Nurse Informatician

• Acts as a liaison between health services and information technology staff.
• Participate as a content expert for the framework that surrounds the nursing processes for assessment, diagnosis, patient and family education, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Articulates the informatics needs to the information technology staff and articulates the system limitations to the nursing staff.
• Collects appropriate information to process requests to produce accurate reports.
• Documents programming code and processes according to department standards.
• Provides input into ad hoc request processes, new report development and enhancing existing reports..
• Coordinates the development, documentation, and review of business requirements.
• Apply business rules, processes, workflow to the use of new or redesigned information technology systems.
• Reports initiative progress, concerns and issues to business stakeholders and project leadership.
• Identifies data relevant to the coordination of care of patients.
• Coordinates the collection and recording of data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
• Analyzes documents, files, reports, and other application-related nursing or case management workflows.
• Assures that documentation exists for procedures and other operating characteristics.
• Assures that the analysis and workflows address regulatory requirements.
• Participate as a content expert to evaluate information and assist others in developing charting tools and flow sheets to support their area of nursing practice.
• Recommends system enhancements to support nursing and other clinical department end users.
• Supports testing of application upgrades.
• Prepares training materials and assists with training of end users and super users.
• Mentors nursing staff through implementation and updates of the electronic medical record.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.