Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a(an) Registered Nurse Clinical Informatics Analyst you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Rapides Regional Medical Center which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Benefits

Rapides Regional Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Rapides Regional Medical Center!

Job Summary and Qualifications

The Clinical Informatics Analyst (CIA) is responsible for providing ongoing support for corporate/division/facility Clinical Quality Informatics projects related to the electronic health record (EHR) and the Clinical Excellence quality agenda. Key components of this work include

• standardization
• utilization
• integration
• optimization

The CIA is the key facility resource responsible for delivering the successful implementation of clinical informatics initiatives. They are responsible for coordinating the completion of project assessments parameter settings and assisting with the development of education/training materials. This individual participates in the company-wide community for CPOE, EBCD, and works with their division peers to ensure clinical informatics applications are well supported throughout the facility. The CIA is responsible for ensuring ongoing training, support, and refinement of clinical informatics, Meaningful Use initiatives, publicly reported metrics, as well as additional support for clinical applications throughout the facility. Additional responsibilities will include any upgrades and applications as they are implemented.

What you will do in this role:

• Support of facility-wide standardization, utilization, integration, and optimization activities related to the EHR and other clinical informatics initiatives.
• Compile, analyze, and report clinical informatics data to drive quality and performance improvement.
• Audits and prepares reports of the electronic health record using tools for data collection and reporting of CPOE, PDOC, and other EHR projects.
• Development, execution, and support of education plan, tools, and resources focused on the EHR and other clinical quality informatics initiatives.
• Support technology implementations that support clinician workflow.
• Assesses impact on clinical workflow and facilitate workflow redesign to gain maximum benefit of new technology
• Optimization of clinical informatics tools to drive regulatory compliance, standardization, and quality patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with the Director Clinical Informatics, Service Line Directors, and front-line staff on clinical initiatives to advance the Clinical Excellence scorecard.
• Collaborates with the clinical and technical IT Team in support of new EHR components to ensure the most efficient clinical workflow.
• Ongoing monitoring of various EHR utilization trends. Identify gaps/areas of opportunity and provide analysis to address areas of concern.
• Collaborates with IT&S to ensure standardization and compliance with best practice models, specifically as it relates to the integrity of the electronic health record.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with the entire project team, clinical leaders, business leaders, IT&S leaders, and staff.
• Provides input, updates and communication on clinical informatics initiatives to the Director Clinical Informatics and the Vice President of Clinical Informatics.
• Understands pertinent regulatory guidelines such as Joint Commission, HIPAA, State Regulations, CMS, etc.
• Establish strategic direction through securing information and identifying key issues and relationships relevant to achieving a long-range goal or vision
• Demonstrated ability to establish and build strong relationships across a broad range of personality types. Promote ideas and proposals persuasively; shape stakeholder opinions; project a positive image; work through conflicts; negotiate solutions
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clinical and information technology personnel using professional and timely verbal and writing skills
• Demonstrated customer orientation focus
• Ability to work independently and under pressure to follow through on issues
• Excellent leadership and teaching talents
• Demonstrated advanced computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Office, including Excel data analysis and PowerPoint presentation skills)
• An understanding, enthusiasm and commitment to the goals of projects
• Leadership skills to direct others and maintain a common vision for project objectives
• Role model motivation
• The ability to communicate with staff at all levels of the practice, as well as with vendors and other outside agents utilizing an interdisciplinary focus
• Proficient organizational skills
• Good problem solving and analytical skills
• The ability to delegate tasks and enlist the cooperation and/or assistance of team members and others

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree required, clinical degree preferred with a strong healthcare facility experience.
• Master’s Degree preferred ideally with a focus on Health Informatics.
• Registered Nurse with minimum BSN preferred.
• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Louisiana
• Nurse or Health Informatics Certification encouraged.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in an acute care hospital setting.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Clinical/Healthcare Informatics, clinical applications support, or equivalent preferred.
• Meditech experience strongly preferred
• Must have previous experience facilitating large projects which includes implementation of health technology.
• BCLS to be completed within 30 days of hire
• ACLS to be completed within 30 days of hire
• Shift: Days, Monday-Friday, no weekends

This role requires you to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 based on local, state and /or federal law or regulations (unless a medical or religious exemption is approved).

Rapides Regional Medical Center is a 350+ bed hospital and ER in Alexandria, Louisiana. We offer services ranging from Cancer Care to Wound Care. Our medical staff includes doctors in more than 30 medical specialties. At Rapides Regional we believe that well-defined values are the key to nurturing staff and patient satisfaction. By joining our team you contribute to the positive culture of the hospital. This culture impacts the well-being of patients and their families. It also impacts your colleagues, and your own personal job satisfaction. Learn what our commitment to patient satisfaction, service excellence and professional expertise can do for your career.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our Registered Nurse Clinical Informatics Analyst opening. We review all applications. Qualified candidates will be contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.