What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer - Fredericksburg, Virginia position at HealthEcareers - Client?
The Fredericksburg HCC (FxHCC), opening in March 2025, is seeking an Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer (ACHIO). Part of the Central Virginia VA Health Care System (CVHCS), FxHCC will expand services in a growing veteran region. Reporting to the Director of Clinical Services at FxHCC, with dotted line to the CVHCS CHIO, the ACHIO will bridge informatics efforts between the new facility and the Richmond-based informatics team, which will continue to provide primary support.
This new 470,000 sq. ft. health care center will replace the existing three smaller Fredericksburg area clinics and provide Veterans of the Fredericksburg and northern Virginia area with high-quality health care services. While this is not a hospital by definition (no inpatient services or emergency room), it will house many of the same great outpatient services offered at the main hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
Functions :
- This role combines clinical, administrative, and technical knowledge that involve multiple specialized areas of a complex nature to develop, manage, maintain, and lead major clinical informatics initiatives and projects of a broad scope.
- The incumbent will use knowledge of patient care combined with the understanding of informatics concepts to achieve the following : assess information and knowledge needs of the health care professionals and patients; characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes; develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support systems; and participate in the procurement, customization, implementation, management, evaluation and continuous improvement of clinical information systems.
- As a minimum expectation, informatics personnel should demonstrate the following eight core informatics functions at the baseline proficiency level : application support, business architecture management, enterprise data management, content management, system optimization, change management, requirements management, and partnership management. The ideal candidate would be board eligible or board certified in clinical informatic and be open to practicing clinically in an outpatient setting at least 25% of the time in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Must demonstrate a mastery of :
Patient Care Responsibilities :
Salary : $200-320K
Work Schedule : 8 : 00am to 4 : 30pm. Monday - Friday
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 medical centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
In addition to the honor of serving America’s Heroes, a career at VHA provides a robust total reward$ package (see full brochure here) and offers many benefits including :
Compensation Information :
200000.00 / Annually - $300000.00 / Annually
Salary : $200,000 - $320,000
