Health Informatics Director jobs in Arizona

Navajo Preference Employment Act

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY

The primary focus of the Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) is to provide the guidance, knowledge and leadership to address inter-professional workflow needs. The CIN provides expertise in the planning, design, development, training, implementation, communication, maintenance, and evaluation of new or existing functionality related to clinical and business information systems. Working under the direction of the Director of Clinical Informatics, integrates nursing/clinical science, computer science, information science to manage and communicated data, information, knowledge and wisdom in clinical practice. Works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to processes, policies, and information systems. Ensures data/information is current with regulatory agency and best practice standards. Coordinates the collection and reporting of metrics defining benefits realization associate with the clinical information systems. Serves as an internal consultant to all departments to identify and achieve department and project goals. Provides direct contact with vendor to ensure customer needs are met. The CIN will support consumers, patients, the interprofessional healthcare team, and other stakeholders in their decision-making in all roles and settings to achieve successful implementation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system at TCRHCC.

Qualifications

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (RN-BSN) from an NBCSN, ABSNC or ANCC credentialed program.

Certification:

A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.

Experience:

• Minimum of three (3) years recent acute care (inpatient care) nursing clinical experience within a healthcare institution of similar size and complexity, or larger.
• Preference for individual with additional experience working in ambulatory care setting in a healthcare institution of similar size and complexity, or larger.
• One (1) year EHR implementation experience (super user, trainer, or implementation project team member), preferably Allscripts.
• Has experience with developing clinical Electronic Health Record Systems (EHR). Systems include, but not limited Allscripts, Cerner, Epic, Meditech, etc.
• Experience with inpatient and ancillary systems and clinical workflows including Laboratory, PACS/Radiology, Pharmacy, Obstetrics, Document Management (OnBase), etc.

Other Skills and Abilities:

A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers.  All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:

• Positive working relationships with others
• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Possession of high degree of integrity and influence with ability to contribute effectively as a member of team
• Possession of proven track record of being results-oriented, customer-focused with a hands-on approach
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute tasks in high-pressure environment
• Proven ability to manage and lead personnel in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Highly self-motivated and directed with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Must be knowledgeable of new trends in clinical management and information systems
• Completion of and, above-satisfactory scores on all job interviews, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the interviewees and TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading, or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical: 

Must be able to sit at desk for long periods of time, write legibly and use a computer terminal. Must frequently have ability to twist and reach for objects. Must have ability to occasionally stand, walk, drive, bend, climb, kneel, crouch, and maintain balance. Must be able to occasionally carry items that weigh up to 100 lbs., such as IT hardware, computer terminals, and printers. Must have ability to occasionally push and pull over 100lbs. Must have ability to hear normal speech and overhead pages, use the telephone, and must have the ability for near vision, color vision, depth perception, seeing fine details and frequent ability of far vision. Frequent fine manipulation and firm grasping of both hands is required as well as prolonged simple grasping and prolonged use of the keyboards.

Mental: 

Must be able to prioritize, use good judgment, and be able to coordinate a variety of issues while being frequently interrupted. Must have prolonged ability to cope with high levels of stress, make decisions under high pressure, cope with anger/fear/hostility of others in a calm way, manage altercations, concentrate, handle a high degree of flexibility, handle multiple priorities in stressful situation, work alone, demonstrate high degree of patience, work alone, demonstrate high degree of patience, adapt to shift work, and frequently work in areas that are close and crowded. Must occasionally accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.

Environmental:

May occasionally be exposed to infectious diseases, chemical agents, dust, fumes, gases, extremes in temperature or humidity, hazardous or moving equipment, unprotected heights, and loud noises.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: