Located within the Chief of Staff Service in the VA San Diego Healthcare System of the Department Veterans Affairs. The primary purpose of the position is to improve the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of health care by integrating clinical and information processes necessary to achieve successful adoption and application of new technologies throughout the Veterans Health Administration.

Duties

Major duties include, but are not limited to: Leads and expertly participates in modernization and sustainment of electronic health records (EHR) system and other Informatics/IT/Biomed systems associated with EHR. Functions as a change agent, actively participating in EHR modernization process at the facility, VISN and national level. Provide clinical informatics expertise to train clinical staff on use of electronic health records and other clinical informatics matters. Apply professional standards of care and pharmacy practice to evaluate issues in Informatics and derive/implement informatics solutions to improve delivery of care. Formulates programmatic outcomes relative to the use of informatics for groups of patients, staff and the organization. Initiates, leads and evaluates performance improvement efforts within the scope of clinical informatics service. Develops systems to continuously monitor and measure quality, safety and outcomes of care delivery. Creates and presents accurate data analytics with recommendations and reports to various committees, councils and others as required. Functions as an expert in data management and analysis in areas related to assigned roles and responsibilities. Reviews, analyzes and incorporates data, information and knowledge in a systematic and ongoing process refining a variety of issues/problems. Provide expertise in implementing, maintaining and enhancing business applications that support important operations of facility. Initiates and leads interdisciplinary groups promoting decisions that positively impact the program, services, and/or medical center. Provides expert consultation and direct interventions to track, trend and analyze data for strategic planning and initiatives. Expertly engages staff in the transformation of data into knowledge for integration into practice in all clinical and administrative areas. Actively participates in service level, hospital wide, ad-hoc and VISN committees as well as professional specialty organizations. Prioritizes informatics tasks based on the immediate/anticipated needs of the service, facility and organization. Systematically determines the social, legal, regulatory, and ethical impact of an informatics solution on nursing and health care. Incorporates current regulations, standards and/or guidelines of applicable professional organizations, accrediting or regulatory bodies into practice and policies. Develops and evaluates relevant data rich sources for inclusion in guidelines, policies and procedures relevant to clinical and administrative processes and programs. Provide leadership in the application of the pharmacy/clinical process to Informatics improving outcomes; Apply professional standards of care and pharmacy practice to evaluate issues in Informatics and derive/implement informatics solutions to improve delivery of care. Manage informational and human resources effectively to facilitate safe, effective, and efficient care. Analyzes resource availability, identifies risk areas including, but not limited to, equipment and data/information access and validity. Identify and address informatics issues with implications in ethics, accountability and integrity exemplified in discovering and addressing/reporting privacy vulnerability in the data access/management process. Implement an educational plan to meet the competency training needs of the team and provide training to the peers in the area of SME. Participates in recruitment, retention and mentoring of colleagues. Lead and manage innovation and systems redesign projects to improve quality of patient care or patient satisfaction. Demonstrate leadership skills to lead team projects and apply group process to identify, analyze, and resolve clinical informatics problems. Demonstrate professionalism and collegiality to meet the service expectation of excellent customer service to the internal and external customers. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm PST Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Program Analyst (Informatics) / PD14258A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, You will first be evaluated for minimum qualifications. Specialized Experience requirements. After meeting the minimum qualifications requirements, you may be referred to the hiring manager for further evaluation. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Please note: you must demonstrate ALL Specialized Experience in your resume based on duties preformed during employment or volunteer work. Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience is defined as: experience in implementing, customizing and supporting electronic health records such as CPRS/VistA within VA system, experience with data analytics and data management for complex clinical or operational data Experience in or knowledge of information management, data mining and data analytics including creating and managing reports and dashboards. Preferred Experience: The preferred candidate would have a minimum of 2 years of experience in SQL and Power BI. Your resume must include the following information each job listed: Job Title Salary (Annual or Hourly) GS Grade level (if Federal) Job Duties (be as detailed as possible) / We will not make assumptions about your job duties based on Position Titles Month & year start/end dates (e.g., June 2007 to April 2008) Indicate Full-time or Part-time status Number hours worked per week Note: Details of job duties, Specialized Experience, and KSA's must be clearly demonstrated on the Resume and attributed to a specific employment instance. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. If enough information is not provided on resume, you will not be referred to the selecting official. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work requires no special physical demands, but will require some physical effort such as standing, walking, bending or sitting.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address San Diego VA Medical Center 3350 La Jolla Village Drive San Diego, CA 92161 US
• Name: Timeeka Mayfield
• Email: [email protected]