Registered Nurse - Clinical Informatics Specialist

About the role

This is a Registered Nurse Clinical Informatics Specialist position within the Clinical Informatics department at the Pittsburgh VAMC. This position integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. Clinical Informatics facilitates the integration of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom to support patients, and providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings.

Duties

• Positively influences the enhancement of workload performance and productivity through support in the expansion to new areas, enriching process improvement, through continued integration, ongoing modification, continued support, and, enhancement of the medical record system & supplementary resources.
• Supports integration of solutions into service and specialty workflows which address certifying bodies and other governing metrics. Examples of access measures affected by the CIS position are that they facilitate referrals and communication of the veterans needs through creation of consults, establish orders for medications, labs, additional consulting services, treatments, documentation within notes/templates needed to record outcomes and provide historical records for decision support & continued, timely patient centric care.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for new technology assessment and usability. Serves as a consultant for committees, such as Clinical Informatics team, Clinical Leadership Council, and, the national Consult Performance Improvement Team.
• Incorporates theories, principles, and concepts from appropriate sciences into informatics practice (information, systems, implementation methods, workflow analysis, process redesign, organizational culture, database structure, project management, etc.).
• Systematically determines the social, legal, regulatory, and ethical impact of an informatics solution design on clinical workflow and the healthcare system.
• Develops presentations and reports utilizing data and data analysis appropriate for both internal and external stakeholders regarding clinical software, managing the implementation, oversight, and use of clinical technology, the electronic medical record, to guide change, track compliance, identify organizational needs or highlighting improvements.
• Develops and presents recommendations for improving clinical data-management methods, follow-up procedures and timely compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Serves as a CPRS trainer.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements:
• English Language Proficiency.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Grade Determinations:
• Nurse I, Level I: Delivers fundamental, knowledge-based care to assigned clients while developing technical competencies.
• Nurse I, Level II: Demonstrates integration of biopsychosocial concepts, cognitive skills and technically competent practice in providing care to clients with basic or complex.
• Nurse I, Level III: Demonstrates proficiency in practice based on conscious and deliberate planning. Self-directed in goal setting for managing complex client situations.
• Nurse II: Demonstrates leadership in delivering and improving holistic care through collaborative strategies with others.
• Nurse III: Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience and creative approaches to management of complex client care beyond the immediate practice setting.