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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · 4 weeks ago

Podiatrist - Chief Health Informatics Officer

Harlingen, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$270K/yr - $330K/yr

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a Chief Health Informatics Officer for the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System. This role is responsible for the overall operation and successful integration of clinical informatics processes to enhance the quality of care provided to Veterans, overseeing administrative aspects of the Health Informatics Program and ensuring compliance with relevant standards.

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Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

The Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) is responsible for the overall operation and successful integration in the development - implementation - and communication of clinical informatics processes to facilitate and support the mission to provide a continuum of quality care to our Veterans at the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VATVCBHCS)

Oversees all administrative aspects of the Health Informatics Program - to include but not limited to budget and fiscal management - human resource management - strategic planning - and program development - and assuring that the clinical and administrative functions are integrated in order to provide optimum utilization of the available resources

Ensures the quality and timeliness of the services provided - customer satisfaction - as well as compliance with standards of accrediting bodies such as the Joint Commission and the Inspector General's Combined Assessment Program

Responsible for appropriate use of available resources as well as for inspiring - motivating - and guiding the Health Informatics staff in achieving the strategic goals and plans of the service

Collaborates with other Service Chiefs and program managers in fulfilling their responsibilities

Accountable to the Chief of Staff for managing the programs and services pertaining to informatics

Ensures adequate resources are available to support the functionality of clinical and administrative applications and the interrelationship of those applications to the operation of those clinical services

Advises leadership of potential technical/administrative difficulties that may be incurred as a result of CPRS and related applications and provides creative resolutions within appropriate mandates/guidelines

Ensures that applicable performance measures scores are maintained at an acceptable level as defined by standards and goals set by VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend executive leadership and higher headquarters

Establishes quality control measures and associated data collection activities to ensure appropriate and accurate routing of consults

Responsible for ensuring that systems support specialists (Clinical Application Coordinators - Health Informatics Specialists) time is appropriately utilized

Demonstrates a mastery of leading organizational change - fostering collaboration - communicating effectively - and managing large scale projects related to information platforms

Facilitates the enhanced use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and other technology to various levels of leadership and clinical staff

Works to ensure informatics program is in line with appropriate goals and objectives

Qualification

Health InformaticsClinical Application CoordinationElectronic Health Record (EHR)Budget ManagementStrategic PlanningLeadershipCollaborationCommunicationProject Management

Required

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Demonstrates a mastery of leading organizational change

Fostering collaboration

Communicating effectively

Managing large scale projects related to information platforms

Facilitates the enhanced use of the Electronic Health Record (EHR) and other technology to various levels of leadership and clinical staff

Benefits

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)

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

$1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Free liability protection with tail coverage provided