Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Chief Health Informatics Officer

Summary

As the resident expert in clinical informatics and health IT - the CHIO serves as the primary advisor to the Medical Center Director - Chief of Staff - Associate Director - Patient Care Services - Associate Director - and other facility leaders. The CHIO is expected to be a strong agent for change and must demonstrate and ability to understand the needs of his professional counterparts - for example - nurses - physicians - pharmacist - etc.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accredited College or School of Pharmacy with a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy (BS Pharmacy) and/or a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) degree.
  • Verification of approved degree programs may be obtained from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education - 20 North Clark Street - Suite 2500 - Chicago - Illinois 60602-5109phone: (312) 664-3575 - or through their Web site at: http://www.acpe-accredit.org/
  • Prior to 2005 ACPE accredited both baccalaureate and Doctor of Pharmacy terminal degree programToday the sole degree is Doctor of Pharmacy.
• Full - current and unrestricted license to practice pharmacy in a State - Territory - Commonwealth of the United States (i.e. - Puerto Rico) - or the District of Columbia.
  • The pharmacist must maintain current registration if this is a requirement for maintaining full - current - and unrestricted licensure.
  • A pharmacist who has - or has ever had - any license(s) revoked - suspended - denied - restricted - limited - or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed only in accordance with the provisions in VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Chapter 3 - section B - paragraph 16
• 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.

Functions

• Play 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.
  • Ensures valid information is available to the patients and to their health care practitioner.
  • Captures the use of electronic health record software packages for the provision of quality clinical care as well as the use of clinical decision support tools to streamline the process of patient care and provide accurate date in a timely manner.
  • Rational therapeutics within the Medical Center are assisted by this process.
  • Evaluate the VHA EHR to ensure it operates in a way that improves patient care - ensures patient safety - and meets the needs of providers through continuous evaluation - testing - and improvement of the system.
• Evaluate content quality and assure access to knowledge resources - eliminate redundancy in duplicate data sources - and improve information interoperability across the organization.
  • Coordinate 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.
  • Work closely with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Information and Technology (Ol&T) - Biomedical engineering - Medical - Nursing and other clinical staff.
  • Participate as a liaison between services and committees - teams - and ad hoc work groups.
  • Collaborate with appropriate leadership to identify strategic opportunities and initiatives that will enhance organizational improvement efforts through the systematic application of informatics principles and tools.
  • Participate on Informatics and analytics councils at local and VISN levels.
  • Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with key partners and stakeholders that impact informatics from the central office level - through the facility level.
  • Coordinate the collaboration of informatics with quality assurance - clinical cost analysis - equipment procurements - biomedical and Ol&T activities.
  • Communicate orally and in writing with a wide variety of individuals serving as a consultant at the local - regional - and national level on clinical information systems.
  • Develop and manage 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.
• Manage all aspects of JJPVAMC Data Warehouse including architecture - database structure - reporting services - training and education and utilization.
  • Employ such data to guide management decisions.
  • Participate in the Office of Information and Technology (Ol&T) Regional Data Warehouse committees as well as VHA Data Warehousing committees.
• Develop and maintain database and information management systems in support of evidence-based practice within the Medical Center.
  • Evaluate - document - analyze - prioritize - and recognize requirements for the improvement of the EHR and other systems in collaboration with the end-user.
  • Expand and enhance patient access to patient information through the various initiatives - and further the effective and efficient use of medical information systems for patients.
• Create - integrate - disseminate - and manage data for all enterprise applications - processes and entities requiring timely and accurate data delivery.
  • Manage all aspects of JJPVAMC Data Warehouse including architecture - database structure - reporting services - training and education and utilization.
• Manage all aspects of JJPVAMC Data Warehouse including architecture - database structure - reporting services - training and education and utilization.
  • Employ such data to guide management decisions.
  • Participate in the Office of Information and Technology (Ol&T) Regional Data Warehouse committees as well as VHA Data Warehousing committees.
• Participate in the Office of Information and Technology (Ol&T) Regional Data Warehouse committees as well as VHA Data Warehousing committees.
  • Employ such data to guide management decisions.
• Participate on Informatics and analytics councils at local and VISN levels.
  • Cultivate and maintain effective relationships with key partners and stakeholders that impact informatics from the central office level - through the facility level.
  • Coordinate the collaboration of informatics with quality assurance - clinical cost analysis - equipment procurements - biomedical and Ol&T activities.
  • Communicate orally and in writing with a wide variety of individuals serving as a consultant at the local - regional - and national level on clinical information systems.
  • Develop and manage 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.
• Communicate orally and in writing with a wide variety of individuals serving as a consultant at the local - regional - and national level on clinical information systems.
  • Develop and manage 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.
• Develop and manage 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.
  • Develop and manage 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.

Physical Requirements

• Physical movements involve completion of routine pharmacy functions which include but are not limited to significant computer work/typing - prescription order entry and processing - contact of patients (both face to face and via phone)
• Certain tasks are repetitive in nature and require multiple steps performed in succession for success
• The incumbent should be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds without significant difficulty
• Incumbent must be able to stand or sit in one place for considerable time during completion of complex tasks
• Complexity of mental processes involved is extensive - demanding - and challenging