Description

Why Work Here?

“Mission driven, great benefits and room for growth!”

Why consider AORN, Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, as the next place for your career as our Informatics Nurse Specialist? Because we’re innovative and all about quality and collaboration – we’re continually seeking to enhance our offerings to allow us to better tailor to the needs of our nurse members while expanding our market position and growing revenue across our business and sales divisions.

Our mission is to define, support, and advocate for patient and staff safety through exemplary practice for each phase of perioperative nursing care using evidence-based guidelines, continuing education, and clinical practice resources. We collaborate with professional and regulatory organizations, industry leaders, and other health care partners who support our mission. Our culture is one of openness, teamwork, risk taking and being at the cutting edge of our field and we only look for employees who hold these same traits.

Values mean more to AORN than just bullets on a page.  They drive our daily decisions and impact how we work as an organization:

• Innovation: Taking courageous and bold actions for growth and sustainability.
• Communication: Exemplifying respect, collaboration, transparency and honesty.
• Quality: Ensuring accountability and excellence.  
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusiveness: Promoting fairness, valuing differences, considering all perspectives.
• Achievement: Achieving our mission, realizing the vision.  

Our Informatics Nurse Specialist, in collaboration with the Perioperative Informatics Solutions Manager(s), is responsible for providing clinical and informatics expertise to support the development and implementation of the AORN Syntegrity® Solution and to provide recommendations to clients and vendor partners, AORN staff and board members, and standard setting bodies related to perioperative informatics. Responsibilities include: an active involvement in the ongoing development and maintenance of the AORN Syntegrity Solution content, the ongoing development and maintenance of the Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) language; active involvement in perioperative informatics, assisting vendor partners and clients with the integration of the AORN Syntegrity Solution into perioperative clinical information systems; ensuring alignment with clinical standards, accreditation specifications, and regulatory requirements to promote ongoing compliance and consistent patient care; and the understanding and utilization of standardized terminologies (e.g. CPT4®, LOINC®, SNOMED CT®). This also includes leveraging emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), and predictive analytics to enhance AORN Syntegrity offerings and internal workflows.

AORN is based in Denver, CO. Our Informatics Nurse Specialist will work remotely.

More about what you’ll get to do as our Informatics Nurse Specialist: 

• Supports the development and refinement of the AORN Syntegrity content including research, creation, revision, and removal of content in the internal tool (e.g. MAKe) and other systems.
• Provides technical assistance and client support for EHR integrations (e.g., Epic, Oracle Health, MEDITECH), including troubleshooting and enhancement recommendations.
• Participates in the development, validation, and enhancement of the databases and tools associated to the AORN Syntegrity Solution and PNDS.
• Provides perioperative clinical and informatics expertise with respect to the PNDS and the AORN Syntegrity Solution; areas of consultation include: PNDS; perioperative nursing management data needs; quality assessment and process improvement measurement criteria; standards, regulatory and accrediting agencies requirements related to the AORN Syntegrity Solution in the electronic health record; liaison for vendors/facilities utilizing the AORN Syntegrity Solution within their electronic perioperative health record; development of data repositories/warehouses and data analytics; and the appropriate utilization of standardized terminologies.
• Maintains current knowledge base in perioperative nursing practice and health care informatics.
• Engages in on-going assessment and evaluation of the nursing documentation and informatics needs of perioperative practitioners, leaders and patients.
• Engages in on-going assessment and evaluation of procedure list and informatics needs of perioperative practitioners, leaders and patients.
• Engages in on-going environmental assessment for adaptation of regulatory, accreditation, standards- and evidence-based practices and updates the AORN Syntegrity Solution accordingly.
• Contributes to AORN publications and other products as needed.
• Represents AORN and AORN Syntegrity at specific organizations and functions, as assigned.
• Participates as a self-directed team member by initiating and maintaining a consultative/collegial relationship with peers, staff, volunteers and other business entities; participating in orientation of new staff members; serving as a mentor to peers, informatics students and other Association staff.
• Sets priorities and achievable goals; self-evaluates progress toward pre-established goals.
• Collaborates with other departmental teams on projects.
• Collaborates on the design and implementation of AI-driven tools to support workflow optimization and AORN Syntegrity offerings.
• Contributes to internal strategic planning to align team capabilities with evolving organizational needs.
• Assists in the onboarding and mentoring of new team members, including defining role expectations and evaluating competencies across education levels.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Must Have’s to be our Informatics Nurse Specialist:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s in Nursing Informatics or Master’s in Nursing with a certificate in Nursing Informatics.
• 5+ years of experience in perioperative nursing practice or experience implementing an electronic perioperative health record and associated workflows.
• Epic Certified or Accredited OpTime Analyst with build experience.
• Registered Nurse.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• CNOR.
• Board Certification in Informatics.
• Intraoperative nursing experience.  
• Experience in and knowledge of perioperative informatics and clinical workflow.
• Holds a certification or possesses equivalent experience in perioperative EHR development and support, especially in the Epic environment.
• Management experience in perioperative nursing.
• Project management experience with an emphasis on workflow improvement.
• Experience with EMR system configuration and support across multiple platforms (e.g., Epic, Oracle Health, MEDITECH).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Understands relational databases and data structure.
• Knowledge of AORN guidelines and standards of practice.
• Knowledge of PNDS as it relates to perioperative nursing practice and nursing language standards.
• Knowledge of healthcare information technology standards and policies (e.g. interoperability, meaningful use).
• Knowledge of healthcare quality measurement (e.g. eCQM, NQF, AHRQ).
• Knowledge of standards, accreditation, and regulatory issues related to the perioperative environment in acute care and ASC settings.
• Knowledge of standardized healthcare terminologies (e.g. LOINC, SNOMED CT, CPT4).
• Publication, public speaking, and teaching skills.
• Ability to establish rapport quickly.  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.  
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with clients, vendor partners, headquarters staff and others.  
• Ability to problem-solve, plan collaboratively, and demonstrate professional accountability.  
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Familiarity with applying AI/ML in clinical settings, including Natural Language Processing, predictive analytics or workflow automation.
• Familiarity with data governance, privacy, and security frameworks (e.g. HIPAA, HITRUST).
• Ability to collaborate across interdisciplinary teams and contribute to shared documentation and planning platforms (e.g., SharePoint, OneNote).
• Ability to demonstrate and hold others accountable for organizational values of: Innovation, Communication, Quality, Diversity, Equity and inclusion, and Achievement.

Here are some of the excellent benefits we offer and why it’s so great to work here! 

• Health insurance package options that include a HDHP plan and a PPO plan.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Healthcare Savings Account (HSA) options.
• Employer paid short- and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and life insurance coverage.
• Voluntary Life Insurance options including critical illness and accident insurance.
• 401(k) plan with immediate vesting.
• Pet insurance.
• LinkedIn Learning.
• Paid time off and 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick time.
• Paid parental leave.
• Free subscription to Calm.
• Up to 8 hours of paid volunteer time.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Staff Incentive Bonus. 
  

WORKING CONDITIONS
Remote work environment, using a computer, telephone and Microsoft Teams daily. Ability to travel as needed in support of department and Association functions. 

FLSA Status: Exempt

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or a sufficient number of applications has been received.

AORN provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We encourage people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate based on disability.