Clinical Nurse Informaticist

Job Description

Job Description

Clinical Nurse Informaticist 

Position Type: Full-Time, Hourly (40 hours/week)
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift
Reports To: Chief Nursing Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare technology in a growing rural healthcare organization. The Clinical Nurse Informaticist will have a direct impact on patient care, staff efficiency, data-driven decision-making, and innovation while working with a collaborative leadership team dedicated to continuous improvement.

Position Summary

The Clinical Nurse Informaticist serves as the bridge between clinical operations, information technology, quality improvement, and organizational leadership. This role is responsible for optimizing clinical workflows through effective use of technology, supporting data-driven decision-making, improving patient outcomes, ensuring regulatory compliance, advancing interoperability and information exchange, and leading the adoption of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence (AI). The Clinical Nurse Informaticist collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to maximize the value of electronic health record (EHR) systems and other clinical technologies while promoting operational efficiency, patient safety, and staff engagement.

Qualifications
Required

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience with electronic health record systems.
• Experience leading projects, workflow redesign, or quality improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
• ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification (RN-BC).
• Experience with rural health, critical access hospitals, ambulatory care, or population health programs.
• Experience with data analytics, dashboard development, and reporting tools.
• Experience supporting interoperability and health information exchange initiatives.
• Project Management certification or formal project management training.
• Experience evaluating or implementing AI and healthcare technology solutions.

Essential Functions

Clinical Informatics Leadership

• Serve as the clinical liaison between nursing, providers, ancillary departments, administration, and information technology teams.
• Provide strategic leadership for clinical information systems and technology initiatives.
• Participate in organizational strategic planning related to healthcare technology.
• Chair or facilitate clinical informatics, EHR, AI, and technology governance committees.
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors, consultants, and technology partners.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and evidence-based practice.

EHR Optimization and Clinical Workflow Improvement

• Lead ongoing assessment and optimization of EHR workflows and clinical documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce documentation burden, and enhance user satisfaction.
• Analyze workflows and recommend system enhancements that improve patient care and operational performance.
• Participate in EHR upgrades, testing, validation, implementation, and maintenance activities.
• Develop documentation standards, templates, order sets, care plans, clinical decision support tools, and workflows.
• Monitor system utilization and adoption metrics.
• Clinical equipment integration (lab devices, ECG, pumps, vital monitors)

Data Analytics and Decision Support

• Develop and analyze clinical, operational, quality, and financial performance metrics.
• Create dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to support leadership decision-making.
• Assist leaders with interpretation of clinical and operational data.
• Identify trends, opportunities, risks, and performance improvement initiatives using data analysis.
• Support population health, value-based care, and strategic planning initiatives.
• Collaborate with finance, quality, and operations leaders to establish meaningful performance indicators.

Quality, Regulatory, and Compliance Support

• Support regulatory reporting requirements and accreditation standards.
• Assist departments in meeting CMS, Joint Commission, state, and federal reporting requirements.
• Ensure clinical documentation supports quality initiatives and regulatory compliance.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives utilizing informatics tools and data.
• Monitor compliance with documentation standards and clinical workflows.
• Support patient safety programs through technology-enabled monitoring and reporting.
• Vendor management and contract input.
• Disaster recovery and downtime planning
• Grant-funded technology initiatives.

Interoperability and Health Information Exchange

• Lead efforts to improve interoperability across healthcare systems and community partners.
• Collaborate with external providers, health information exchanges, referral partners, and vendors.
• Support implementation and optimization of interfaces and data exchange solutions.
• Ensure accurate and timely sharing of patient information across care settings.
• Monitor interoperability performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support initiatives related to care coordination and continuity of care.

Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology

• Evaluate emerging technologies, AI tools, automation opportunities, and digital health solutions.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI for workflow efficiency, clinical decision support, predictive analytics, and operational improvement.
• Chair governance and ethical oversight of AI technologies.
• Assess risks, benefits, privacy considerations, and organizational readiness for emerging technology adoption.
• Educate stakeholders regarding AI capabilities, limitations, and responsible use.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop innovation strategies.

Education and Training

• Develop and deliver education programs for clinical technology users.
• Serve as a resource and mentor for staff regarding informatics best practices.
• Build and support EHR super-users in departments.
• Design training materials, workflows, tip sheets, and competency assessments.
• Coordinate end-user training for new system implementations and upgrades.
• Support onboarding of new employees and physicians related to technology and clinical systems.
• Promote adoption of best practices and standardized workflows.

Change Management and Project Leadership

• Lead clinical technology projects from planning through implementation and evaluation.
• Utilize project management methodologies to achieve project goals and timelines.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement and communication throughout projects.
• Conduct impact assessments and readiness evaluations.
• Develop implementation plans, testing strategies, and post-go-live support plans.
• Manage competing priorities while achieving organizational objectives.

Clinical Decision Support and Patient Safety

• Design, evaluate, and maintain clinical decision support systems.
• Monitor alert effectiveness and reduce alert fatigue.
• Support medication safety, infection prevention, care coordination, and patient safety initiatives.
• Assist in developing evidence-based electronic tools that improve clinical outcomes.

Information Governance and Data Integrity

• Promote accurate, complete, and standardized clinical documentation.
• Support organizational data governance initiatives.
• Ensure data quality and integrity across clinical information systems.
• Participate in privacy, security, and cybersecurity awareness initiatives.
• Collaborate with compliance and information security teams.

Population Health and Strategic Initiatives

• Support care management, chronic disease management, and population health programs.
• Assist with value-based purchasing and alternative payment model initiatives.
• Participate in strategic initiatives focused on patient access, care coordination, and health outcomes.
• Utilize analytics to identify opportunities for improved patient and community health.
• Telehealth and virtual care technologies integration.

Revenue Cycle Documentation Support

• Support quality documentation, charge capture, and CDI collaboration.
• Assist with initiatives involving the revenue cycle.
• Participate in strategic initiatives focused on operational outcomes.
• Utilize analytics to identify opportunities for improved revenue cycle operability.

Benefits

• PTO Accrual .085 per hour up to 3.4 hours per week.  
• 5% Retirement Contribution with additional match program.
• Employee Wellness Health Insurance for $20.00/month
• Discounted services at Memorial Hospital - Chester, IL 
• Tuition Reimbursement or Student Loan Repayment (for qualified students)

Full Job Descriptions are attached and will be reviewed at the time of the interview.
Memorial Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer