Clin Informatics Edu Sr

Senior Clinical Informatics Educator

Full Time 80 Hours Per Pay Period Day Shift

Covenant Health Overview:

Covenant Health is the regions top-performing healthcare network with 10hospitalsoutpatient and specialtyservicesandCovenant Medical Group our areas fastest-growing physician practice division. Headquartered in Knoxville Covenant Health is a community-owned integrated healthcare delivery system and the areas largest employer. Our more than 11000 employees volunteers and 1500 affiliated physicians are dedicated to improving the quality of life for the more than two million patients and families we serve every year. Covenant Health is the only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named a Forbes Best Employer seven times.

Position Summary:

Education is a critical component of Informatics and directly affects the success or failure of any new or modified IT driven solution. This position is responsible for teaching nurses high and mid level providers ancillary and other healthcare professionals about the effective and ethical uses of information technology as well as informatics concepts and theories that are essential for optimal use of informatics solutions in clinical practice. The Clinical Informatics Educator provides service and support across the health system directed by matrix leadership of the IT Clinical Applications Manager Director of Clinical Education and the CNO Education Leader.

• Successful Management / Chair of one or more governance or standardization teams for at least 1 year.
• Aid in education strategic budget and road map planning for education curriculum and deployment.
• Project Manage a large scale education effort as the training coordinator i.e. (a new facility or major application install CPOE HEC HED Admin RX and so on).
• Manage curriculum development for new hires and or staff types i.e. (nursing students critical care nurses or ED physicians).
• Develop oversee and directly provide clinical informatics education content and support for clinical applications new users upgrades updates and act as a liaison between IT and Covenant affiliates.
• Develop assess and evaluate informatics skills and annual core competencies of the end user. Develop and maintain course competencies for clinical applications.
• Develop and maintain course evaluations and utilize data gathered from evaluations along with demonstrated skills to evaluate and measure effectiveness of curricula learning tools and methods.
• Maintain class attendance training records of all clinical applications in relation to build and table maintenance of new access for log in and password.
• Maintain working knowledge of all clinical documentation systems.
• Attend meetings as required and participates on committees as directed.
• Research develop and implement new educational technologies integrating the solutions into the educational and practice environments and champion adoption of informatics solutions.
• Assist in identifying defining and measuring core level computer and information literacy for the information user / consumer and mitigating the deficiencies.
• Employs informatics principles standards and methodologies to establish and maintain patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters.
• Incorporates education factors related to privacy security and confidentiality in the use and handling of data information and knowledge sharing.
• Assist in development and standardization of IT policies and procedures relevant to clinical information systems.
• Execute implementation tasks and activities outlined in the project plan.
• Demonstrates flexibility based on training needs project timelines and installation requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Minimum Education

Masters Degree in education or related field or (8) years experience equivalence in Informatics Education. Prefer Masters degree in Nursing Education IT Informatics or Board Certified in Informatics

Minimum Experience

Ten (10) years clinical nursing experience. Prefer at least two (2) years of experience with PC MS-Windows and Covenants current clinical application.

Licensure Requirement

Nursing applicants must have a current RN license