Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist (RN) Job Listing at MedStar Medical Group in Washington, DC (Job ID req37026)

Description

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.
Education

• Associate's degree in Nursing required or
• Bachelor's degree in 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

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in Maryland required
• ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification or specialty certification in informatics within 2 years required

• Advanced knowledge and skills in the science of informatics attained through job experience, advanced education, or certification.
• Working knowledge in adapting or customizing existing information technology and clinical software.
• Ability to prioritize, manage and implement complex projects with strong analytical ability to solve complex clinical workflow problems.
• Demonstrates the use of evidence-based practice using analytical methods, statistics, and decision support tools in support of clinical practice.
• Ability to prioritize activities relative to goals and time frames, managing multiple levels of deliverables.
• Ability to communicate goals and priorities within a complex clinical/technical environment and to work effectively with a variety of groups and multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to present data and information to multiple levels of the organization and educate staff in the use and application of clinical information systems and point of care technologies.