Physician - Chief Health Informatics Officer

Summary

The Central Arkansas VA Healthcare System is seeking a Physician - Chief Health Informatics Officer to establish a formal informatics leadership presence.

Responsibilities

• Aim to improve health care delivery processes and outcomes through effective use of information and knowledge.
• Use knowledge of patient care combined with the understanding of informatics concepts to achieve the following:
• Assess information and knowledge needs of the health care professionals and patients.
• Characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes.
• Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems.
• Participate in the procurement, customization, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.

Requirements

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.

Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Qualifications

• 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 allopathic 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.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed.
• (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States.
• (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
• Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs).
• Prerequisites: Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Preferred Experience: Supervisory Skills, Ability to know how information systems and processes enhance or compromise the decision making and actions of the health care team members, How to support users and how to promote clinical adoption of systems, Skilled in using computers and applicable databases/software for statistical purposes and managing information.

Skills

Skills include - but are not limited to the following:

• Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) serves as the primary advisor to the Medical Center Director - Chief of Staff - Associate Director - and other facility leaders.
• Application support - business architecture management - enterprise data management - content management - system optimization - change management - requirements management and partnership management.
• Fundamental information system concepts - including the life cycle of information systems - the constantly evolving capabilities of information technology and health care - and the technical and non-technical issues surrounding system implementation.
• Ensures adequate support to measurably improve the quality of data and the transfer of clinical information between providers.
• Supervise professional and non-professional staff to accomplish the work of the health informatics office.
• Responsible for the education - training - and assists with center-wide instruction on the electronic health record related Commercial of the Shelf (COTS) products and electronic system data validation for clinical services.
• Rational therapeutics within the Medical Center are assisted by this process.
• Evaluate - document - analyze - prioritize - and recognize requirements for the improvement of the EHR and other systems in collaboration with the end-user.
• Effectively creates - integrates - disseminates - and manages data for enterprise applications - processes and entities requiring timely and accurate data delivery.

Benefits

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
• Veterans' Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be available for highly qualified applicants.
• 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.

Pay

Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases.

Schedule

Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm.