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Navajo Preference Employment Act
In accordance with Navajo Nation and federal law, TCRHCC has implemented an Affirmative Action Plan pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act. Pursuant to this Plan and corresponding TCRHCC Policy, applicants who meet the necessary qualifications for this position and (1) are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe will be given preference in hiring and employment for this position, (2) are legally married to enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and meet residency requirements will be given secondary preference, and (3) are enrolled members of other federally-recognized American Indian Tribes will be given tertiary preference.
Overview
POSITION SUMMARY
The primary focus of the Clinical Informatics Nurse (CIN) is to provide the guidance, knowledge, and leadership to address inter-professional workflow needs. The CIN provides expertise in the planning, design, development, training, implementation, communication, maintenance, and evaluation of new or existing functionality related to clinical and business information systems. Working under the direction of the Director of Clinical Informatics, integrates nursing/clinical science, computer science, information science to manage and communicated data, information, knowledge and wisdom in clinical practice. Works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to processes, policies, and information systems. Ensures data/information is current with regulatory agency and best practice standards. Coordinates the collection and reporting of metrics defining benefits realization associate with the clinical information systems. Serves as an internal consultant to all departments to identify and achieve department and project goals. Provides direct contact with vendor to ensure customer needs are met. The CIN will support consumers, patients, the interprofessional healthcare team, and other stakeholders in their decision-making in all roles and settings to achieve successful implementation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system at TCRHCC. The Clinical Informatics Nurse position is a hybrid position, with significant in-person work at TCRHCC. While not on site you will be responsible for working from your home office. As a remote worker, you will need to be independent and self-motivated, holding yourself accountable for tasks and ongoing responsibilities with little supervision.
Qualifications
NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
Certification:
A valid, current, full and unrestricted Professional Nursing License to practice nursing in any state of the United States of America, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
Experience:

• Three (3) years of recent acute care (inpatient care) nursing experience within a healthcare institution.
• One (1) year of EHR implementation experience (super user, trainer, or implementation project team member, preferably Altera)
• Experience with developing clinical Electronic Health Record Systems (EHR). Systems include, but not limited to Altera, Cerner, Epic, Meditech, etc.
• Experience with inpatient and ancillary systems and clinical workflows including Laboratory, PACS/Radiology, Pharmacy, Obstetrics, Document Management (OnBase), etc.

Other Skills and Abilities:
A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:

• Ability to work remotely and come onsite when needed.
• Positive working relationships with others
• Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
• Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
• Possession of high degree of integrity and influence with ability to contribute effectively as a member of team
• Possession of proven track record of being results-oriented, customer-focused with a hands-on approach
• Proven ability to prioritize and execute tasks in high-pressure environment
• Proven ability to manage and lead personnel in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Highly self-motivated and directed with keen attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language
• Must be knowledgeable of new trends in clinical management and information systems
• Completion of and, above-satisfactory scores on all job interviews, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the interviewees and TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading, or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical:
Must be able to sit at desk for long periods of time, write legibly and use a computer terminal. Must frequently have ability to twist and reach for objects. Must have ability to occasionally stand, walk, drive, bend, climb, kneel, crouch, and maintain balance. Must be able to occasionally carry items that weigh up to 100 lbs., such as IT hardware, computer terminals, and printers. Must have ability to occasionally push and pull over 100lbs. Must have ability to hear normal speech and overhead pages, use the telephone, and must have the ability for near vision, color vision, depth perception, seeing fine details and frequent ability of far vision. Frequent fine manipulation and firm grasping of both hands is required as well as prolonged simple grasping and prolonged use of the keyboards.
Mental:
Must be able to prioritize, use good judgment, and be able to coordinate a variety of issues while being frequently interrupted. Must have prolonged ability to cope with high levels of stress, make decisions under high pressure, cope with anger/fear/hostility of others in a calm way, manage altercations, concentrate, handle a high degree of flexibility, handle multiple priorities in stressful situation, work alone, demonstrate high degree of patience, work alone, demonstrate high degree of patience, adapt to shift work, and frequently work in areas that are close and crowded. Must occasionally accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs.
Environmental:
May occasionally be exposed to infectious diseases, chemical agents, dust, fumes, gases, extremes in temperature or humidity, hazardous or moving equipment, unprotected heights, and loud noises.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Incorporates theories, principles, and concepts from appropriate sciences into informatics practice. Systematically determines the social, legal and ethical impact of informatics solutions within healthcare.
2. Manages the communication needs regarding the clinical applications between Information Technology staff, the Clinical Informatics Management team and clinical users.
3. Assess implications on nursing operations and processes of patient care delivery when assisting in resolution of departmental issues.
4. Assists in the development, implementation and/or evaluation of health information technology applications to assist clinical staff with data management. Perform quality control audits to ensure accuracy, completeness, or proper usage of clinical systems and data while maintaining patient safety and confidentiality.
5. Collaborates with clinicians and team members, develops strategies, policies or procedures for introducing, evaluating or modifying information technology applied to clinical practice, administration, education, or research.
6. Coordinates collection and reporting of metrics defining benefits realization and return on investment associated with Clinical Information Systems in conjunction with Clinical effectiveness.
7. Develops, prioritizes and determines core clinical decision-support systems by working with end-users to develop system programming requirements while understanding system capabilities and limitations.
8. Incorporates principles and methods of recognized methodologies, such as structured system analysis, into problem or issue identification. Makes recommendations related to issues and implements solutions.
9. Participates in unit, functional, and integrated system testing of software to ensure that the design objectives are met. Performs testing and documentation of software systems as needed. Develops test plans for new systems, as well as system upgrades.
10. Collaborates with Training Specialist(s) to prepare documentation designed to facilitate the proper use and understanding of the system by end users. Educates staff and management to effectively use information systems.
11. Assists with the design of clinical workflows for clinicians that will improve efficiency and incorporate quality initiatives. Reviews, revises documents, and maintains workflows for assigned departments.
12. Adheres to organization change control process to introduce changes to production functionality.
13. Assists or directs with interdepartmental collaboration/communication when needed to assist end users to resolve/enhance their experience with the electronic health systems utilized for complete patient care.
14. Completes all electronic health record entries accurately and timely pertinent to patient care role.
15. Participates in departmental workflow and or testing teams as related to electronic health record or other project initiatives.
16. Ensure Proper PPE is used at all times while on duty. Face surgical mask is to be worn in all hospital areas. Proper handwashing is required. If water is not available use hand sanitizer. Social distancing will be practiced by department.
17. Proper PPE is used inside assigned Clinics or Units. NIOSH- approved N95 Masks filtering face piece respirator or higher, if available, this includes eye or face shields, gloves, and isolation gowns.
18. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. Complete provided training.
19. Performs other similar or related duties as required or directed by immediate leadership.