Physician - Chief Health Informatics Officer

About the role

The VA Central California Health Care System (VACCHCS) Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) is a leadership position that will oversee program operations related to clinical informatics, including strategic planning and program development, across all VACCHCS sites of care. The position will ensure that clinical and administrative functions are integrated in order to provide optimum utilization of available resources. This position will report to the VACCHCS Chief of Staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the oversight and administration of clinical informatics, data analysis, data validation, software/hardware training, troubleshooting, testing and validation across all VACCHCS facilities.
• Obtains, interprets, and analyzes disparate data sets from a variety of sources including the Clinical Data Warehouse, VISTA, VSSC, Pyramid Analytics, etc. to support the delivery of patient care.
• Oversees the deployment of Electronic Health Record Modernization (Cerner) across VACCHCS sites and coordinates with VISN 21 sites.
• Serves as a leader and expert in change management, analyzing and evaluating clinical and administrative processes related to information and data flow.
• Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others.

Requirements

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
• This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 25th, 2026. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be June 8th, 2026, with subsequent cut-off dates every 2 weeks. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.
• 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.
• Basic Requirements:
• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Medical 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.
• License: 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.
• 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).

Benefits

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package including a competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, paid time off, traditional federal pension, federal 401K, federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care, licensure, CME reimbursement, malpractice, contract, and seasonal influenza vaccination.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.

Schedule

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