Informatics Nurse HRS-781

Job Summary:

The primary responsibility of the Informatics Nurse is to support the clinical practice through the development of information systems, methods and processes that enhance direct care, while meeting informational needs for trending, tracking and financial analysis. Duties include analyzing complex clinical operations and structure processes to facilitate decision making regarding clinical systems; utilizing the knowledge and skills of clinical practice to determine clinical functions that are suitable for computer applications; and ensuring information systems are consistent with professional standards of practice.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Frequent communication with management, clinical staff, and visitors; System-wide responsibilities
• Utilizes clinical expertise to serve as patient and staff advocate to enhance quality in delivery of patient services
• Provides technical training and support to end users
• May experience long periods of sitting and utilization of computer terminal
• Requires dealing with stressful situations
• Frequent interruptions and workload priority changes
• Maintains confidential information

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Knowledge and use of computers
• Must be flexible and versatile
• Meditech experience preferred.
• One to two years of knowledge and experience in the field of Information Technology desired.
• Competence in systems analysis and design; development of database structures and data organization; applications testing and evaluation; project management skills; use of computer programming tools and utilities.

Education and Experience:

• Registered Nurse with bachelor's degree in nursing or related field.

• Five years of clinical experience required

• Must be able to work with little supervision.