Registered Nurse - Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

Veterans Health Administration • Fargo, ND

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) serves as the primary advisor to facility leadership and other key officials to achieve standardization of best practices across facilities. They lead change and demonstrate an ability for interprofessional collaboration. This role is a member of a nationwide Veterans Health Administration (VHA) team charged with actively and vocally supporting a successful national healthcare clinical informatics infrastructure for VHA and advancing national strategies for managing workflow and knowledge in clinical systems utilized by nursing staff. The CNIO participates in Veteran Affairs Central Office (VACO) activities to ensure that clinical informatics is established as a professional domain in VHA, and that best practices are identified, developed, and disseminated throughout the enterprise. This role is responsible for providing leadership in the development and use of informatics solutions and technology to support all clinical domains within an interprofessional methodology. Duties include providing oversight of the clinical informatics practice, establishing effective and efficient clinical and administrative systems, designing meaningful decision support systems, managing calculated risks and associated mitigation strategies, and fostering lifelong clinical healthcare informatics domain knowledge and information that supports evidence-based practice, quality improvements, and research. The CNIO provides leadership in designated projects and cross-coverage with other informaticists in the Veterans Affairs (VA). They foster leadership and professionalism by providing communication that supports building internal and external agency coalitions, creates alignments for clinical informatics best practices, and leads clinical and health informatics initiatives and innovation across the enterprise. The CNIO is responsible for leadership activities such as implementation, evaluation, monitoring, and analyzing clinical and health processes to identify strategies to advance health data and health information systems to improve outcomes and support innovation. This role collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility and Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), and works closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs (VA) staff nationwide. The CNIO provides leadership within eight core informatics functions: Application support, Business architecture management, Enterprise data management, Content management, System optimization, Change management, Requirements management, and Partnership management.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
• Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
• Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
• English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
• Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program. (Reference VA Handbook 5005, Appendix G6); OR In cases of graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of a current, full, active, and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement for graduation from an approved school of professional nursing to warrant an appointment as a Nurse who has completed an associated degree/entry level Nursing education program. Credit for foreign nursing education higher that associate degree/entry level requires a formal degree equivalency validation from a recognized equivalency evaluation accepted by VA such as International Consultants of Delaware (ICD).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
• Graduate Nurse Technician (GNT) Exception: Candidates who otherwise meet the basic education requirements, but do not possess the required licensure, may be appointed at the entry step of the grade and level applicable to the completed nursing education as a GNT on a 120-day temporary appointment while actively pursuing licensure (may be extended up to two years on a case-by-case-basis.)
• Grandfathering Provision - All persons currently employed in VHA in 0610 series and performing the duties as described in the qualification standard on the effective date of the standard (1/29/2024) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the grade held including positive education and licensure/certification.

Nice To Haves

• 2 or more years experience working in the field of Informatics preferred.
• Master's degree in Nursing (MSN) and 4 years of professional nursing experience, one of which is specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse III and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse IV; OR Master's degree in a related field with a BSN and 4 years of professional nursing experience, one of which is specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse III and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse IV; OR a Doctoral degree in nursing and 3 years of professional nursing experience, one of which is specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse III and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse IV; OR a Doctoral degree in a related field with a BSN and 3 years of professional nursing experience, one of which is specialized nursing experience equivalent to Nurse III and meets all dimension requirements for Nurse IV. Note: Foreign education programs/degrees are not creditable as related degrees.
• Dimensions: Leadership. Leads health care delivery by leveraging evidence-based practices, industry-leading research, and innovative care models. Drives a shared vision and successfully leads change to improve performance and attain measurable outcomes at the program or service level.
• Business Acumen. Transforms health care by implementing new processes, technology, informatics, and data analytics using business models and fundamental concepts of resource management at the program or service level.
• Inspiring an Industry-Leading Lifestyle. Employs an industry leading, shared decision-making lifestyle. Cultivates a workforce that serves Veterans, families and caregivers of all backgrounds and builds trust, lifestyle competencies and catalyzes dynamic teams at the program or service level.
• Communication and Relationship Management. Directs the effective use of relationship management principles to achieve positive customer service experiences that are consistent with professional organizational values, beliefs and practices at the program or services level.
• Professional and Social Responsibility. Operationalizes a lifestyle of holistic care, health advocacy and health equity. Applies ethical principles in decision-making at the program or service level. Advances nursing knowledge through health science research and the translation and dissemination of evidence into practice to maximize the value to Veterans and the community.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary advisor to facility leadership and other key officials to achieve standardization of best practices across facilities.
• Leads change and demonstrates an ability for interprofessional collaboration.
• Supports a successful national healthcare clinical informatics infrastructure for VHA and advances national strategies for managing workflow and knowledge in clinical systems utilized by nursing staff.
• Participates in Veteran Affairs Central Office (VACO) activities to ensure that clinical informatics is established as a professional domain in VHA, and that best practices are identified, developed, and disseminated throughout the enterprise.
• Provides leadership in the development and use of informatics solutions and technology to support all clinical domains within an interprofessional methodology.
• Provides oversight of the clinical informatics practice, by establishing effective and efficient clinical and administrative systems, designing meaningful decision support systems, managing calculated risks and associated mitigation strategies, and fostering lifelong clinical healthcare informatics domain knowledge and information that supports evidence-based practice, quality improvements and research.
• Provides leadership in designated projects and cross-coverage with other informaticists in the Veterans Affairs (VA).
• Fosters leadership and professionalism by providing communication that supports building internal and external agency coalitions, creates alignments for clinical informatics best practices and leads clinical and health informatics initiatives and innovation across the enterprise.
• Responsible for leadership activities such as implementation, evaluation, monitoring and analyzing clinical and health processes to identify strategies to advance health data and health information systems to improve outcomes and support innovation.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility and Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN).
• Works closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs (VA) staff nationwide.
• Provides leadership within the following eight core informatics functions: Application support, Business architecture management, Enterprise data management, Content management, System optimization, Change management, Requirements management, Partnership management.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior