Informaticist Registered Nurse- Health Informatics Specialist

Summary

The Nurse Informaticist Registered Nurse (RN) 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. The Informaticist collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility/practice setting and network. Duties Help Major Duties:

• The Informaticist collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility/practice setting and network.
• The incumbent serves as a liaison between the CHIO, Chief of Staff, Pharmacy, the direct patient care service chiefs, ancillary and administrative service chiefs, Biomed, and OI&T regarding the electronic patient record and all clinical information system programs at this Medical Center and its outpatient clinics.
• They work closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs (VA) staff nationwide.
• The primary function of this position is to implement, coordinate, evaluate and manage the EHR and Clinical Procedures programs as it relates to all interfacing clinical packages.
• This requires extensive clinical working knowledge of clinical packages in the EHR system.
• The incumbent is a resource person to the clinical staff concerning clinical programs including VISTA.
• These may be confined to a single service and/or extend across organizational lines.
• The incumbent works with all medical center clinicians to analyze their problems and provide solutions or suggestions concerning the clinical programs in EHR.
• The incumbent has a high level of expertise in understanding and implementing integral aspects of the EHR clinical programs.
• This knowledge base uniquely qualifies the incumbent to coordinate the integration and implementation of all clinical databases within the medical center environment.
• The incumbent trains physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinical and administrative staff in the use of the CPRS programs and advises the clinical staff of those features of the CIS programs, which may help them, manage patients more efficiently.
• The incumbent also initiates regular reviews of the programs and consults with the administrative users to identify problems before they become deterrents to the use of the system.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: 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 Work Schedule: 7:30am- 4:00pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Help Conditions of employment

• 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.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• 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 ( 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).

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• 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:

The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individu