Focused and highly skilled Senior Clinical Informaticist with a strong desire to transition into a Clinical Informatics Manager role. Adept at utilizing my extensive experience in clinical informatics to drive process improvements, enchance patient outcomes, and optimize clincial workflows. Proven to work effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and colleagues to implement innovative technology solutions. Seeking a challenging managerial position where I can leverage my expertise and passion for clincial informatics to inspire and motivate team members to meet organization goals.
Train, mentor, and support other clinical informaticist to promote growth in their role which will ultimately provide the best service to our customers
Facilitates knowledge of current state, desired state, and gap analysis of clinical processes that are enabled by clinical information technology
Works collaboratively with key stakeholders to evaluate outcomes, and opportunities for improvement post implementation
Maintains a trusting and effective relationship with all customers
Assists clinical managers in identifying areas of concern or opportunities for improvement in relation to clinical information systems
Provide guidance and support to end users in the clinical information system to improve workflow efficiencies
Maintains a current knowledge of trends and issues in health care, nursing practice, healthcare informatics, regulatory needs, organizational policies, and procedures related to clinical practice, and the legal implications of the clinical information system
Functionality expertise for clinical applications supporting core patient care processes and their relationship to other organizational information systems
Works collaboratively with IIS counterparts to ensure consistent and effective use of technology resources and optimization of installed applications and sustainability
Analyze and assess clinical information systems in collaboration with information system teams to respond and resolve issues to promote workflow efficiency
Develops content and standard work to meet learning objectives for new technology implementations
Plan, implement, and support latest health information technology projects to support nursing workflow and improve patient outcomes
Represent and lead nursing informatics in clinical councils, rapid improvement strategies, and system-wide initiatives
Formulates reports, collects and analyzes data to assist in identifying trends that provide opportunities to improve organizational performance and clinical outcomes
Labor & Delivery Clinical Coordinator
Indiana University Health North Hospital
10.2006 - 12.2010
Leadership duties included mentoring charge nurses, preceptors, and staff in their roles
Engage in crucial conversations with staff in relation to attendance and performance
Clinical duties included assessing and caring for triage, antepartum, high-risk, labor, and post-partum mother, and babies
This includes vaginal deliveries and circulating cesarean sections
Administrative duties included assessing patient acuity and staffing
Mentoring staff and being available for questions related to electronic documentation, including OB TraceVue (OBTV), Cerner PowerChart, and Cerner SurgiNet
Key roles and responsibilities: OBTV super user - Initial super user from opening of hospital
Provided education and support through classroom training and in the clinical setting
Assisted OBTV administrator with system build, downtimes, upgrades, and education
Cerner PowerChart Maternity design team member
Taught OBTV to newly hired registered nurses and physicians
Developed curriculum for OBTV end user training
Developed Krames information for antepartum, labor, and delivery
Assisted in developing preadmission delivery services for labor and delivery
Developed PDSAs for unit specific areas in need of improvement
Monitoring the outcomes related to PDSAs
Completed auditing and compiled statistics for quality initiatives mandated by TJC and Anthem related to maternal child nursing.
Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery
Indiana University Health North Hospital
10.2005 - 10.2006
Experience in caring for laboring patients and their families as well as high-risk obstetric patients, long-term antepartum, extended postpartum recoveries, and circulating cesarean sections
Duties also included night shift charge nurse and OB TraceVue clinical information super user.
Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery
St. Vincent Women’s Hospital
05.2002 - 09.2005
Experience in high-risk labor and delivery, long-term antepartum, extended postpartum recoveries, and circulating cesarean sections
Duties also included night shift charge, OB Tracevue Superuser, and preceptor for nursing capstone students.
Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery
Riverview Hospital
01.2004 - 11.2004
Responsibilities include assessing and caring for antepartum, laboring, and postpartum patients
Experience also in circulating cesarean sections.
Registered Nurse, Labor & Delivery
Riverview Hospital
01.2000 - 05.2002
Responsibilities include assessing and caring for antepartum, laboring, and postpartum patients
Experience also in circulating cesarean sections.
Education
Master of Science in Nursing – Nursing Informatics -
Walden University
Minneapolis, Minnesota
04.2015
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Indiana University
Indianapolis, Indiana
12.1999
Skills
Registered Nurse with 23 years experience
Experienced in the field of clinical information systems
Strong communication skills both verbally and written with great interpersonal skills
Strong ability to educate, demonstrate, and teach new technologies in both a classroom and clinical setting
Detail-oriented and highly organized
Strong computer knowledge and skills
Working knowledge of project management methodologies, change control, quality and system performance methods and metrics, database design, and workflow analysis
Education and participation in Six Sigma, Lean, and Rapid Improvement Events
ANCC Board Certified in Nursing Informatics
Member of American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA)
Member of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
Medical Surgical Nurse at Indiana University Health – Indiana University HospitalMedical Surgical Nurse at Indiana University Health – Indiana University Hospital
Staff Chaplain at Indiana University Health, Riley Children’s Hospital, Methodist, University Hospitals, Bay Care Health SystemsStaff Chaplain at Indiana University Health, Riley Children’s Hospital, Methodist, University Hospitals, Bay Care Health Systems