Nursing Manager of Nursing Informatic Services

Requisition Number - 2101122

Your role: The manager of Nursing Informatics Services is responsible for a team of RN nursing informatic specialists (VNIS) that provide support to nurses across all of the entities in all sites to assist in use of technology to provide the safest and most efficient care to our patients. Inpatient, Periop/procedural and Ambulatory Adult nursing staff are the key customers. Each VNIS has a cohort of areas of support and informatics related projected (BCMA, Mobile Heart Beat, Rover, etc) that the manager coordinates and assumes operational accountability. The manager is responsible for collaborating with other support teams, training teams and technical teams to assure implementation of informatics related initiates - this does require occasional weekend or off-shift hours and at times travel to community-acquired sites.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represents and advocates for operational nursing priorities in various clinical technology projects and workstreams.
• Collaborates and partners with operational leaders at various levels of the organization.
• Develops strategies to operationalize the mission and strategic plan of the department and the organization.
• Utilizes and allocates resources appropriately for various tasks and projects in alignment with department and organization goals.
• Develops and monitors the implementation of area specific plans linked to organizational goals and priorities.
• Manages team activity to complete and execute quality work in accordance with deadlines, budgets, and deliverables set forth in project plans.
• Presents projects and implementation strategies to leaders across the enterprise where appropriate.
• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

Preferred qualifications:

Ideal Candidate Master of Nursing and Experience in Ambulatory Nursing Leadership

Preferred MSN Nursing Informatics and Board Certification in Informatics

Department/Unit Summary:

The Department of Pharmaceutical Services provides comprehensive pharmaceutical care services to Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH), Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Children's Hospital), Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital (VPH) and The Vanderbilt Medical Group (VMG).

This patient-centered service is provided through the Patient Care Center organization and clinic structure. The role of the Pharmacy is to promote safe and effective medication therapy for all patients and to provide oversight and leadership of the medication use system.

For more information visit our website: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=pharmacy

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