Physician - Chief Health Informatics Officer

As the CHIO, the incumbent is charged with actively and vocally supporting the goal of establishing a workable local informatics infrastructure and for advancing solutions for managing workflow and knowledge in clinical systems. As the resident expert in clinical informatics, the CHIO is the primary advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), the Chief of Staff (COS), the Medical Center Director, and other key officials.

The CHIO will work to reduce redundancy, increase efficiency, and target the application of informatics. In doing so, the incumbent will develop a streamlined and first-class informatics organization.

Incumbent will advance national solutions for managing workflow knowledge in clinical information systems as well as patient safety and mandated clinical guidelines and will support local implementation and configuration of nationally developed software and insuring delivery of timely, appropriate and relevant end user training. Incumbent will collaborate with services in developing and utilizing informatics processes that impact patient care.

The CHIO is also responsible for other duties that may emerge as they relate to clinical informatics.

MANAGERIAL AND SUPERVISORY

The CHIO supervises the Clinical Informatics staff to accomplish the work of the organizational unit. Incumbent exercises supervisory authorities and responsibilities involving work assignment and review, as well as the administrative and personnel management functions relative to the staff supervised. Supervises, plans, and directs the functions and overall personnel management activities, including positions and pay, selection or participation in the selection of subordinate employees.

In addition, as the CHIO, the incumbent: uses subordinate supervisors to direct and coordinate the work; exercises significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising the Medical Center management.


QUALTITY IMPROVEMENT
Develops a high reliability organization through direction of the continuous measurement and improvement of the quality of service provided. Plans, coordinates, and ensures high quality through utilization of multiple quality measurement tools.

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

Responsible for the strategic management of the service, including personnel management are requests for additional resources. Develops the annual strategic plan for the service consistent with guidance and goals from the Director's office and oversees its execution and monitoring for complications. Develops and implements tracking methods to monitor the service's operational activities.

ORGANIZATIONAL STEWARDSHIP
Demonstrates commitment to the Health Care System mission, values, and goals. Encourages an atmosphere of trust, psychological safety and empowerment by example. Manage relationships with services to maximize efficiency and drive highly reliable operations

TEAM BUILDING
Develops a team of innovative, highly motivated individuals who are continuously striving for excellence in patient care and customer service.

COMMUNICATIONS
Demonstrates leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff in/or beyond the organization/local health care community. Maintains privacy, confidentiality, and security of patient and client data.


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


Work Schedule: Full Time M -F or as needed by the service.

• 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 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. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
  [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
  (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), 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.
  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). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.