Nursing Informatics Specialist

Ensures through his/her actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of nursing care, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the Prince Sultan Cardiac Center.

Helps in optimizing resources to improve safety and quality of patient care.

Ensures all nursing resources systems are facilitated and made available to the Nursing Department.

Identifies information system applications that support or enhance nursing practice.

Assists in coordinating the research, selection and planned implementation process for all new nursing applications.

Participates in data collection, interpretation and report writing in order to make patient care more efficient and of a high standard.

Participates in the process of revising and implementing changes in both automated and manual components of the clinical information systems. 

Participates in the development, training and implementation of the Hospital Information System and provides guidance and support to nursing staff as required.

Functions as a resource person to nursing personnel to troubleshoot hardware and software problems or user learning needs.

Maintains membership on appropriate committees, work groups, or taskforces as needed to facilitate the ongoing process of the design, implementation, and revision of automated and manual components of the clinical information systems.

Maintains an up-to-date knowledge of current trends and issues in healthcare, nursing practice, healthcare informatics and clinical applications currently in use.

Participates in presentations and publications about clinical information systems at conferences and in journals as appropriate.  Attends relevant conferences and seminars.

Performs other related duties as required.

Familiar with hospital operations and relationships of programmes to various hospital departments.

Excellent skills in communication, organization, prioritization, autonomous practice, conflict management and analysis of effectiveness and efficiency of the programme.

Well-developed critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.

Bachelor Degree in Nursing