Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer Opportunity in Fredericksburg, VA!
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About the Company -

The Fredericksburg VA is seeking an Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer (ACHIO). Part of the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS), FxHCC will expand services in a growing veteran region.

Reporting to the Director of Clinical Services the ACHIO will bridge informatics efforts between the new facility and the Richmond-based informatics team, which will continue to provide primary support. This new 470,000+ sq. ft. health care center will replace the existing three smaller Fredericksburg area clinics and provide Veterans of the Fredericksburg and northern Virginia area with high-quality health care services. While this is not a hospital by definition (no inpatient services or emergency room), it will house many of the same great outpatient services offered at the main hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

About the Role -

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.

• 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. Must demonstrate a mastery of:

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.

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