Clinical Informatics Nurse (FT)

The Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) is responsible for participating in the planning, development, training, implementation, evaluation, and maintenance of assigned Clinical Information Systems. The CIN functions as a liaison for additional Clinical Informatics Systems as requested. The CIN is responsible for facilitating communication from the clinical end users across the patient care departments, while working collaboratively and directly with the vendors and technical experts. The Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) works to optimize the clinical design to meet the needs of a large group of interdisciplinary end users, including physicians, nurses, ancillary, clinical, and administrative staff. The Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) participates on the Clinical Informatics Team, establishing teamwork through appropriate deployment of process, technical, and human resources. This position reports to the Clinical Informatics Manager.

The Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) shall act as liaison between the hospital’s clinical areas and the IT Department. This includes the primary responsibility of determining the needs and requirements for clinical applications in the healthcare setting. The Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) will also lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of clinical systems (i.e., EMR, etc.). This individual will work with staff and physicians to optimize the use of clinical systems through education and training, quality outcomes, and providing support in accordance with organizational goals.