Registered Nurse; RN Clinical Informatics Coordinator

$20,000 Retention Bonus!

Make your move to Alaska! Experience the midnight sun in the summer, a front‑row seat to the northern lights in the winter, and the opportunity to advance your experience and skills as you enjoy the Alaskan lifestyle.

This position is responsible for providing Informatics expertise and resources for a facility or specialty area. As a resource, the role offers on‑going user training, informatics support, and serves as a liaison between clinical support staff and the Clinical Information System IT team to communicate user needs and facilitate system modification.

• Compensation $36.44 to $58.30 hourly wage based on experience and education
• Retention Bonus $20,000 for eligible new hires
• Relocation Assistance up to $7,500
• Temporary Housing 90 days provided
• Additional Pay: annual increases, paid time off
• Benefits: medical, vision, dental, 401(k) with employer match
• Education Benefits: FHP Tuition Assistance, Student Loan Forgiveness
• Other Benefits: onsite gym, wellness programs, discount programs
• Shifts available
• Full‑time, exempt with rotating call

Living in Fairbanks

• No state income tax and no sales tax.
• Second largest city in Alaska with about 100,000 residents.
• College Town – University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF Community & Technical College.
• Military Community – Ft. Wainwright Army Post & Eielson Air Force Base.
• Education:
  
  15 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools, 10 “Schools of Choice.”

Summer activities: midnight sun, hiking, fishing, camping, gold panning, kayaking, berry picking, rafting, rock climbing, recreational flying, festivals, live music, and events.

Winter activities: northern lights, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, hockey, curling, ice fishing, dog mushing, ice climbing, hunting, ice art, world‑class hot springs, art shows, and festivals.

• Provide decision support and coordinate ongoing information system evaluation, including user accuracy, data integrity, and system reliability.
• Develop, coordinate, facilitate, and plan on‑going information system evaluation activities.
• Provide application testing for system enhancements and participate in post‑implementation change evaluation.
• Develop and implement action plans, support users in maintaining changed workflow and technological processes, and coordinate with IT regarding downtime.
• Collaborate with education team to develop and improve training materials related to changes and upgrades in the EMR and clinical application systems.
• Develop and implement communication and education plans with clinical educators and management for current staff to assure changes to the EMR are implemented accordingly.
• Provide clinical application system training and support.
• Maintain user communication and support to assure user competency, obtaining information on system usage and workflow concerns through scheduled rounds.
• Collaborate with end‑users, account managers, physicians, and clinicians to help define health‑care information issues and enhancement opportunities.
• Identify methodologies for implementing, utilizing, and modifying informatics solutions and data structures to support health‑care access, delivery, and evaluation.
• Provide consultation and project support in conjunction with project leadership for deployment of new IT clinical applications.
• Maintain an engaged core user group, identifying super users, holding regular meetings, and conducting focus meetings for user feedback.
• Collaborate with users, leadership, and IT to resolve conflicts between workflow and information systems, promote patient safety and confidentiality, and support facility‑specific and system‑wide processes.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of trends in healthcare informatics, nursing practices, regulatory standards, and organizational direction.
• Participate in multidisciplinary process improvement teams to identify future uses of information systems and potential improvements.
• Develop and evaluate effectiveness of communication tools and processes, regularly updating supervisors and escalating critical issues.
• Maintain consistent communication with all users of clinical information systems.

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