Ibis Styles Hospital: Informatics Nurse Specialist Job Description

This document provides a job description for an Informatics Nurse Specialist position at Ibis Styles Hospital, a non-profit community-based medical center. The role involves applying knowledge of informatics and nursing to facilitate the design, development, and modification of a fully automated healthcare system. Key responsibilities include analyzing data to improve nursing services, designing information solutions, and supporting information research. The ideal candidate should possess a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, knowledge in Information Technology, 2-5 years of clinical practice experience, and relevant special skills such as communication, collaboration, and organizational abilities. A current RN license certification and American Nurses Credentialing Center Certificate (ANCC) are required. The position is full-time, with a salary range of $61,000-$81,000.

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Informatics Nurse Specialist Job Description
Company Name: Ibis Styles Hospital
Position Title: Informatics Nurse Specialist
Department: Information Technology
Position Reports To: Nursing Administrator
Position Supervises: Nursing Staff
Job Summary
Ibis Styles Hospital is a non-profit, community based medical center providing acute
medical care as well as community services to the communities in Southern California and its
surroundings. As part of its growth strategy, Ibis Styles Hospital is recruiting for an
Informatics Nurse Specialist to be based in its new branch in San Gabriel Valley. The
successful candidate will report directly to the Nursing Administrator and will be required to
apply his/her knowledge of informatics and nursing to facilitate the design, development, and
ongoing modification of a fully automated healthcare system (Black, 2016). He/she will help
to promote the implementation of the healthcare by educating the staff and solve problems
where necessary.
Job Duties and Tasks
- Analysis and interpretation of nursing, patients, or information systems data to
improve nursing services.
- Designing, development, implementation, and evaluation of new and modified
information solutions, decision support mechanism, and data structures to support
patients, healthcare professionals as well as management of their information(Hunt &
Sproat, 2013).
- Identification, collection, recording, and analysis of data that are necessary to the care
patients.

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- Designing, conducting, and providing support to information research on nursing.
Education and Work Experience
The successful candidate must have a Bachelor Degree in Nursing and a sound
Knowledge in Information Technology. The successful candidate must have a 2-5 year
experience in clinical practice and must have basic knowledge of the principles of teamwork
and change management (Hunt & Sproat, 2013). The candidate must also express an
understanding of the clinical system and technology.
Special Skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to collaborate with other departments
- Must be flexible and able to prioritize
- Strong organizational skills
Requirements
The successful candidate must have a current and active RN license certification and the
American Nurses Credentialing Center Certificate (ANCC). Computer programming skills
and people’s skills will be an added advantage to the candidate.
Type of Position and Salary Range
Informatics Nursing Specialist is a full-time position with a salary range of 61000-81000
depending on the experience and productivity of a Candidate.

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References
Black, B. (2016). Professional Nursing-E-Book: Concepts & Challenges. Elsevier Health
Sciences.
Hunt, E. C., Sproat, S. B., & Kitzmiller, R. R. (2013). The nursing informatics
implementation guide. Springer Science & Business Media.