Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer Opportunity in Fredericksburg, VA!
Washington, Washington DC, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Informatics
Salary
$200,000
– $320,000
• yearly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
Salem, Virginia, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
12/12/24
Job Responsibilities
This role combines clinical, administrative, and technical knowledge that involve multiple specialized areas of a complex nature to develop, manage, maintain, and lead major clinical informatics initiatives and projects of a broad scope.
The incumbent will use knowledge of patient care combined with the understanding of informatics concepts to achieve the following: assess information and knowledge needs of the health care professionals and patients; characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes; develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems; and participate in the procurement, customization, implementation, management, evaluation and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.
As a minimum expectation, informatics personnel should demonstrate the following eight core informatics functions at the baseline proficiency level: application support, business architecture management, enterprise data management, content management, system optimization, change management, requirements management, and partnership management.
Patient Care Responsibilities:
The applicant will practice their clinical specialty at FxHCC in a part-time capacity of no less than 25% of their full-time equivalent.
The incumbent will play key role in demonstrating the capability of the VA clinical information systems and will assist fellow practitioners in doing the right things for the right patients at the right time.
The incumbent ensures adequate support to measurably improve the quality of data and the transfer of clinical information between providers.
The incumbent will ensure valid information is available to the patients and to their health care practitioner.
The incumbent coordinates the use of electronic health record software packages for the provision of quality clinical care as well as the use of clinical decision support tools to streamline the process of patient care and provide accurate date in a timely manner.
The incumbent will help ensure the VHA's Electronic Health Record (EHR) system operates in a way that improves patient care, ensures patient safety, and meets the needs of providers through continuous evaluation, testing, and improvement of the system.
Qualifications
Medical knowledge by being a clinician independently licensed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.
The health care environment, including how business processes influence health care delivery and the flow of data among the major domains of the health care system.
How information systems and processes enhance or compromise the decision making and actions of health care team members.
Re-engineering health care processes.
Fundamental information system concepts, including the life cycle of information systems, the constantly evolving capabilities of information technology and health care, and the technical and non-technical issues surrounding system implementation.
How clinical information systems impact users and patients, how to support users and how to promote clinical adoption of systems.
Leading organizational change, fostering collaboration, communicating effectively, and managing large scale projects related to clinical information systems.
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