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Nursing Informatics Specialist: ICU
Mediclinic Southern Africa Corporate Office | Stellenbosch | South Africa
Closing date: 17/01/2025
Number of positions: 1
Recruiter name: Fiona Simone Anderson
Reference number: 56624
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Permanent
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB
Provide ICU specialist nursing guidance and technical assistance to nurses, doctors and other clinical staff for the implementation, maintenance and optimisation of an Electronic Health Record system and other digital health applications to deliver quality healthcare within the division.
This person, in conjuction with the Health Informatics team at a Corporate level, is responsible for assuring the successful utilisation of information technology, primarily the EHR-system, to optimise ICU patient care delivery in collaboration with nurses, doctors and other clinical staff.
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS
- Assist with the identification and procurement of an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system, as well as other IT related clinical applications, that meet the nursing end user as well as Mediclinic’s clinical and patient care needs, within ICU
- Manage the configuration, planning and implementation of the digital health systems (incl. EHR) and processes, within the ICU domain, throughout the division
- Ensure effective configuration, utilisation and optimisation of ICU digital health systems (incl. EHR)
- Ensure compliance to legal and regulatory requirements
- Build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships
REQUIRED EDUCATION
ESSENTIAL EDUCATION
- Registered/Professional Nursing qualification
- Nursing specialist qualification in ICU
DESIRED EDUCATION
- Postgraduate degree/ qualification in health informatics
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
- More than 5 years’ clinical experience in ICU
- User experience with clinical, hospital and/ or financial applications/systems within a hospital system
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
- Informatics experience with clinical information system implementation, support and optimisation
- Experience working on and/or implementing Electronic Health Record (EHR) / Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems
- 2 – 3 years managerial and/or training experience in clinical environment
- Work experience in the South African private healthcare sector
- Experience in healthcare management
REQUIRED JOB SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Clinical data analytics and reporting
- Clinical governance and risk management
- Data governance, standards and regulations affecting the practice of nursing
- Health care information management
- In-depth knowledge of ICU nursing and health care practices, clinical workflow, terminology and standards
- IT Infrastructure components and integration standards
- Knowledge of health information systems and other IT applications in support of clinical and business decisions
- Nursing related informatics
- Proficiency in the protocols, regulatory requirements and emerging trends around the management of electronic health records
- Project management skills, tools and methodologies
- Quality improvement methodologies
- Redesign of clinical processes to improve efficiency and patient care
- Research, report writing and presenting
- Systems thinking with understanding of the interactions and inter-dependencies of business information and events on the operational level
- Training and facilitation methodologies
All applicants will be considered, with the understanding that preference will be given in accordance with the Employment Equity Plan of Mediclinic Southern Africa, as well as internal applicants/employees that meet the minimum requirements.
Please note if you are an internal employee on a fixed term contract please apply using an external candidate profile and not your employee profile
Job Segment:
EMR, Compliance, Informatics, ICU, Patient Care, Healthcare, Legal, Technology
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