Total 3 job vacancies by Veterans Health Administration

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• The Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) advises the facility's Executive Leadership Team on health informatics, nursing informatics, and virtual care policy to improve health care delivery processes and outcomes at the facility level and on the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs to establish and maintain programs across service and/or discipline lines.
• The CHIO is a leader in Clinical Informatics (CI), possessing both the requisite information technology (IT) expertise and knowledge of health care from both a clinical as well as an administrative perspective.
• The CHIO executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for clinical and nursing informatics that cross service and/or discipline lines, influencing organizational mission and health care.
• The Nurse IV is responsible for administrative functions of their assigned programs.
• The CHIO establishes and implements multi-year strategic and operational goals and objectives, as well defines staffing and budgetary requirements.
• Provides clinical direction to the facility telehealth coordinator.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• The Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) advises the facility's Executive Leadership Team on health informatics, nursing informatics, and virtual care policy to improve health care delivery processes and outcomes at the facility level and on the overall functioning of administrative and clinical programs to establish and maintain programs across service and/or discipline lines.
• The CHIO is a leader in Clinical Informatics (CI), possessing both the requisite information technology (IT) expertise and knowledge of health care from both a clinical as well as an administrative perspective.
• The CHIO uses his/her health informatics, nursing expertise, and disease management expertise to oversee the facility's Telehealth program focused on delivering care to Veterans at their preferred locations.
• The CHIO leads, coordinates, and assists in the development and implementation of the facility's telehealth strategy to achieve VA goals.
• The CHIO executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for clinical and nursing informatics that cross service and/or discipline lines, influencing organizational mission and health care.
• The Nurse IV is responsible for administrative functions of their assigned programs.
• The CHIO establishes and implements multi-year strategic and operational goals and objectives, as well defines staffing and budgetary requirements.

Provides administrative and clinical support to the department and agency; working with leadership and other champions to improve processes to meet the performance measure goals and improve utilization management; serving as a liaison to outside facilities when to coordinate inpatient discharges and share MH care; supervising a wide variety of professional staff; serving on a broad spectrum of Medical Center committees and working groups; providing hands-on clinical work; and providing oversight and administration of all aspects of patient care including any guidance and training for residents and other trainees. The incumbent is directly accountable to the Chief of Psychiatry Service and Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health (ACOS-MH) for clinical program activities and overall compliance. This includes, but is not limited to the following, along with other duties as assigned:

Clinical Work: Provides direct patient care on a rotational basis and clinical oversight in:

• Mental Health Clinics, Residential units, and Inpatient Mental Health
• Other specialty areas where qualified to provide clinical patient care, including but not limited to SUD-C and PCT clinical areas.

• Plans the provision of services with a patient-centered vision (in alignment with VHA guidelines and policies) to enhance patient education and shared decision making.
• Establishes a customer-oriented culture and promotes the hiring of persons who demonstrate the VA's ICARE values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect and excellence.

• Serves as a Mental Health leader for quality improvement initiatives and utilization management related to Psychiatry Service.
• Plans, coordinates and ensures high quality care through utilization of multiple quality measurement tools.
• Improves patient outcomes through the implantation of strategies such as clinical practice guidelines and critical pathways, health risk assessments, provider profiling, use of electronic medical records and clinical reminders, and case management.

• Encourages continuing education for all personnel and ensures compliance with performance standards.
• Creates a climate where continuous learning and professional development is valued.

• Under the direction of the Chief of Psychiatry Service, collaborates with the service Program Managers in the development and execution of the department's strategic and business plan.
• Collaborates with other Medical Center leaders to develop initiatives and programs in order to ensure coordination of service, reduction of redundancies, and enhancement of cost effectiveness, efficiency and overall productivity.

• Manages relationships with academic affiliates and supporting services to maximize efficiency and drive highly reliable operations.
• Provides a clear vision of the future and leads the services through necessary changes.
• Demonstrates core values of integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect and excellence. Is guided by accountability and transparency.

• Develops a team that is technically competent and understand the interrelationships of all the Medical Center services in achieving the mission.

• Responsible for assuring appropriate action in such matters as promotion, selections, rewards and recognition, training, and problem resolution.
• Responsible for development and implementation of competencies, providing opportunities for continuing education, peer review, career development and professional enrichment for subordinate employees.

• Demonstrates leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff in/or beyond the organization/local health care community.
• Develops a network of communication systems to ensure the availability of consultative or technical advice to meet the needs of the organization.