Job Description

General Summary of Position

The Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist functions as the clinical expert, consultant, leader, researcher, and educator for clinical
information and communication systems. Reviews, recommends, designs, develops, implements, maintains, supports, optimizes,
and evaluates clinical information and communication systems, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of health care team
members, information services, vendors, and other informatics professionals. Leads and manages initiatives and projects for the
introduction and optimization of clinical information and communication systems. Provides oversight and leadership of clinical
information system downtime and emergency preparation and support. Provides clinical data stewardship, analysis, and
visualization creation. Liaises between teams, clinicians, leadership and IS regarding clinical information and communication
systems. Leads initiatives in the field in respect to research, innovation, and professional development.

Key Responsibilities 

•   Provides oversight and participates in the system development life cycle (SDLC) for clinical information systems and clinical communication systems in collaboration with key stakeholders: project planning, workflow assessment, systems analysis/requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance. 
• Identifies opportunities for optimization of clinical system functionality and adoption and clinical workflows and how
  clinical information or communication systems could provide improvement. 
• Collaborates with other resources to develop and implement educational content related to clinical information and
  communication systems use at system implementation, user onboarding, and on an ongoing basis.
• Supports of end users of clinical information and communication systems during systems implementation and
  throughout the life cycle of the system, including elbow support, troubleshooting, optimization, change management. 
• Evaluates factors and develops solutions related to safety, effectiveness, cost, clinical quality, and regulatory
  compliance when developing and implementing clinical information systems. 
• Participates in MedStar Health projects for the selection of enterprise clinical information and communication systems,
  including the evaluation of vendor product presentations and demonstrations. 
• Participates in the design, validation, implementation, and optimization of data sets, visualizations, and reports for their
  constituents. Promotes the integrity of the nursing data collected, retrieved, and disseminated from clinical information
  systems. 
• Acts as a change agent, anticipates the future needs of clinicians, and innovates in the best interest of their clinicians
  and patients and assisting others in understanding the importance, necessity, impact, and process of change. 
• Liaises between groups where constituents, data, and technology interface. 
• Contributes to the clinical nursing informatics body of knowledge by disseminating best practices through conference
  presentations, posters, and publication. 
• Maintains and advances knowledge and skills in nursing informatics through continuing education and/or advanced
  education. 
• Provides consultation in the field of nursing informatics by participating on nursing and nursing informatics councils at
  the local or system level, and on hospital and relevant MedStar Health committees. 
• Collaborates with clinical practice and learning/education experts to ensure clinical information systems support
  evidence-based practice and MedStar’s clinical practice guidelines. 
• Adheres to the State Nursing Practice Act, regulatory, ethical and accreditation standards, and
  organizational/departmental policies and procedures. Upholds MedStar's SPIRIT Values and Code of Conduct.

What We Offer

• Culture- Collaborative, inclusive, diverse, and supportive work environment.
• Career growth- Career mentoring to help you pursue your passions and gain skills to enhance your value.
• Wellbeing- Competitive salary and Total Rewards benefits to help keep you happy and healthy.
• Reputation- Regional & National recognition, advanced technology, and leading medical innovations.

Qualifications

• ADN or BSN from an accredited School of Nursing required.
• Master's degree in Nursing Informatics, Computer Science, or related field required. 
• 3-4 years of clinical nursing practice experience including in leadership roles required.
• Experience in the development and evaluation of clinical applications, tools, processes, and structures that assist healthcare providers with the capture and management of clinical data in delivering care to patients required.
• Active MD RN License or Active Compact State RN required.
• ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification or specialty certification in informatics within 2 years required. 

This position has a hiring range of $87,318 - $157,289

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