Health Informatics Specialist II - Nursing

Employment Type:Full timeShift:

Description:Health Informatics (HI) is the specialty that integrates health care science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in clinical practice across the care continuum. Health informatics facilitates the integration of data, information, knowledge and wisdom to support patients and the health care team, in their decision-making in all roles and settings. This support is accomplished with information structures, information processes, and information technology.

The goal of informatics is to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication. These activities include the design and use of informatics solutions and technology to support all areas of health care delivery, including, but not limited to, the direct provision of care, establishing effective administrative systems, managing and delivering education experiences, enhancing lifelong learning, and supporting health care research.

What the Health Informatics Specialist II-Nursing will do:

• Executes position responsibilities that demonstrate leadership, experience, and creative approaches to management of complex patient care.
• The Health Informatics Specialist II may be assigned the responsibility for the documented outcomes at the program or service level. Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level across the care continuum, or at the System level.
• Supports the leading and organizing delivery of care to assure continuity of care and peer accountability for practice, including access to care across the care continuum.
• Uses informatics knowledge/judgment to promote staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes.
• Uses professional standards of care, scientific evidence, and practice to evaluate health care programs across the care continuum.
• Serves as an active member of the health informatics team. Promotes teamwork by keeping others informed, participating effectively in group decision making, working to accomplish team objectives and projects, and by soliciting feedback about one’s effectiveness as a team member.
• Understands system requirements and integrate them into development of health information technology systems as applicable.
• Integrates quality improvement and safety enhancing methodologies and tools in order to improve workflow processes, changes in health information technology, regulations, standards and evidence in a healthcare setting.

What the Health Informatics Specialist II-Nursing will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing required or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Master's Degree in Health Informatics or related discipline preferred.
• Active and current license for Registered Nurse required.
• Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of Health Informatics, a minimum of five (5) years of experience in a Health Informatics or related role and experience with clinical information systems and health information technology.
• Certification from a national informatics certifying body preferred.
• Previous experience in evaluating the effectiveness of technologies and workflows that impact clinical users.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of change management principles.
• Ability to perform critical analysis and evaluation of health IT and recommends revision of clinical systems, processes, and workflow to ensure achievement of positive patient outcomes.
• Possesses an understanding of clinical treatment modalities, organization and administration of healthcare delivery systems, educational principles, clinical information systems, accreditation and regulatory standards, and program development.

Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.