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Physician-Chief Health Informatics
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 days ago
About the Role
This is an Open Continuous Announcement and may be extended beyond the current closing date until the position is filled. Eligible applications will be referred at regular intervals, as additional vacancies occur and/or on an as-needed basis during the duration of the announcement. Once a selection is made and offer is accepted the announcement may close pending no additional vacancies.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →The CHIO is expected to be a strong agent for change and must demonstrate an ability to understand the needs of his/her professional counterparts, for example, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, etc.
- →In addition, the CHIO must demonstrate understanding of the Medical Center organizational structure and the role informatics plays within the organization.
- →The CHIO must demonstrate a mastery of: PATIENT CARE Plays a key role in using the capability of the VA clinical information systems to assist practitioners in doing the right things for the right patients at the right time.
- →Ensures adequate support to measurably improve the quality of data and the transfer of clinical information between providers.
- →TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS Evaluates clinical computing systems; analyzes and evaluates the effect of interventions on health outcomes.
- →Enables healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining, and optimizing informatics tools and access to them.
- →DATA MANAGEMENT Effectively creates, integrates, disseminates, and manages data for enterprise applications, processes and entities requiring timely and accurate data delivery.
- →Manages the availability, usability, integrity, and security of the data in enterprise systems, based on internal data standards and policies that also control data usage.
- →COLLABORATION Coordinates information management support for clinical activities within the medical center by participating collaboratively with staff to design, implement, and evaluate the clinical information systems configuration, and the capabilities that will be used.
- →These activities will include the scholarly endeavors of xxx VAMC staff and affiliate trainees.
- →POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION Ensures clinical input in the development and management of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) business architecture, which structures and communicates the VHA healthcare business, and includes descriptions of business behaviors, functionality, processes, and the flow of information that is required to achieve VHA's mission.
- →LEADERSHIP Supervises professional and non-professional staff to accomplish the work of the health informatics office.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 90259ee6-005f-4356-860d-a4a6b082e207
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