Registered Nurse Informaticist Health Informatics Specialist

Nursing Informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the integration of data, information, knowledge and wisdom to support patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings.

Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties :

• The Nurse Informaticist Registered Nurse (RN) exercises leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of hardware and software applications integrated with the electronic health record and associated programs / applications.
• The Informaticist collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility and network.
• The Nurse Informaticist work closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs staff nationwide.
• The Informaticist is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.
• Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process, influences outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team, and executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches, and systematically evaluates current practice.
• Demonstrates the following core informatics functions to include content management, application support, health information technology system optimization, enterprise data management, business architecture management, partnership management, requirements management, and change management.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package : VA Nurse Total Rewards

Pay : Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards

Paid Time Off : 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Retirement : Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance : Federal health / vision / dental / term life / long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure : 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Work Schedule : 8 : 00 AM to 4 : 30 PM Monday through Friday

Compressed / Flexible : Available

Telework : Ad-Hoc only

Virtual : This is not a virtual position.

Relocation / Recruitment Incentives : Not Available

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) : Not Authorized