Nursing Informatics is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information management and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. Nursing Informatics supports nurses, consumers, patients, the inter-professional healthcare team, and other stakeholders in their decision-making roles and settings to achieve desired outcomes. This support is accomplished through the use of information structures, information processes, and information technology.
The Chief Health Informatics Officer must possesses an understanding of clinical treatment modalities, organization and administration of the VA healthcare delivery systems, educational principles, clinical information systems, accreditation and regulatory standards, and program development.
The incumbent will use clinical informatics principles, theories, and practices to achieve the vision of transparent technology
adaptation into informatics, clinical practice, and education. Demonstrates knowledge of health informatics, i.e., design, configuration and management of health information and clinical support systems; health data collection, storage, extraction, manipulation, reporting and communications.
The Chief Health Informatics Officer (RN) responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Focuses on the application of informatics and information technology to deliver healthcare services, and develops business requirements, workflows, and processes specifically in support of health information systems. Demonstrates earned competencies in areas such as project management, data science, process improvement, performance improvement, system redesign, change management, health informatics, population health, leadership, and advocacy.
- Collaborates across service lines with other clinicians and managers regarding data, analytics, healthcare, and informatics disciplines such as clinical decision support, human factors, human computer interaction and usability, artificial intelligence, standards, a learning health system, evidence-based practice, and effective communication.
- Uses clinical informatics principles, theories, and practices to achieve the vision of transparent technology adaptation into informatics, clinical practice, and education.
- Demonstrates knowledge of health informatics, i.e., design, configuration and management of health information and clinical support systems; health data collection, storage, extraction, manipulation, reporting and communications.
- Provides executive input in the strategic planning, budget, mission, operational planning, and policy development for local and network efforts.
- Utilizes current trends and relevant theories in an analytical framework to design/modify, implement, and measure integrated programs and activities to achieve clinical and administrative goals of the medical center and/or network. Evaluates outcomes against strategic priorities.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
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
Work Schedule: Full Time, Days (8:00 am - 4:30 pm)
Compressed/Flexible: Not Eligible
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Eligible
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Eligible
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required