to a diverse audience, using both verbal and written mediums.

Requires the ability to promote change among large groups of workers.

Requires the ability to coordinate information and activities, work under stress of deadlines and frequent interruptions, and to possess analytical problem solving skills.

Requires the maintenance of familiarity with clinical care processes and information technology.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS


Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred

Certification in Nursing Informatics preferred.

OB/L & D/Nursery experience strongly preferred.

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.