What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager Nurse Clinical Informatics position at UnityPoint Health?
- Area of Interest: Leadership - Nursing
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0
- Department: Clinical Informatics
- Shift: Days
- Job ID: 159248
Why UnityPoint Health?
Commitment to our Team – We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.
Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and an unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Caring is what we do, and it starts with our team members: expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program as we support you both personally and professionally.
- You can only give your best when you feel your best, and we help you live well with dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members to give you peace of mind.
- We strive to make things easier and more personal in health care to set us apart from the rest, and you can experience that commitment through early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, a tuition reimbursement program designed to help you further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family in the way that works for you.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – At UnityPoint Health, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together. Our collective goal is to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected.
Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Hear more from our team members about why UnityPoint Health is a great place to work at https://dayinthelife.unitypoint.org
Overview
The Manager of Clinical Informatics will facilitate the UPHDM training and optimization of the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system and other clinical enterprise systems in support of strategic objectives. This position acts as a UPHDM representative to corporate IT in leading local EHR initiatives including but not limited to selection of hardware, software, staff development, and management support of information. This position assists in the evaluation and maintenance of other clinical and nonclinical systems as assigned (i.e. Responder 5, SharePoint).
Why UnityPoint Health?
- Commitment to our Team – For the third consecutive year, we're proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare for our commitment to our team members.
- Culture – At UnityPoint Health, you matter. Come for a fulfilling career and experience a culture guided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing what's right for the people we serve.
- Benefits – Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment – We’re committed to ensuring you have a voice that is heard regardless of role, race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation.
- Development – We believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
- Community Involvement – Be an essential part of our core purpose—to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates local EMR implementation activities including clinical content development, end user acceptance testing, and business process re-engineering, training and implementation support.
- Acts as the primary liaison between UPH IT, physicians and clinical staff to insure EMR implementations are optimized based on clinical workflow.
- Facilitates effective communication with leadership and end users to ensure smooth implementation of new functional elements, applications, and major releases.
- Understands and addresses the impact of the EMR on other clinical applications and operations
- Communicates regularly with leadership on implementation strategies, tactics and status of new or ongoing issues
- Coordinates the training needs of new medical providers and staff
- Acts as a resource to rural affiliate hospitals
- Coordinates the involvement of clinical informatics staff on local or UPH committees and performance improvement initiatives as needed or requested
- Performs employee rounding
- Provides personal performance development feedback
- Analyzes expenditures
- Provides direction and acts as a resource to the Clinical Informatics staff
- Participates in strategic planning related to clinical information systems as appropriate
Minimum Requirements
Preferred Or Specialized
Education:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in related field
- Master’s degree
- Registered nurse or licensure in a healthcare profession
- 5 years in a health care or health care related work setting with clinical expertise
- 2 years in information management and computerized clinical systems
Valid driver’s license when driving any vehicle for work-related reasons.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Read, write and speak fluent English and ability to communicate with various disciplines/roles
- Ability to develop presentations or written material for a wide range of audiences.
- Work may require travel to other UPH facilities. May drive a UPH vehicle, rental or won vehicle.
- Use of usual and customary equipment used to perform essential functions of the position.
