Physician - Chief Health Informatics Officer - Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/EDRP Authorized

Description:

VA South Texas Health Care System is seeking a Chief Informatics Health Officer to serve in San Antonio, TX.

This position is open ONLY to Physicians, Nurses and Podiatrists. Announcement may be extended until position is filled and/or or closed once position is filled.

Registered Nurses should apply at the following announcement: CAZM-12687980-25-JG
Podiatrists should apply at the following announcement: CAZM-12687984-25-JG

Requirements:

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship : Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education : Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• License : Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training : Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:

1. Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
2. Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
3. Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.

Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.

• English Language Proficiency: Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Board certification: Certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine, American Board of Family Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine or Family Medicine (within 4 years of initial appointment or meets equivalent education, training and experience requirements, and maintenance thereafter).

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ .

Physical Requirements: Light lifting, under 15 pounds; Light carrying, under 15 pounds; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Hearing (aid may be permitted); Ability to perform privileges; Mental and emotional stability; Ability to independently assess patient as appropriate to position.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting and promoting system standardization, utilization, and best practices in the area of clinical quality informatics.
• Experience providing input, updates and communication on clinical quality informatics initiatives at medical staff, leadership, and other hospital committees.
• Experience providing specialized support for physicians.
• Experience with the operations and workflows of clinical care provider organizations, including health systems leadership, delivery of care, outcomes, strategic planning and management.
• Experience with Data analytics with how the vast volumes of electronic data now available from a multitude of sources can be analyzed to develop strategies that impact the quality, efficiency and cost of care.