Physician - Chief Health Informatics Officer

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This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 25th, 2026. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be June 8th, 2026, with subsequent cut-off dates every 2 weeks. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.

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Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

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

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for the oversight and administration of clinical informatics, data analysis, data validation, software/hardware training, troubleshooting, testing and validation across all VACCHCS facilities.
• Obtains, interprets, and analyzes disparate data sets from a variety of sources including the Clinical Data Warehouse, VISTA, VSSC, Pyramid Analytics, etc. to support the delivery of patient care.
• Oversees the deployment of Electronic Health Record Modernization (Cerner) across VACCHCS sites and coordinates with VISN 21 sites.
• Serves as a leader and expert in change management, analyzing and evaluating clinical and administrative processes related to information and data flow.
• Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others
• Other duties as assigned.