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This position will serve as the subject matter expert for complex clinical workflows as they relate to systems and processes.They will apply nursing standards as they collaborate with IT teams and user groups to develop and deploy best practices.Incorporates critical thinking and knowledge of clinical decision making into the support of software and IT processes.Assist with the clinical consensus group development and implementation of current and future state workflows.Works closely with multidisciplinary teams to develop best practices based their broad understand across clinical venues and user groups.Collaborate to increase efficiencies and promote continuity of care through technology and workflow improvements.

\ CORE FUNCTIONS\ 1. Applies nursing standards to perform outcome coordinator functions. Promotes holistic understanding of the application of technology to improve clinical workflows and patient care. Provides clinical knowledge to perform high visibility rounding, development of user groups and coaching in complex care delivery settings.Performs user acceptance testing for system enhancements to ensure adoption and improvement of clinical care delivery.Participates in solution evaluation, tracks, monitors, and enhances usage, and implements action plans.Provides visibility and support of clinical applications systems.May coordinate with other appropriate departments regarding downtime.\ \ 2. Performs Educator functions. Influence end-user training through the application of clinical expertise and technical skills. Contribute to the implementation of communication and education plans in conjunction with clinical educators and leadership for current staff to ensure changes to the electronic health record are implemented. Utilizes data analytics to support needs-based training, based clinical knowledge and patient care experience.

\ 3. Performs Consultant and Project Coordinator functions. Maintains on-going user communication and support to ensure user competency and obtain information on usage of the system and workflow concerns through established, regularly scheduled rounding. Collaborates with end-users to help define issues and enhancement opportunities within the electronic health record. Provides project support in conjunction with project leadership for the deployment and support of new and existing IT clinical applications. Brings clinical expertise in conjunction with operational leaders and all levels of clinical staff to support new and existing IT clinical applications.

\ 4. Performs Advocate functions to ensure technology solutions support patient care standards and outcomes. Operational collaboration with users, service area leadership, and IT field services to resolve conflicts between workflow and the electronic health record. Supports staff in the use of existing technology in a manner which promotes maintenance of patient safety and confidentiality and supports facility-specific and system-wide processes.\ \ 5. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of healthcare IT as well as new developments of electronic health record and associated technologies. Maintains up-to-date knowledge of clinical practices, regulatory standards, and organizational direction. Utilizes this knowledge in supporting users and process teams. Apply evidence-based research methodologies to maintain up-to-date knowledge of trends and advances in the field of healthcare IT. Demonstrates expertise and coordinates documentation and workflow changes in response to evidence-based information.

6. This position must interact with and support all levels of end users throughout the facility or specialty area, including technicians, nurses, therapists, and physicians.

Internal Customers: All level of management and staff, medical staff, and other healthcare members for the purpose of integrating services, improving patient care, ensuring effective communication systems and facilitating decision making in clinical practice.