Career Center

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 30, 2022. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be July 20, 2022, with subsequent cut off dates on a bi-weekly basis. This announcement may close without prior notification. Relocation Incentive authorized PCS Expenses authorized Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed. Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Completion of residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Physical requirements outlined below. Preferred Experience: Board certified physician (preferably with health informatics training) with 2 or more years of proven success in working in quality and using clinical informatics to improve the delivery of healthcare processes and systems in a medical center of comparable size and complexity. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting (15-44 pounds), light lifting (under 15 pounds), moderate carrying (15-44 pounds), light carrying (under 15 pounds), pushing 4 hours, reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, walking 2 hours, standing 8 hours, near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other, hearing (aid permitted), mental and emotional stability. ["The primary duties of the Chief Health Informatic Officer include: Provides data mining and quality reporting Participants and contributes as member of the Peer Review Committee Leads systems development and implementation in clinical settings Provides informatics education and assists in platform development Oversees and coordinates performance improvement (PI) activities geared toward improving the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare delivery Leads facility Modernization Projects that bring innovations and cutting-edge clinical informatics technologies that positively impact the diagnosis, care, treatment and delivery of healthcare to our Veterans Works in collaboration with Quality Management to spearhead activities that solve identified healthcare delivery problems and to initiate changes that use informatics technologies to improve the quality of healthcare Leads and/or collaborates with strategic planning involving quality and informatics Provides provider quality and informatics guidance within the medical center. Consults with administration, department managers, and manufacturing representatives to exchange information, presents innovative approaches, and to discuss equipment/system changes. Participates in vendor contract negotiations for all new computer equipment and software purchased for the corporation. Creates a cost-benefit analysis as well as supporting a detailed definition of data requirements and departmental workflows. Assess and anticipate technology projects and recommend appropriate action and resources. Establish and direct the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the information technology department. Proposes hardware/software solutions to accomplish the medical center's patient and business objectives. Identifies user needs and resolve problems. Responsible for designing and integrating technology into workflows involving the medical and technological sides of medicine. Serves as intermediary between clinical staff and the IT department, vendors. The Chief Health Informatic Officer is responsible for collaboration on quality hospital-wide and the clinical technological direction of the medical center. Proposes budgets for programs and projects, purchases and upgrades equipment, supervises clinical application coordinators (CACs) and other personnel as assigned who typically work in clinical areas that heavily use informatics, and presides over IT-related projects. The Chief Health Informatic Officer assists the medical center in supporting the adoption and implementation of health technologies such as electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), computerized physician order entry (CPOE), electronic documentation, health information exchanges (HIEs), and other technologies used in the clinical setting. The Chief Health Informatic Officer is responsible for collaboration on quality hospital-wide and the clinical technological direction of the medical center. Proposes budgets for programs and projects, purchases and upgrades equipment, supervises clinical application coordinators (CACs) and other personnel as assigned who typically work in clinical areas that heavily use informatics, and presides over IT-related projects. The Chief Health Informatic Officer assists the medical center in supporting the adoption and implementation of health technologies such as electronic medical records (EMRs), electronic health records (EHRs), computerized physician order entry (CPOE), electronic documentation, health information exchanges (HIEs), and other technologies used in the clinical setting."]