Nurse Consultant (Informatics)
Location: Bethesda Maryland
Description: Department Of Health And Human Services is presently looking of Nurse Consultant (Informatics) right now, this job will be placed in Maryland. Further informations about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. The NIH is the premier biomedical research center for the world. Its 27 Institutes and Centers employ approximately 18,000 employees doing a vast array of! jobs, all supporting efforts for a healthy nation. For information on the NIH mission, goals, and Institutes and Centers, visit NIH Overview .
This position is located is located in the Office of the Deputy for Research and Practice Development (DRPD), Clinical Center Nursing Department (CCND), at the NIH Clinical Center (CC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The position directly supports performance measurement and improvement, data and systems management, and outcomes assessment for the CCND and reports directly to the Program Director for Outcomes Management within Research and Practice Development. The incumbent in this position serves organizationally as a Nurse Consultant for Informatics .
The Clinical Center (CC) is the 240-bed research hospital and ambulatory care research facility in Bethesda, Maryland that supports the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of the National Institutes of Health.! It is the largest inpatient facility in the country devoted e! xclusively to clinical research, and provides a full range of services from ambulatory clinical to critical care and special procedures. The CC admits approximately 9,000 patients yearly. In addition, the outpatient clinics support nearly 100,000 patient visits annually. The focus at the CC on early phase and first-in-human clinical trials and on the study of rare diseases makes it possible to rapidly translate scientific observations and laboratory discoveries into new approaches for diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease. The patient population generally has a clinical intensity higher than that of comparable specialties in academic medical centers, and patients are seen for prolonged periods of assessment, treatment and recovery.
Nursing at the CC exists to provide clinical care and research coordination for patients participating in clinical research studies conducted by investigators within the IRP. As integral research team members, CC nurses provide su! pport for the design, coordination, implementation and dissemination of clinical research by NIH investigators, with a focus on patient safety, continuity of care and informed participation. Nursing leadership is also committed to supporting the NIH effort to train the next generation of clinical researchers and provide national leadership for the clinical research enterprise. The vision for nursing at the CC is to lead the Nation in implementing a specialty practice model for Clinical Research Nursing.
Ideal candidate would have a graduate degree in clinical informatics, with experience in electronic medical record documentation data capture and data recovery utilizing relational databases.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
U.S. Citizenship requirement met by closing date.
Position is subject to a background investigation.
Pre employment medical screening may be required.
Emergency essential employee. DUTIES:
If you are selected for th! is position your responsibilities will include:
• Gathering a! nd assessing functional technical requirements for informatics projects and initiatives.
• Serving as a liaison between the CCND and the Department of Clinical Research Informatics (DCRI). Identifying opportunities to advance the current state of technological support to data collection and management for quality improvement, evidence based practice, and clinical research initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining expertise in clinical documentation systems and other databases used for data collection and management, including developing methods of data communication, hardware and software integration, data transformation, and automation.
• Implementing and evaluating changes for the operation of a complex medical information system with multiple components including use of standard vocabularies for clinical care.
• Evaluating Clinical Research Information System (CRIS) enhancements utilizing standard and accepted methodologies.
• Identifying appropriate tools or systems to apply to specific problems or questions, including process improvement or redesign, literature review, secondary analysis of outcomes data, outcomes data collection and analysis, or changes in practice.
• Supporting the development and implementation of dashboards and reporting matrixes that provide methodology and decision support for program evaluation and outcomes assessment. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Basic Requirements :
Education : Degree or diploma from a professional nursing program approved by the legally designated State accrediting agency at the time the program was completed by the applicant.
Registration : Applicants must have active, current registration as a professional nurse in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Pue! rto Rico, or a territory of the United States. An applicant who has gra! duated from an approved nursing educational program within the past 12 months may be appointed pending State registration as a professional nurse within 6 months of appointment. No person appointed pending registration may be retained beyond 6 months, or promoted, if registration has not been attained.
Additional qualifications for this position include the following:
TO QUALIFY FOR THE GS-13
One year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in the Federal service obtained in either the private or public sector, performing the following tasks: providing nursing informatics consultation in a clinical setting; developing policies and procedures related to nursing information systems implementation, use, and maintenance; and designing and carrying out training for nursing informatics end users.
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This position has an education requirement. You must submit a copy of you! r transcripts (or a list of your courses including titles, credit hours completed and grades). Unofficial transcripts will be accepted in the application package; however, official transcripts will be required prior to receiving an official offer. Click here for information on Foreign Education . If you are currently or were previously in this occupation series you do not need to submit transcripts. Instead, submit an SF-50 showing the appointment in this occupational series.
This position is designated as an 'emergency' position and the selected candidate will be considered an 'emergency' employee and will be required to be available, ready, willing, and able to report for duty under all circumstances, e.g., inclement weather, government closings and holidays, lapse in appropriations, non-emergency and emergency situations for operation 24 hours a day and 365 days per year coverage.
Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered with Selective Serv! ice.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Traditional rating ! and ranking of applications does not apply to this vacancy. Applications will be evaluated against the basic qualifications. Qualified candidates will be referred for consideration in accordance with the Office of Personnel Management direct hire guidelines . Veteran's Preference does not apply to the direct hire recruitment procedures. Selections made under this bulletin will be processed as new appointments to the civil service. Current civil service employees would, therefore, be given new appointments to the civil service. BENEFITS:
The federal government offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. For more information, check out New Employee Benefits at NIH and OPM's Employee Benefits Information . OTHER INFORMATION:
PHS Commissioned Officers interested in performing the duties of this position within the Commissioned Corps s! hould also apply online to this announcement in order to receive consideration.
We are unable to pay relocation expenses.
A one-year probationary period may be required upon selection/ placement.
NIH may repay certain outstanding Federally-insured student loans to facilitate the recruitment and retention of highly qualified people. Recipients will be determined on a case-by-case basis based on organizational need, specific case justification, and budget limitations.
A newly appointed or reappointed employee may receive service credit for prior work experience or active duty uniformed service that otherwise would not be creditable for the purpose of determining his or her annual leave accrual rate. All creditable service must be directly related to the duties of the position being filled and decisions to allow for such credit must be finalized prior to the selecteeÂ's entrance on duty. The use of this service credit incentive is at the dis! cretion of the selecting official and service credit is granted only fo! r a position deemed hard-to-fill.
Additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement. The National Institutes of Health participates in the USCIS Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program ( E-Verify ). E-Verify helps employers determine employment eligibility of new hires and the validity of their Social Security numbers. The NIH maintains a tobacco free work environment and campus .
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This job starts available on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 04:12:50 GMT