RN Nursing Education & Informatics Consultant Remote Must Live In Washington
Renton, WashingtonAt Kaiser Permanente our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, and scientists who are contributing toward being an industry-leading voice for advancing evidence-based care. Whether supporting the patient directly in our hospitals or clinics, providing care at home, serving our patients through innovative virtual technology, or managing care delivery teams, Kaiser Permanente nurses utilize scientific evidence and our integrated care model to optimize the total health of our members and the communities we serve. We invite nurses who are passionate about nursing excellence, high-quality compassionate care delivery, professionalism, integrity, teamwork and patient and family centeredness to join our teams so that we can continue to sustain and build upon our culture of excellence.
- Job Type: Full-time
- Job Level: Individual Contributor
- Travel: No
Success Profile
We’re looking for Nurse Leaders who possess the following traits.
- Collaborative
- Compassionate
- Flexible
- Leadership
- Socially Conscientious
- Trustworthy
Benefits
We offer several benefits to our nurses.
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Medical, Vision & Dental
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Retirement Plans
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Educational Opportunities & Tuition Reimbursement
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Supportive Teams & Resources
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Career Growth & Development
Our Culture
At Kaiser Permanente, we cultivate an environment of compassion, integrity, trust, and open communication that helps our teams do their best work. We believe that lifelong learning will expand our knowledge so we can better serve our patients. Our practice is rooted in research and evidence-based care. Our nurses reflect the rich diversity of our members and communities and provide culturally responsive and competent care that promotes understanding of our members needs and preferences. At Kaiser Permanente, nurses are highly skilled professionals who exemplify leadership, critical thinking, and collaborative problem solving and deliver the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.
What Our People Are Saying
Kristen
Relief Charge Nurse
“Working as a nurse at Kaiser Permanente has allowed me the perfect flexible schedule so that I can volunteer as Girl Scout Leader and room parent for both my children. My kids know that I am a hardworking mother who can provide, as well as a mom who can be present and be there for them – and that means everything to me.”
Jazmin
RN, Advice Nurse
“Working for Kaiser Permanente has allowed me to take control of my future and make my goals a possibility. I feel that Kaiser Permanente allows me to keep climbing and moving. Having that ability truly makes me feel empowered.”
Stella
Registered Nurse IV
“Kaiser Permanente has taken me on a personal and educational growth journey. I am supported by a culture of excellence that allows me to be dedicated to patients and patients’ families every day at work. What an honor to be part of Kaiser Permanente.”.
Caitlin
Inpatient Lactation Consultant
“As an RN/IBCLC in Maternal Child, I’m meeting families at a pivotal time — I’m there to help launch a new family into the world. Everything I do has the potential to impact a family’s health for generations to come.”
Kimberly
Quality Coordinator RN
“In Hawaii, your community is your family — or ‘ohana.’ I am able to provide extraordinary patient-centered care to my ohana.”
David
Appointment and Advice RN
“The location is fantastic. Kaiser Permanente is all over the country. You can pick almost any environment you want – from ocean to mountain to city. You’ll still be able to contribute to our mission of providing high quality health care at a local facility.”
Shawn
BSN, RN
“I chose Kaiser Permanente because their staff and providers really show that they care about you. Also, throughout my 12 years of working here I’m always learning something new, and I’ve had many opportunities for growth and development.”
RN Nursing Education & Informatics Consultant Remote Must Live In Washington
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System administrator responsibilities include ensuring that clinical algorithms in system upgrades of existing systems and in implementation of new systems are clinically appropriate and function in a way that optimizes quality of care, patient safety, and cost. This is accomplished by leading and/or working collaboratively with application analysts, IT staff, clinicians, and operational managers in the planning, development, testing, training, implementation and evaluation phases of system upgrades and implementation. Accountable to improve how CM clinical and non-clinical staff interact with systems by using system functionality. Accountable for education program development and implementation to support knowledge and skills of CNS nursing staff; develops training to support key initiatives in quality/redesign/practice improvement; accountable for clinical nursing orientation; provides consultation and leadership to clinical teams in the orientation, training and selection of new employees; collaborates with leaders to implement strategies and programs to support clinical and service quality improvement and workforce planning initiatives; supports managers in achieving desired performance of clinical nursing staff. Accountable to ensure that departments clinical protocols are current and accurately reflected in EMR documentation systems. Accountable to support the research to ensure protocols are evidence-based and that protocols are in alignment with GH clinical practice.
- Manages system upgrades and implementation, including management of clinical algorithms, troubleshooting and working with vendors when applicable. Optimizes clinical decision support tools. Serves as a liaison between IT and CNS clinical operations and managers. Provides advice and consultation to clinical leaders regarding informatics-related topics, participates in clinical improvement projects. Acts as system administrator for Epic Triage module and for Dawn AC.
- Develops curriculum training to assure key clinical initiatives in quality, safety and practice improvement are integrated into practice. Assures orientation programs for new nursing staff are completed and documented. Collaborates with leaders and preceptors to implement strategies to monitor and evaluate clinical orientation. Supports managers in achieving desired performance of clinical nursing staff.
- Manages department clinical guidelines including timely review of protocols and ensuring content is reflected in the clinical systems. Develops and maintains clinical standard work documents.
- Provides clinical oversight and ad hoc clinical consultation to IT technical staff on topics such as interface design, clinical content decisions, etc.
- Minimum two (2) years of nursing practice, preferably in an ambulatory care environment.
- Masters degree in nursing or clinical informatics.
- Registered Nurse License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse required at hire
- Basic Life Support required at hire
- Prior experience in developing nursing educational programs.
- Clinical operations experience including use of and training others on clinical information systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to interpret and summarize complex concepts.
- Customer orientation.
- Analytical and creative problem solving abilities.
- Leadership and organizational skills.
- Clinical expertise in team and program development, clinical practice in non-acute nursing, teaching, group facilitation, program evaluation, individual and group skills assessment, and adult learning theory.
- Clinical informatics: building of clinical algorithms, data reporting, quality assessment, and assurance.
- Five (5) years of experience in nursing management with clinical informatics experience.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status. Submit Interest
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