Nursing Educator - Informaticist - Full Time

Join our team as a Nursing Educator - Informaticist at our Toppenish Central Administration!

Be part of a healthcare organization that believes in making a difference beyond medical care! We've transformed into a leading community health center in the Pacific Northwest with 40+ clinics across Washington and Oregon. We offer a wide range of services such as medical, dental, pharmacy, orthodontia, nutritional counseling, autism screening, and behavioral health. Our holistic model also extends assistance to shelter, energy, weatherization, HIV and AIDS counseling, home visits, and mobile medical/dental clinics.

Explore our short clips, " WE are Yakima - WE are Family " and " YVFWC - And then we grew ," for a glimpse into our dedication to our communities, health, and families.

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Position Highlights:

• $87,302 - $117,019 DOE with the ability to go higher for highly experienced candidates
• 100% employer-paid health insurance including medical, dental, vision, Rx, and 24/7 telemedicine
• Profit sharing & 403(b) retirement plan available
• Generous PTO, 8 paid holidays, and much more!

What You'll Do:

• Serves as subject matter expert for professional standard and expectation to all nursing and Medical Assistant staff.
• Serves as primary point of contact for nursing education and help support facilitation request in a timely manner
• Consistently monitors and evaluates nursing practices to maintain excellence in standards of care. Support the Regional Director of Nursing to implement quality improvement initiatives in all regions.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates clinical educational programs using the most effective and best practice recommendations for clinical staff.
• Coordinates clinical education program and activities, as well as assists in tracking progress of the clinical team using various methods of program evaluation.
• Collaborates with the Regional Director of Oregon to manage and communicate clinical performance of clinical staff and standard of practice are met as identified and emphasized by the organization.
• Facilitates in supporting intermittent and ad-hoc clinical education need to the clinical staff based on the request of local nursing leaders.
• Ensures clinical web page is updated with the most recent nursing communication and information as appropriate.
• Collects, validates, and helps in managing nursing supervisor dashboard update in Epic to ensure the focused key performance indicators are accurately reflected.
• Collaborates and works with the business intelligence team to ensure the validity of nursing and clinical data. Provides consulting skills on data collection, database analysis, and reports designed to assess efficiency.
• Organizes and coordinates clinical education program, clinical skills, and competencies, as well as assists in tracking progress of the clinical team using appropriate learning management system resources.
• Works closely with the Senior Director of Nursing to formulate a clinical education plan for new hire nurses, medical assistants, new graduate nurses, new charge nurses, and nursing supervisors, ensuring role and expectation discussion.
• Coordinates and collaborates with organizational department/area nursing supervisor and administrator for understanding clinical needs of each clinic.
• Provides leadership, guidance, counseling and continuing education to staff per clinical leadership request.
• Prioritize clinical education to meet the needs of the clinic and project, coordinating with the Senior Director of Nursing.
• Actively participates with Senior Director of Nursing and local nursing leadership to identify and develop clinical education programs focused on helping coach, mentor, and evaluate performance of clinical staff.
• Partner with Senior Director of Nursing to implement and enforce clinical practice standards to help nursing supervisors disseminate clinical roles and expectation of each clinical staff in the clinics appropriately.
• Collaborates with all members of care provision team to share knowledge and plan for optimal implementation of clinical education for all nursing staff.
• Exercises considerable judgment in applying professional knowledge in solving problems within established policies and practices.
• Identify and discuss gaps in existing policy and practices with Senior Director of Nursing for process improvement.
• Serves as an expert and resource to nursing supervisors and clinical staff.
• Coordinates organizational clinical quality initiatives and process improvement projects and ensures close communication with Senior Director of Nursing.
• Collaborate with Senior Director of Nursing for identifying and ensuring clinical protocol and policy are updated as per organizational policy.
• Performs clinical leader responsibilities in alignment with The Joint Commission (TJC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and YVFWC requirements.
• Informatics Functions and Responsibilities:
• Serves as a liaison between the EHR applications team, Informatics team, and Nursing. Collaborates with individuals and teams to remove barriers between clinical staff and the EHR applications team.
• Utilizes cross-functional knowledge of the organization, EHR, and key workflows in order to provide support and guidance to nursing and the EHR applications team.
• Partners with the Training Team to improve Nursing understanding, utilization, and efficiency in the EHR system.
• Serves as a nursing representative at the Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) and EHR Advisory Team (EAT) meetings.
• Provides clinical review for maintenance processes on nursing workflows.
• Participates in all EHR-related projects as Subject Matter Expert (SME) and represents Nursing needs.
• Participates and owns informatics build directed to optimize the EHR for Nursing workflow.
• Reviews clinical data and datasets needed to implement functionality or resolve system issues.

Qualifications:

• Required Education : Associate Degree in Nursing
• Preferred Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Master of Nursing (MSN)- Education is strongly preferred. Master of Nursing (MSN)- Clinical Informatics is strongly preferred.
• Three (3) years' experience in clinical nursing education.
• Two (2) years' informatics experience with clinical information system implementation, support, and/or optimization. Completed Clinical Informatics Degree may substitute this requirement.
• Knowledge of Ambulatory Epic is must for facilitating work as nurse clinical informatics in this role
• Experience with the design, implementation, and/or evaluation of clinical decision support tools, electronic care plans, or other applications.
• Ambulatory nursing management experience preferred
• Active Registered Nurse license for the state of practice (WA and Oregon).
• If RN license is in a participating Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state, the following requirements apply:
  • Must submit proof of license in state of residence.
  • Must submit proof of completion of the required suicide prevention training during 1st week of onboarding.
  • If relocating to Washington State, must obtain WA RN license within 6 months of hire.
  • Must update primary state of residence within 60 days (applies to anyone relocating to Washington State)
  • Military Nurses are not required to obtain Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification within 90 days of hire.
• Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) preferred.
• Epic Clinical builder Certification must be current or obtained within 90 days of hire.
• Active Basic Life Support Instructor Certification preferred.
• Valid Driver's License and proof of automobile liability insurance coverage.

Our Mission Statement

"Together we transform our communities through compassionate, individualized care, eliminating barriers to health and well-being."

Our mission celebrates inclusivity. We are committed to equal-opportunity employment.

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