Clinical Nurse Informaticist

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Full Time 40+ Professional Chester, IL, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $39.00 To $56.00 Annually

Clinical Nurse Informaticist

Position Type: Full-Time, Hourly (40 hours/week)
Schedule: Monday-Friday, Day Shift
Reports To: Chief Nursing Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of healthcare technology in a growing rural healthcare organization. The Clinical Nurse Informaticist will have a direct impact on patient care, staff efficiency, data-driven decision-making, and innovation while working with a collaborative leadership team dedicated to continuous improvement.

The Clinical Nurse Informaticist serves as the bridge between clinical operations, information technology, quality improvement, and organizational leadership. This role is responsible for optimizing clinical workflows through effective use of technology, supporting data-driven decision-making, improving patient outcomes, ensuring regulatory compliance, advancing interoperability and information exchange, and leading the adoption of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence (AI). The Clinical Nurse Informaticist collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to maximize the value of electronic health record (EHR) systems and other clinical technologies while promoting operational efficiency, patient safety, and staff engagement.

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience with electronic health record systems.
• Experience leading projects, workflow redesign, or quality improvement initiatives.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

• Master's degree in Nursing Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
• ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification (RN-BC).
• Experience with rural health, critical access hospitals, ambulatory care, or population health programs.
• Experience with data analytics, dashboard development, and reporting tools.
• Experience supporting interoperability and health information exchange initiatives.
• Project Management certification or formal project management training.
• Experience evaluating or implementing AI and healthcare technology solutions.

Clinical Informatics Leadership

• Serve as the clinical liaison between nursing, providers, ancillary departments, administration, and information technology teams.
• Provide strategic leadership for clinical information systems and technology initiatives.
• Participate in organizational strategic planning related to healthcare technology.
• Chair or facilitate clinical informatics, EHR, AI, and technology governance committees.
• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors, consultants, and technology partners.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and evidence-based practice.

EHR Optimization and Clinical Workflow Improvement

• Lead ongoing assessment and optimization of EHR workflows and clinical documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce documentation burden, and enhance user satisfaction.
• Analyze workflows and recommend system enhancements that improve patient care and operational performance.
• Participate in EHR upgrades, testing, validation, implementation, and maintenance activities.
• Develop documentation standards, templates, order sets, care plans, clinical decision support tools, and workflows.
• Monitor system utilization and adoption metrics.
• Clinical equipment integration (lab devices, ECG, pumps, vital monitors)

Data Analytics and Decision Support

• Develop and analyze clinical, operational, quality, and financial performance metrics.
• Create dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to support leadership decision-making.
• Assist leaders with interpretation of clinical and operational data.
• Identify trends, opportunities, risks, and performance improvement initiatives using data analysis.
• Support population health, value-based care, and strategic planning initiatives.
• Collaborate with finance, quality, and operations leaders to establish meaningful performance indicators.

Quality, Regulatory, and Compliance Support

• Support regulatory reporting requirements and accreditation standards.
• Assist departments in meeting CMS, Joint…