What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist position at medstar?
The Clinical Informatics Nurse Specialist functions as the clinical expert, consultant, leader, researcher, and educator for clinical information and communication systems. Reviews, recommends, designs, develops, implements, maintains, supports, optimizes, and evaluates clinical information and communication systems, in collaboration with an interdisciplinary team of health care team members, information services, vendors, and other informatics professionals. Leads and manages initiatives and projects for the introduction and optimization of clinical information and communication systems. Provides oversight and leadership of clinical information system downtime and emergency preparation and support. Provides clinical data stewardship, analysis, and visualization creation. Liaises between teams, clinicians, leadership and IS regarding clinical information and communication systems. Leads initiatives in the field in respect to research, innovation, and professional development.
