Nurse Informaticist

Summary: The Nurse Informaticist provides Nursing leadership to support the ongoing development and implementation of an enterprise-wide, integrated electronic health record (EHR) that supports the delivery of quality patient care across all the communities that Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHCS) serves. The Nurse Informaticist works closely with the CMIO as a liaison between clinicians and information systems (IS) and will take a lead role in developing requirements for and implementing clinical technologies. The Nurse Informaticist will provide strategic guidance to the organizations senior leadership regarding the maturation of the integrated EHR and the related technologies that support quality and safety initiatives improve patient and family satisfaction and increase the efficiency in the delivery of care and optimize clinician work flow. The Nurse Informaticist acts as an educational and clinical consultant to individuals and groups internal and external to the department.
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing-required; Master's degree preferred.
• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Ability to set and manage priorities judiciously.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with health care information systems.
• Superior understanding of the organizations goals and objectives.
• Leadership ability.
• Strong tactical skills.
• Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical addressees.
• Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Project management experience and/or an understanding of project management principles is highly desirable.
• Understanding of business/clinical process redesign.
• Experience in strategic technology planning, execution, and policy development.
• Basic understanding of computer systems characteristics, features, and integration capabilities.
• Some knowledge of data processing, hardware platforms, enterprise software applications, and outsourced systems.

Cook Children's is an EOE/AA - Minority/Females/Disability/Vet