Sr. Clinical Health Informaticist

Responsibilities

• Work with a cross-functional team of SMEs, CACs, and clinical professionals to assess, analyze, and design clinical workflows as related to CPRS/VistA & Cerner transition for development of CPM-related convergence priorities through EHRM
• Provide domain-specific expertise focused on research, data gathering, and data analysis for the development of CPM Blueprints and the formation of Integrated Program Teams (IPT)
• Collaborate with Government staff and other potential SME teams (including VA staff) to determine the clinical need for the type and complexity of Clinical Decision Support (CDS) workflow processes for a specific clinical domain(s) with the intention that the Government can then use obtained information to inform number, type, and complexity of future CPM blueprints of value to VA
• Assist and work with the clinical analysts and terminologists to ensure that the clinical terminology to be included in future CPM Blueprints is accurate/correct
• Research and identify the content for, document the design and logic of and create and validate government-designated, standards-compliant CPM processes
• Coordinate tasks/activities within a specific clinical program office (e.g., surgical, primary care, dental, specialty care)
• Conduct publication/NCBI research
• Consolidate clinical and evidence-based best practices
• Work with terminologists and/or clinical informaticists on analyzing clinical concepts, data standards, and/or reference sets
• Consult the medical literature, clinical texts, guidelines, SMEs, and other authoritative sources, including VA-specific sources, in the development of CPM blueprints
• Conduct research and gather data on ancillary packages (e.g., pharmacy, radiology, lab, women's health, surgery, etc.) in coordination with clinical analyst

Qualifications

• Degree in Medicine, nursing, bioinformatics, or health science
• Minimum of ten years' experience working as a clinical informaticist on healthcare-related projects
• Demonstrate an understanding of the clinical setting, clinical practice, clinical informatics, and prevailing standard(s) to develop solutions with appropriate SMEs
• Skilled in MS Forms, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, SharePoint, reporting and analytics tools, and have the ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience supporting health IT-related projects
• Experience leading a variety of clinical informatics research, data gathering, and analysis tasks
• Experience validating, interpreting, and analyzing clinical concepts, data, and trends using standard practices and techniques in the field(s) of specialization
• Experience interfacing directly with clients
• You value teamwork, demonstrate integrity and honesty, are passionate, innovative and strive for excellence
• Direct experience with electronic health record technologies and implementations (specifically Cerner)

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience supporting health IT-related projects
• Experience leading a variety of clinical informatics research, data gathering, and analysis tasks
• Experience validating, interpreting, and analyzing clinical concepts, data, and trends using standard practices and techniques in the field(s) of specialization
• Experience interfacing directly with clients
• You value teamwork, demonstrate integrity and honesty, are passionate, innovative and strive for excellence
• Direct experience with electronic health record technologies and implementations (specifically Cerner)

Pay

The salary for this position is between $150,000 - $160,000 annually. Factors affecting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Schedule

This position can be performed remotely within the United States and will support Eastern Time working hours.