Registered Nurse-Informatics

About the role

The John D. Dingell VA Medical Center seeks a Registered Nurse - Informatics to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates the following core informatics functions to include content management, application support, health information technology system optimization, enterprise data management, business architecture management, partnership management, requirements management, and change management.
• Exercises leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of hardware and software applications integrated with the electronic health record (EHR) and associated programs/applications.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility and network.
• Works closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs (VA) staff nationwide.
• Responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.

Requirements

• Basic Requirements: Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: ACEN or CCNE.
• English Language Proficiency: No person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.

Qualifications

• Basic Education Requirements: An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional professional nursing required.
• Specialized Nursing Experience: 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse I - Level 1; or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional professional nursing experience required.
• Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) and 2 years of professional nursing experience in which one year is equivalent to Nurse I - Level 3; or a Master's degree in a related field with a BSN and no additional professional nursing experience.
• Doctoral degree in Nursing with 1 year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III; or a Doctoral degree in a related field with a BSN and one year of specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse II and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse III.

Skills

• Master's in nursing informatics or related field required.
• Minimum of 3 years nursing experience required.
• Informatics experience preferred.
• Cerner/Oracle experience preferred.
• Project management and/or informatics certifications preferred.

Benefits

• 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.

Pay

Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards.

Schedule

Monday-Friday - 8:30a- 5:00p