Clinical Informatics Nurse

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Job Title

Clinical Informatics Nurse

Location

Avon

Facility

Avon Hospital

Department

Nursing Informatics-Nursing Institute

Job Code

T99365

Shift

Days

Schedule

9:00am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Avon Hospital provides state-of-the-art healthcare to all its patients and is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. This designation is the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice.   

The Clinical Informatics Nurse provides informatics support and expertise to frontline caregivers. In this role, you will represent local and specialized nursing technology needs and advocate for automated solutions and enhancements at the enterprise level. You will also participate on digital project teams, serve as a central point of contact for assigned locations and collaborate with nursing, IT, ancillary and operational departments to enhance the Cleveland Clinic experience and clinical outcomes.  

A caregiver in this position works Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm.   

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide in-person support for caregivers related to the use and adoption of existing and new clinical technologies.   

• Respond to any needs and provide direction, consultation and issue escalation or resolution.  

• Assist with dissemination of technical communications related to clinical technology projects. 

• Serve as a central point of contact for the Nursing Institute to ensure continuity between the impact of technology rollouts and professional nursing practice and business operations.  

• Continually work to improve the knowledge and skills of our caregivers related to clinical systems and process by identifying ongoing educational opportunities, knowledge gaps and trends that can be addressed through caregiver remediation and support. 

• Own all project and assignment accountability to timelines, expectations and outcomes through timely and accurate communication, issue escalation and overall personal engagement and ownership.   

• Engage in agile approaches for quality, iterative and timely technology implementations. 

• Facilitate decision making with stakeholders.  

• Support and drive innovation and embrace team and agile design culture.  

• Routinely engage clinical caregivers to validate, support, train and remediate knowledge deficits related to clinical systems and workflow adoption that directly impact practice and operations. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Completion of a recognized course of study from an accredited school of nursing 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN)  

• Three years of clinical nursing experience in a hospital or major medical center including experience in an acute care setting  

• Evidence of clinical information systems use and implementation 

• In-depth knowledge of clinical nursing theory and practice  

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor of science in nursing (BSN)  

• Experience with implementation of clinical systems in the hospital and/or ambulatory clinical setting 

• Experience with clinical leadership 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires the ability to sit and be stationary for prolonged periods of time, normal or corrected vision and manual dexterity sufficient to perform work on a personal computer.
• Requires the ability to walk to various locations throughout the campus and function in a stressful environment.
• May require some driving between CCHS facilities as needed and flexible hours when needed.
• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Even though the weight lifted may be only a negligible amount, a job should be rated Light Work: (1) when it requires walking or standing to a significant degree; or (2) when it requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or (3) when the job requires working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of those materials is negligible.
• Note: The constant stress and strain of maintaining a production rate pace, especially in an industrial setting, can be and is physically demanding of a worker even though the amount of force exerted is negligible.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required. 

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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