Nurse Informatics Manager - Digital and Technology Partners - Onsite

This is 100% onsite position

Location: Mount Sinai Morningside, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025

The Nursing Informatics Manager is responsible for clinical information retrieval to support quality initiatives including core measures and meeting regulatory requirements for Joint Commission and Department of Health and performance improvement initiatives to improve clinical efficiency and patient safety. The Nursing Informatics Manager functions in a key role as liaison between the clinical and information technology departments. 

• Serves as an advisory resource to effectively utilize clinical information systems.
• Acts as a liaison/problem solver between nursing staff and IT staff in ensuring that the patient care provided are captured and reflected in the EMR accordingly. Reports feedback on new changes to clinical staff.
• Collaborates with other disciplines to create or streamline current documentation of practice to ensure efficiency of time. 
• Demonstrates expertise in clinical care of patients, medical center operations, and clinical informatics.
• Serves as a role model for bridging the functions of clinical care and information technology within assigned units.
• Participates in business process analyses, needs assessment and cost/benefit analyses in an effort to align information technology solutions with business initiatives.
• Utilizes information technology to attain excellence in high quality patient outcomes, regulatory requirements, and financial initiatives.
• Participates in clinical informatics technology projects from readiness assessment and planning to implementation and ongoing educational needs
• Develops policies and procedures related system usage and clinical workflow requirements.
• Prioritizes and delegates tasks as needed to less experienced Nurse Informaticians.
• Demonstrates expert knowledge of the system and provide guidance to other staff in analyzing issues and the development of potential solutions
• Demonstrates excellent presentation and facilitation skills when working with staff or other project team members.
• Demonstrates excellent ability to appropriately determine escalation levels of system issues.
• Maintains system integrity by monitoring clinical systems interfaces and error logs; communicates and facilitates the sharing of information regarding supplies/implants as to update the Supply Chain inventory database and transmit Finance Charges accordingly. 
• May participate in Performance Improvement initiatives
• Participates in QI Committee meetings and initiatives
• Performs other related duties

• Master’s degree in Nursing Informatics or equivalent experience and education is preferred

• 5 years experience in Information Technology/Computer Science and/or clinical healthcare discipline, or demonstrated equivalent experience
• Working knowledge of current/evolving patient care delivery models and challenges and hospital operations with an appreciation for information systems theory and design
• Expertise in clinical care of patients, medical center operations, and clinical informatics.

Issuing Agency: Department of Health/Office of Professions

BLS Issuing Authority: American Heart Association