Nursing Practice Leader - Nursing Informatics

The Nursing Informatics Nursing Practice Leader (NPL) functions as a Nursing Informatics and Nursing Practice Specialist to support and lead nursing and ancillary documentation practices in the electronic health record including the evaluation and implementation of clinical technologies to provide safe and efficient patient care.

The NPL utilizes informatics in the electronic health record as well as clinical policies/guidelines, compliance standards, practice scope awareness, and communication systems.

The Informatics NPL provides ongoing education, training, and support to coordinate and optimize utilization of the electronic health record and communication technologies. Position requires strongly demonstrated leadership experience.

Position Summary

This Nursing Practice Leader is an expert nurse clinician that has strong interest and foundation in utilization of an electronic health record in practice and a responsibility for ensuring an environment of safe, quality, and efficient care.

The NPL demonstrates an advanced level of policy/guideline understanding related to clinical practice, sound clinical judgment and competency, technical competency with clinical information system applications, understanding of clinical workflows, professionalism as it relates to interpersonal and general communication skills, experience in supporting the policies/guidelines and workflows surrounding timely and compliant documentation, and takes responsibility for ongoing professional development, current practice trends and competency validation. This position will include occasional off shifts, on call shared within team.

Common Activities Include

• Provide workflow analysis and project management on electronic health record functionalities
• Develop technologies that support clinical decision making
• Support end users in full utilization of the electronic health record and other technologies
• Collaborate with HCIS teams to create an integrated clinical information system
• Facilitate data entry, retrieval, management and display for the purpose of improving patient care and processes.
• Percent of Time: 100%25 - 40 hours per week
• Schedule: M-F variable hours between 0700 and 1700; very limited requirement for on call coverage. Occasional weekend coverage during initiative go lives and system upgrades
• Location: UIHC Main Campus
• P&S Pay Plan: 5B hr.uiowa.edu

Benefits Highlights

• Regular salaried position located in Iowa City, Iowa
• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans
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Required Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Nursing; if Master’s degree is in a related field, Baccalaureate in Nursing is required

Current License to Practice Nursing in Iowa

Minimum 3+ years clinical experience in a health care environment preferably in a large medical center or teaching hospital

Proven project management skills: ability to coordinate activities and projects across departments, time management, organization of workload, analytical decision-making skills, attention to detail, and thoroughness

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Suite of products (such as Outlook, Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint)
• Experience working independently with a strong focus on customer service
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering a welcoming, respectful, and collaborative work environment

Desired Qualifications

Professional certification in relevant leadership or clinical specialty; if not certification will be obtained within the 1st year

• Clinical practice experience at the University of Iowa Health Care
• Experience using Epic in an ambulatory or hospital setting
• 1-3 years of experience contributing to a clinical information system implementation cycle through areas such as design, workflow analysis, build, training implementation, and support in an ambulatory or hospital setting
• Certification in nursing specialty or role
• Ability to assess learning needs and administer effective education methods
• Experience authoring training materials and leading training sessions in a variety of formats

Member/involvement in Professional Organizations

Please attach a resume and cover letter as part of the application process. Job openings are posted for a minimum of 7 calendar days. This job may be removed from posting and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended. For questions or additional information, please contact Tiffany Perkins at tiffany-perkins@uiowa.edu.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. This position is not eligible for University sponsorship for employment authorization.