Informatics Nurse Trainer (Part-Time)

at  Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic

ABOUT THE HERMITAGE CLINIC

Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic is a state of the art 112 bed healthcare facility ideally located on at the junction of the N4 and M50 in Lucan, Co Dublin. The hospital provides a wide range of Emergency, Ambulatory, Interventional and Diagnostic care to for Adults and some services for Children. As a member of Irelands newest private health care group, Blackrock Health we are dedicated in ensuring our mission, vision and values (https://www.hermitageclinic.ie/ ) are our guiding principles in ensuring our patients and staff have a world class experience.
A career in Hermitage Clinic will ensure you are joining a diverse, dynamic and enthusiastic team of professionals, passionate about developing services to ensure we provide the best care in the most modern of facilities.
We offer new recruits an array of supports to ensure you are enabled to develop your career. Please contact us directly to review our up to date opportunities and list of benefits

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Be registered in the general division of the Register of Nurses maintained by NMBI
• Have IT experience in use of MEDITECH and or other clinical systems
• Have acquired a level 8 post registration Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), National Framework of Qualifications (NFQ) major academic award or be willing to complete within one year of taking up post.

We are seeking an Informatics Nurse Trainer on a 3 year fixed term contract to work 18.5 hours per week. As a key member of the Nursing and IT teams, the post holder will demonstrate excellent clinical skills, quality patient care initiatives and facilitate effective interpersonal communication with colleagues in the unit(s) and hospital. They serve as a bridge between service providers, nursing, other clinic departments and organisational groups, linking clinical practice, technology, and information management to enhance patient care. The Informatics Nurse Trainer provides ongoing training and support for all clinical staff at Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic

Key responsibilities will include:

• Develop education and training systems and polices for MEDITECH system users.
• Develop educational and induction programmes for clinical IT system for all clinical staff
• Assist in the design and IT systems development in compliance with JCI accreditation
• Conduct IT skills gap analyses
• Conduct role specific training on tools and programmes teams use daily
• Train new employees on proper use hospital of approved hardware and software
• Perform regular hospital wide trainings on system security
• Evaluate the effectiveness of all educational session making improvements or changes based on feedback
• Maintain updated records of training curriculum and materials
• In conjunction with project lead facilitate the training and installation of planned new EHR
• Acting as the primary contact for clients throughout the implementation process
• Multi-tasking and communicating with staff members across multiple MEDITECH applications