Informaticist Registered Nurse

Veterans Health Administration • Loma Linda, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Informaticist Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members to influence outcomes. The role demonstrates leadership, learning from experience, systematic evaluation of current practice, and proficiency in content management, application support, health information technology system optimization, and enterprise data management.

The Informaticist RN leads the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of hardware and software applications integrated with the electronic health record (EHR) and associated programs. The position works with interdisciplinary teams, program and service leaders, facility and network staff, and VA personnel nationwide to establish effective working relationships. The Informaticist also assists with education, orientation, competency development, quality improvement, and outcomes-utilization consultation.

The role applies the nursing process to improve evidence-based and data-driven outcomes for an identified patient population or specialized practice area. It synthesizes relevant information to identify patterns and variances; develops, implements, monitors, maintains, and optimizes informatics tools and access; supports unit-level quality and performance improvement; develops strategies to resolve complex issues with stakeholders; and establishes consultative, professional-development, and mentorship relationships.

The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; the tour may change based on facility needs. Telework is not available, and the position is not virtual.

Requirements

• Proficiency in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduation from an appropriately accredited school of professional nursing, subject to the education pathways and exceptions described in the announcement.
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted RN registration in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia, subject to the Graduate Nurse Technician exception described in the announcement.
• Meet the education, experience, and dimension criteria for the applicable Nurse grade and level.
• U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified U.S. citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
• Comply with applicable pre-employment drug screening, background/security investigation, onboarding, identification, physical evaluation, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
• Complete all application requirements listed in the announcement's Required Documents section.
• Submit transcripts when relying on education to qualify; foreign education requires the specified equivalency documentation.
• Ability to meet the position's physical demands, which may include prolonged walking, standing, or sitting; moderate lifting; repeated bending or kneeling; and assisting patients using safe patient-handling and mobility protocols.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• More than one year of experience in a nursing informatics-specific role.
• More than one year of experience working in an informatics service.
• Expertise in health informatics, including EHR implementation, optimization, and interoperability, preferably in a healthcare system such as the VA.
• Experience building effective partnerships with IT, Biomed, clinical services, administrative groups, and external entities such as vendors, affiliates, and other healthcare systems to support informatics initiatives.
• Practical experience in a clinical healthcare environment, or extensive collaboration with clinicians, with an understanding of clinical workflows, practices, policies, and needs.
• Experience building templates, provider order-entry functions, clinical decision-support tools, or other backend informatics functions.
• Experience teaching or training end users as an EHR instructor.

Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of hardware and software applications integrated with the EHR and associated applications.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, program and service leaders, facility and network staff, and VA personnel nationwide.
• Assist with directing education, orientation, competencies, quality improvement, and outcomes-utilization consultation.
• Use the nursing process to improve evidence-based and data-driven outcomes for an identified patient population or specialized practice area.
• Synthesize data, information, and knowledge to identify patterns and variances.
• Provide unit-, group-, or team-level leadership to develop, implement, monitor, maintain, and optimize informatics tools and access connected to the EHR.
• Use nursing informatics, problem-solving, and clinical judgment to guide staff in planning, executing, and evaluating unit-level quality or performance improvement initiatives.
• Develop nursing informatics recommendations and strategies to address complex issues with key stakeholders.
• Establish formal and informal consultative relationships that support professional development and mentorship.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, regular salary increases, and potential performance awards.
• 50 days of paid time off per year, including 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k), with VA contributions of up to 5%.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed