RN Nursing Informatics Associate

Overview

Experience a rewarding and fulfilling career with Mercyhealth. Mercyhealth is committed to offering our partners a best place to work. Our unique workplace Culture of Excellence is built upon:

• Employee engagement, empowerment and growth
• Teamwork toward our common goal - providing exceptional health care services with a passion for making lives better
• An atmosphere of caring and quality that cascades throughout the organization

The Nursing Informatics Associate will work in a team environment, assisting as a nursing consultant and liaison to Mercy's Information Systems Clinical Application Team. The Nursing Informatics Associate will provide direct on- and off-site assistance to Mercy's hospital facilities in support of documentation and patient care activities when using information systems software applications. Electronic Medical Record support, new employee education, documentation review and just in time training, go-live and upgrade support, optimization, and regulatory documentation compliance are some of the services provided by the Nursing Informatics Associate.
Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Works closely with Mercy's Hospital Facilities' nurses, the Nursing Informatics Coordinator, and the I/S Clinical Analyst Team to implement informatics solutions to support all areas of nursing, including the direct provision of care, establishing effective administrative systems, designing useful decision support systems, supporting documentation for regulatory compliance, managing and delivering educational experiences, enhancing lifelong learning and supporting nursing research. This position will require some travel to the other Mercyhealth hospital locations.

• Works with end user staff in order to recommend and test optimal screen flows to insure successful implementation, administration, and documentation of new and existing clinical applications.

• Participates in education including onsite support, classroom, and phone support as appropriate for the Electronic Medical Record, especially as it relates to clinical content.

• Assists with Epic and CPM upgrades, including workflow analysis, build team support, curriculum design, and staff training. Responsible for newsletters and forms of communication to keep nursing updated on EMR issues, resolutions and changes.

• Consults with providers, leadership, physicians, and other clinicians to identify documentation and workflow problems and suggests resolutions to issues related to clinical software applications and functions.

• Requires process and application expertise, clinical operation understanding in a hospital patient care environment, and strong communication skills to work with nursing staff and project team members to identify and resolve issues throughout the implementation and ongoing development of an inpatient electronic medical record in all Mercyhealth System hospital locations.

• Provides ongoing nursing informatics support to physicians, nurses and other ancillary departments related to the use of the for the electronic inpatient record

Culture of Excellence Behavior Expectations

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behavior expectations:

Quality - Follows policies and procedures; adapts to and manages changes in the environment; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness giving attention to details; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Manages time and prioritizes effectively to achieve organizational goals.

Service - Responds promptly to requests for service and assistance; Follows the Mercyhealth Critical Moments of service; Meets commitments; Abides by MH confidentiality and security agreement; Shows respect and sensitivity for cultural differences; and effectively communicates information to partners; Thinks system wide regarding processes and functions.

Partnering - Shows commitment to the Mission of Mercyhealth and Culture of Excellence through all words and actions; Exhibits objectivity and openness to other's views; Demonstrates a high level of participation and engagement in day-to-day work; Gives and welcomes feedback; Generates suggestions for improving work: Embraces teamwork, supports and encourages positive change while giving value to individuals.

Cost - Conserves organization resources; Understands fiscal responsibility; Works within approved budget; Develops and implements cost saving measures; contributes to profits and revenue.

Education and Experience

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

BSN or upon hire BSN completion agreement for enrollment in an accredited BSN Completion Program

Masters in nursing informatics or Relevant inpatient nursing experience.

If hired prior to 1-1-14 in Winnebago County and prior to 9-1-14 in Rock, Walworth and McHenry Counties an ADN only is required.

Certification and Licensure

Licensed as an RN in state of practice

Approved CPR certification required within 90 days (Other certification per unit requirements: ACLS, PALS, PEARS, NRP)

Required to achieve assigned Computer Application certifications within 90 days of training and to maintain assigned certification while in this role.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Passing the WI Caregiver Background Check and/or IL Health Care Workers Background Check. Must be able to follow written/oral instructions.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Experience with and demonstrates competence in Microsoft Office Applications. Ability to work independently and be result oriented.

Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to coordinate and prioritize tasks and project components.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually

Occupational Exposure: Category C - No partners in the specified job classification have occupational exposure.

AGE OF PATIENTS SERVED

Non-Specific Task (N/A)

INFORMATION ACCESS

Partner may access patient care information, financial data, insurance data, human resource data and strategic and planning data needed to perform their job duties as directed by the director.

WORK CONTACT GROUP

Partners, physicians, patients/family, visitors, vendors

SPECIAL PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Not Applicable

LEVEL OF SUPERVISION

Receives Basic Level of Supervision and Guidance and Direction from Supervisors

SUPERVISES

This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Benefits

Mercyhealth offers a generous total rewards package to eligible employees including, but not limited to:

* Comprehensive Benefits Package: Mercyhealth offers a retirement plan with competitive matching contribution, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options, life and disability coverage, access to flexible spending plans, and a variety of other discounted voluntary benefit options.

* Competitive Compensation: Mercyhealth offers market competitive rates of pay and participates in various shift differential and special pay incentive programs.

* Paid Time Off: Mercyhealth offers a generous paid time off plan, which increases with milestone anniversaries, to allow employees the opportunity for a great work-life balance.

* Career Advancement: Mercyhealth offers a number of educational assistance programs and career ladders to support employees in their educational journey and advancement within Mercyhealth.

* Employee Wellbeing: Mercyhealth has a focus on wellbeing for employees across the organization and offers a number of tools and resources, such as an employer-sponsored health risk assessment and a Wellbeing mobile application, to assist employees on their wellbeing journey.

* Additional Benefits: Mercyhealth employees have access to our internal and external employee assistance programs, employee-only discount packages, paid parental and caregiver leaves, on-demand pay, special payment programs for patient services, and financial education to help with retirement planning.

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