Nurse Informaticist - Woodlands

At Houston Methodist, the Nurse Informaticist position is responsible for leadership, planning, and coordination of technology initiatives to meet clinical business goals and objectives for customers and serves as the architect for innovative technology solutions to enhance clinical practice. This position educates and assists leadership in developing strategies to respond to industry drivers that can be impacted by information solutions; the incumbent will interact with all levels of the organization, from front-line staff to senior management. The Nurse Informaticist position collaborates with executive leaders and system hospitals for sharing best practices, reporting methodologies, and ensuring a system approach to decisions. This position collaborates with information technology (IT) and clinical leaders/executives on strategic initiative spanning over years that impact business operations and works to ensure project success.

Requirements:

Qualifications:

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure within 60 days OR
• RN-Temp - Registered Nurse - Temporary State Licensure within 60 days AND
• EPIC - Certification -- Epic proficiency or certification in at least one Epic clinical module or in clinical informatics within 1 year

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS - PREFERRED

• RN-BC - Informatics Nurse (ANCC) AND
• CPHIMS - Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations

• Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security

• Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles

• Demonstrates outstanding relationship building skills

• Strong knowledge of workflows within the system

• Ability to facilitate just in time training for end users

• Demonstrated program management skills and advanced change management methodologies

• Understanding of current IT environment to support appropriate system selections and system wide functionalities

• Ability to demonstrate and embrace creativity and innovation

• Ability to collaborate and work successfully with all levels of the organization to gain buy- in and support for program success

• Ability to think strategically and execute strategic programs that drive business success.

SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

WORK ATTIRE

• Uniform No
• Scrubs No
• Business professional Yes
• Other (department approved) No

ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.

• On Call* Yes

TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**

• May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
• May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes

Company Profile:

Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. Houston Methodist consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, and seven community hospitals throughout the greater Houston area. Houston Methodist also includes an academic institute, a comprehensive residency program, a global business division, numerous physician practices and several free-standing emergency rooms and outpatient facilities. Overall, Houston Methodist employs more than 27,000 employees and is supported by a wide variety of business functions that operate at the system level to help enable clinical departments to provide high quality patient care.

Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal employment opportunity is a sound and just concept to which Houston Methodist is firmly bound. Houston Methodist will not engage in discrimination against or harassment of any person employed or seeking employment with Houston Methodist on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. VEVRAA Federal Contractor – priority referral Protected Veterans requested.