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Position Purpose

At Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center the Health Informatics Nurse Cardiovascular Specialty ensures accurate and timely clinical data integrity for cardiovascular services. This role supports quality improvement and patient safety by managing data abstraction and registry reporting for cardiovascular procedures and quality outcomes.

What You Will Do

• Understand appropriate clinical documentation to ensure the severity of illness risk of mortality and level of services are accurately reflected in the health record.

• Conduct concurrent and retrospective reviews of patient health records to ensure accurate complete and timely data entry into designated registries.

• Prepare presentations and review data at regularly scheduled and ad hoc meetings.

• Participate in quality improvement research and accreditation projects and support those projects with data reviews and reports.

• Ensure documentation of discharge diagnoses and co-morbidities fully reflects patient status and care

• Ensure compliance with reporting standards and timelines.

• Collaborate with clinical teams to improve documentation and workflows.

• Provide insights for quality initiatives and patient safety.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

• Graduated from an accredited nursing school. A bachelors in Nursing is strongly preferred and encouraged.

• Valid and current Connecticut RN license

• The ideal candidate will have 3 or more years of experience in cardiovascular nursing (e.g. cath lab cardiac surgery telemetry ICU).

• Strong knowledge of clinical documentation and data abstraction.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint basic statistical analysis.

Preferred:

• Experience with registry reporting (e.g. STS ACC-NCDR).

• Familiarity with Epic or similar EMR systems.

• Current BLS/CPR (certification support offered post-hire)

Position Highlights

• Full-Time 40 hours/week Day Shift

• Salaried position

• Compensation Range: $75712 $121160

Ministry/Facility Information

Saint Francis Hospital has been an anchor institution in Connecticut since 1897. Saint Francis a member of Trinity Health Of New England and Trinity Health is one of the nations largest multi-institutional Catholic healthcare delivery systems. Saint Francis Hospital a Level 1 Trauma Center is a 617 bed hospital and a major teaching hospital.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives experiences and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.