Health Informatics Specialist III RN

Job Summary:
The Health Informatics Specialist III is an experienced informatics nurse and experienced internal consultant who partners with the Departments of Clinical, Business and DTS teams to support the successful, design, implementation, adoption and interoperability of clinical and non-clinical information systems across the CHOP enterprise.
The Health Informatics Specialist III is directly engaged in enterprise, capital and operational projects. Utilizing process improvement and change management techniques, the Health Informatics Specialist III is responsible for identifying and implementing improvement opportunities with an aim of harm and risk reduction, improving workflows and care delivery, and evaluating the effectiveness of integrated technologies
The Health Informatics Specialist III adheres to the organizational and DTS department
mission, vision and values. The Health Informatics Specialist III practices within the defined scope of practice designated by the regulatory bodies of Pennsylvania as required.

Job Responsibilities:
-Serves as a liaison between Digital & Technology Services and nursing, providers, allied health and
non-clinical end users.
-Develops and maintains effective partnerships with clinical and operational leadership.
-Analyzes clinical and non-clinical Digital & Technology Services to determine applicability to nursing
and clinical practice, operational processes, administration and research.
-Demonstrates excellent critical thinking and problem solving skills.
-Leads unit level core and sub-teams for operational and implementation work.
-Consults with individuals and groups in defining healthcare information problems, identifies methods
for implementing, utilizing and modifying DTS solutions and data structures to support healthcare access, delivery and evaluation.
-Works collaboratively with enterprise-wide governance and/or unit level Nursing Shared Governance.
-Identifies the impact of clinical and non-clinical Digital & Technology Services on clinical workflows
and collaborates with stakeholders to mitigate identified risks.
-Analyzes clinical and non-clinical Digital & Technology Services to determine applicability to clinical
practice, education, business processes and research.
-Communicates with key stakeholders, sponsors and internal customers, giving presentations, project
updates and gathering input on enterprise and operational projects and initiatives.
-Serve as a preceptor for graduate informatics students.
-Partners for clinical communication and offers guidance clinical workflow processes during downtime
events and through EHR reconciliation.
-Demonstrates knowledge of system life cycles and complies with defined framework for system
implementation for developing, reviewing, approving and disseminating changes clinical and non-clinical
Digital & Technology Services.
-Operationalizes change by using quality methodologies for standardizing processes in accordance with
current evidence, quality initiatives, regulatory compliance, billing compliance.
-Develops risk/benefit matrices of alternate solutions to help clinical partners with decision making.
-Recognizes the impact change on clinical and non-clinical systems to assure adoption across the
system. Partners with education and communications.
-Collaborates with clinical partners for problem identification and documents workflows (current and
future state requirements).
-Assists with project and operational testing.
-Perform gap analyses and works with clients to identify solutions to close identified gaps and mitigate
risks.
-Serves as a project consultant in the design and implementation of complex Digital & Technology
Services process improvement projects.

• Priority
  • Ambulatory and inpatient experience essential.
• Not Required
  • -Telehealth implementation experience
  • -Remote patient monitoring experience

• Required Education:
  -Bachelor's Degree Nursing or Healthcare/Operations field.

  Preferred Education:
  - Master's Degree Health Informatics, Nursing Informatics or related field.

  Required Certifications& Licensure:
  -Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) (if applicable) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
  OR
  -Licensed Pharmacist (Pennsylvania) (if applicable) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
  OR
  -Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) (if applicable) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
  OR
  -Physical Therapy License (Pennsylvania) (if applicable) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
  OR
  -Speech & Language Pathology License (Pennsylvania) (if applicable) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire.
  OR
  -Occupational Therapist (Pennsylvania) (if applicable) Pennsylvania State Licensing Board upon hire and
  -Certified Informatics Nurse (RN-BC) American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) within 18
  Months.
  OR
  -Certified Professional in Healthcare Information & Management Systems (CPHIMS).
  -Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) within 18 months.

  Preferred Certifications & Licensure:
  -Specialty Certification Specialty certification issuing organization upon hire.

  Responsibilities Cont'd:
  -Develops and prepares internal performance measures focused on measuring, improving, and maintaining the highest quality sterile processing department.
  -Participates in the development of comprehensive and thorough orientation and training program for departmental staff.
  -Stays current with new sterile processing programs and techniques and provides in-services and training for staff, including standards to measure learning and assimilation.
  -Mentors direct reports and provides ongoing development opportunities.
  -Directs and coordinates staff in the sterilization and distribution functions of the sterile processing department.
  -Prioritizes and manages team members work assignments so that all work is completed on time with optimal results and so productivity measures are achieved.
  -Participates in work groups and committees related to sterile processing and proactively identifies opportunities to improve service.
  -Conducts regular service rounds to determine effectiveness and overall satisfaction of services provided. Seeks out information from customers using formal and informal methods.
  -Creates a system to collect regular and timely feedback on services rendered. Provides feedback to staff and arranges for coaching/training & education as needed.
  -Trends data and demonstrates upward movement of quality practices in CPD. Creates custom reports to achieve a managerially efficient format for information to be utilized by the CPD Management Team, customers and enterprise.
  -Contributor on process improvement initiatives including implementing organizational change, data management, process mapping, and communications.
  -Identifies and implements improvements using CHOP approved PI methodologies.
  -Become a subject matter expert in the use of SPM and ways to best optimize the technology.
  -Acts as a resource and encourages staff in the utilization of PC software to increase productivity, improve analytical effectiveness and insure professional presentation of sterile processing information.