Ambulatory Care Transformation Nurse

Penn Medicine; East Petersburg (Lancaster County); Presencial; USD 90.000 - 125.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Penn Medicine in Lancaster, PA seeks a Nurse Informaticist to support LGHP primary care practices. You will plan, coordinate, and implement standardized policies and workflows, aligning clinical IT with strategic objectives and acting as a subject matter expert in clinical documentation and e-Health.

As a liaison between clinicians, staff and IS, you will lead projects, monitor program effectiveness, and mentor nursing and clinical staff to advance care delivery models and practice

Formación

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in PA.
• BSN required; Magnet designated RN position by 12/31/19 would require BSN.
• Masters in a related field preferred.
• Three years of clinical experience.
• Three years IS experience as educator, analyst, systems administrator, project leader or similar role.
• Healthcare provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal/state programs.

Responsabilidades

• Plan, coordinate, and support the implementation of care delivery models per organizational priorities.
• Develop and implement related forms, policies, procedures, processes, workflows, and data monitoring.
• Forecast and support standards for care delivery models; monitor data and outcomes; mentor nursing staff.
• Monitor program effectiveness, investigate trends, and suggest improvements.
• Collaborate with internal programs, offices and departments to coordinate projects.
• Lead and coordinate projects, ensuring appropriate expertise is applied and issues resolved.

Conocimientos

Nursing Informatics

Clinical Experience

IS Project Leadership

Stakeholder Collaboration

Educación

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Master's degree in a related field (preferred)

Herramientas

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Clinical Documentation Systems

Descripción del empleo

Description

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?

Location: Commercial Ave, Lancaster PA

Hours: Full time, 40 hours per week, M-F dayshift

Summary:

• This position will provide support to clinicians, staff and patients who fall under the auspices of the LGHP Lancaster General Health Physicians primary care practices and or partnering practices. Responsible for the planning, coordination, and implementation of standardized policies and workflows in accordance with strategic operational objectives. This patient-centered position positively influences the adoption and proliferation of information technology with a broad spectrum of constituent interests, aligning technology with goals and desired outcomes across LG Health. This role serves as the subject matter expert with respect to clinical documentation features capabilities and future-state workflows. Functions as a liaison between the clinicians, clinical staff and the Information Systems I.S. Department.

JOB DUTIES

The percentage of time spent performing primary functions is 90%. Qualified individuals must have the ability - - with or without reasonable accommodation - - to perform the following duties:

• In conjunction with the practice team, plans, coordinates, and supports the implementation of the care delivery models as dictated by the strategic priorities of the organization.
• Assists practices in planning, coordinating, and administering activities of the care delivery models to include developing and implementing related forms, policies, procedures, processes, workflows, and systems, and data monitoring.
• Participates in strategic planning as it relates to care delivery model services along with development and forecasting. Provides support for ensuring standards required for the care delivery models are met and sustained. Ensures timely submission of required data to appropriate regulatory bodies related to the model. Performs scheduled gap analysis and recommends potential action plans. Serves as a mentor and coach for nursing and clinical staff related to the care delivery model.
• In alignment with approved initiatives, monitors and evaluates program effectiveness, investigates trends, and recommends and assists in implementing modifications to improve program effectiveness.
• Liaison with other internal programs, offices and departments, to coordinate programs. Collaborates with clinical departments within and outside of LGHP and serves as a liaison for intra- and inter-facility projects.
• Identifies, facilitates, and measures clinical and workflow improvement opportunities within LGHP which includes offering guidance as a practitioner of practice transformation related tools and processes.
• Compiles and analyzes data and prepares reports as necessary.
• Collaborates with other staff members on projects, determining scope, timeline for implementation and outcomes, ensuring internal external customer needs are met.
• Participates in the work of developing, implementing and maintaining the interdisciplinary professional practice framework between nursing administration and e-Health. Champions clinical transformation and practice culture advancement for LGHP. Functions as a subject matter expert for eHealth operations with a nursing and clinical workflow focus.
• Participates in system wide planning to implement clinical transformation to include interdisciplinary partnership councils. Facilitate standardization, continuous improvement and utilization of clinical documentation framework.
• Assists in writing standards and best practices for clinical documentation in the clinical information system. Assure processes for review, dissemination of new and archiving of best practices and procedures. Assists in updating Lancaster General Health Physicians policies and procedures as related to clinical practices, regulatory and legal implications of clinical practice and e-Health.
• Provides clinical expertise related to advanced technology for Ambulatory Nursing and Allied Health including patient assessment and evaluation, care planning and education related to the implementation of evidence based clinical content and e-Health.
• Work closely with end users in the clinical environment to optimize their use of clinical systems. Collaborates with the team of interdisciplinary super-users. Responsible for facilitating communication across the patient care departments and the assigned Clinical Applications Analysts and Principal Trainers.
• Provides project leadership and direction. Coordinates meetings and ensures appropriate expertise is applied to projects tasks; resolves all issues.

SECONDARY FUNCTIONS - JOB DUTIES

• Maintains liaison with other programs, offices and departments such as LGHP Quality Program personnel, to coordinate program.
• Ensures open communication regarding patient interactions with providers and office staff.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse, issued by the PA State Board of Nursing required.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing BSN . If this is a Magnet designated RN position, BSN will be required by 12 31 19.
• Masters in a related field preferred.
• Three 3 years of clinical experience
• Three 3 years IS of experience, as an educator, analyst, systems administrator, project leader or similar role
• A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Five 5 years clinical experience Knowledge of medical terminology
• Three 3 years’ experience managing multiple concurrent projects

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives.

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We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.