Clinical Informatics Nurse PRN (Internal Only)

Fresno Surgical Hospital is an extraordinary hospital created entirely to deliver excellence and quality in surgical care to each patient. Our unique facility and staff provide a hospitality- inspired, healing environment unlike anything experience in a traditional hospital. Our commitment to innovation, shared values and excellence can be reflected in exceptional satisfaction scores from patients, physicians and staff.

Functions as a clinical leader/expert in informatics nursing. Practice aims at achieving quality outcomes through education of staff. Possesses refined knowledge and skills pertinent to the technology neeeds of staff and physicians. Collaborates and consults with other healthcare professionals/IT professionals to advance healthcare practice and processes through education of staff, effective use of the Electronic Health Record(EHR) and the processes "mandated" via the IT system ultimately improving clinical/customer outcomes. Provides mentorship to staff.

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from a four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Completion of an accredited nursing program.
• Certification in Informatics preferred.
• Two or more years of clinical/education experience preferred.
• Meditech experience preferred.

Required License and Certifications

• Current California nursing license.
• BLS Certificate.
• ACLS Certificate preferred.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of hospital information technology applications.
• Ability to maintain collaborative working relationships to ensure a positive and productive work environment.
• Strong communication and integration skills.
• Ability to train, and effectively communicate with customers including listening, asking relevant questions, giving appropriate guidance and feedback.
• Ability to make learning fun.
• Ability to plan and prioritize work with frequent interruptions.
• Ability to provide exceptional customer service.
• Ability to set up clinical education classes with goals and objectives.
• Heavy analytical/troubleshooting skills, problem solving skills.
• Able to adapt in response to new information, shifting priorities, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles.
• Willingness and understanding of completing time critical projects/tasks.
• Ability to reason logically and provide effective solutions to complex problem.
• Make high quality decisions based on facts and business priorities.
• Ability to work independently with only general direction and minimal supervision.
• Uses skills and abilities to complete complex tasks, including deciding which processes to use.
• Conceptual skills: understanding how decisions impact projects, other modules, and third party systems.
• Strong understanding of current technology workflow and the ability to learn technologies quickly.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of hospital clinical policies and procedures.
• Ability to identify workflows affecting patient care.

Essential Functions

• Acts as a liaison between the physicians and the clinical staff in terms of maximization of the Electronic Health Record system and related applications as it pertains to optimal use of the system and associated patient care processes.
• Assumes a lead role in identifying additional system needs such as clinical applications that would enhance program effectiveness and/or efficiencies and implementing these accordingly.
• Assist with building, testing, implementing new clinical applications as needed.
• Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians learning to effectively utilize the Electronic Health Record system.
• Document, track, and follow-up on all reported problems, enhancement requests and system changes for clinical modules.
• Functions as a leader and developer of a Super User Team, comprised of nurses/staff from each area/department of the hospital.
• This group would assist the Informatics Nurse role with developing and training staff as well as providing input from their areas about development needs.
• Internal resource to departments in process improvement pertaining to use of technology to enhance care, improve upon documentation, gain efficiencies, etc. Provides support to the finance department in terms of maintaining the chargemaster, as needed.
• Provides staff education as needed to improve Meaningful Use data capturing.
• Responsible for assuring the overall successful implementation and maintenance of Electronic Health Record modules.
• Responsible for building documentation to capture Meaningful Use data.
• Responsible for the development of physician related applications.
• Responsible for the maintenance and development of the Meditech PCS application.
• Will assure an understanding of the integration between applications as it relates to Electronic Health Records.
• Review monthly Meaningful Use audits.
• Serve as the focal point for communication with all clinical departments and IT department.
• Test of all clinical (PCS/EMR/POM) module software updates/new releases.
• Acts as the primary Meditech Analyst.
• Other duties as assigned.

Fresno Surgical Hospital complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce.  If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date.