The Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) is responsible for operationalizing health informatics functions and processes as they relate to information gathering, analysis, clinical care, education, and presentation to the benefit of clinical staff, patients and the leadership team. The CHIO will work closely with the Office of Information and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Applications Coordinators (CAC), Facility Telehealth Supervisor, Data Analytics Committee, and clinical end-users to enhance methodologies, systems redesign, and user-ability related to the interface of clinician-clinician and clinician-patient interactions via the Electronic Health Record System (EHRS). These efforts arch towards goal of providing the highest quality patient care and improved medical documentation. The position is 50 administrative and 50 percent clinical time. The CHIO reports directly to the facility Chief of Staff (COS).The CHIO will update and maintain clinical functionality of the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) and Cerner EHRS that have direct patient care interface (e.g. consults, orders, templates, clinical reminders) and review and make recommendations on proposals for informatics technology acquisition that will impact delivery of clinical care.at the main facility and CBOCs. s. As an Informaticist - the CHIO will be recognized as a leader in the Healthcare and Information Management arenas, possessing both the requisite information technology (IT) expertise and knowledge of health care from both a clinical and administrative perspective to include leveraging the utilization of mobile and virtual technologies to improve point of care delivery to Veterans. The incumbent will assist in the development of strategic plans for clinical and administrative information systems and will foster relationships with internal staff as well as local and national information technology professionals. By establishing a core competency of IT/informatics consultancy and performance management at the point of health care delivery, the incumbent will maintain and optimize the ability for OGJVAMC to deliver superb healthcare. The CHIO is a member of the Medical Staff Executive Committee, Peer Review Committee and Professional Standards Board, and is a privileged licensed independent practitioner within the facility. The CHIO presents on health informatics topics at the monthly professional services meeting. The CHIO monitors and engages in informatics and systems redesign related to organizational improvement on Strategic Analytics Improvement and Learning (SAIL) healthcare metrics.
The CHIO will supervise and provide guidance to facility CACs setting short and long-range goals and objectives for these employees. Additionally, knowledge is required in the areas of planning, programming, budgeting, program integration, interoperability, leadership, team building, and oversight of facility clinical informatics.- Coordinates the integration of inter- and intradepartmental services.- Develops and implements policies and procedures that guide and support the provision of services.- Recommends staffing levels for services within CHIO office.- Coordinates recruitment of qualified and competent staff within the CHIO office.- Provides continuing surveillance of the professional performance of all individuals for all direct reports.- Provides continuous assessment and improvement of the quality of care and services provided.- Represents the COS service line on various Medical Center Committees and provides follow-through on items discussed in those forums.- Holds regular meetings with staff.- Ensures that the CHIO service line is in compliance with The Joint Commission (TJC) and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) standards, as well as other external regulatory bodies.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
VHA Physician Total Rewards.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Pending Markey Pay Analysis
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Eligibility will be reviewed
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday 08:00am - 4:30pm