VA Long Beach is hiring one Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) for a 1 year not to exceed (NTE) position. The aim of clinical informatics is to improve healthcare delivery processes & outcomes through effective use of information & knowledge. The Chief Health Informatics Officer guides & supports facility operations pertaining to the Electronic Health Record, data analytics, & management, & provides subject matter expertise to best align people, processes, & platforms for problem-solving.
Duties
As the resident expert in clinical informatics and health IT, the CHIO serves as the primary advisor to the Medical Center Director, Chief of Staff, Associate Director, and other facility leaders. The CHIO is expected to be a strong agent for change and must demonstrate an ability to understand the needs of his/her professional counterparts, for example, nurses, physicians, pharmacists, etc. In addition, the CHIO must demonstrate understanding of the Tibor Rubin VA Healthcare System organizational structure and the role informatics plays within the organization.
- 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 healthcare 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.
- Play key role in using the capability of the VA clinical information systems to assist practitioners in doing the right things for the right patients at the right time.
- Evaluate clinical computing systems; analyze and evaluate the effect of interventions on health outcomes.
- Effectively create, integrate, disseminate, and manage data for enterprise applications, processes, and entities requiring timely and accurate data delivery.
- Coordinate information management support for clinical activities within the Healthcare System by participating collaboratively with staff to design, implement, and evaluate the clinical information systems configuration, and the capabilities that will be used. These activities will include the scholarly endeavors of Tibor Rubin VAHCS staff and affiliate trainees.
- Ensure that all local, VISN, and national informatics policies are implemented properly and in a timely manner.
- Maintain high-end working knowledge of the electronic health record and the ability to understand a wide range of clinical needs.
- Supervise professional and non-professional staff to accomplish the work of the health informatics office.
