Nurse Informatics Specialist (Registered Nurse Informatics)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse Informatics (Nurse Informaticist)

Description

Join a VA Health Care System as a Nurse Informaticist to shape how technology supports Veteran care. In this role you will optimize clinical workflows, support Federal Electronic Health Record initiatives, strengthen data quality and decision support, and engage and train end users in collaboration with clinical, informatics, and technology partners.

Responsibilities

• Optimize clinical workflows and information systems by evaluating current processes and integrating standardized, evidence-based practices.

• Support Federal EHR implementation, sustainment, and optimization through troubleshooting, evaluating system requirements, validating new functionality, and helping advance technology solutions aligned to clinical needs.

• Engage nurses and clinical staff through huddles, usability check-ins, and user forums to identify challenges, monitor system use, and promote effective adoption.

• Deliver timely education and just-in-time training on new workflows, system enhancements, documentation practices, and technology updates.

• Strengthen clinical decision support, documentation quality, and data integrity by evaluating information resources and promoting accurate, reliable, interoperable health data.

• Lead and support change management by communicating system changes, coordinating enhancement requests, assessing usability, and supporting successful transitions to improved practices.

• Collaborate with informatics leadership, clinical stakeholders, super users, and Office of Information and Technology partners to develop and sustain informatics solutions across care settings.

• Serve as a subject matter resource, mentor new informatics staff, report initiative progress to leadership, and participate in regional and national informatics activities.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (or appointment of non-citizens only when qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA policy).

• English proficiency (basic written and spoken English).

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing (ACEN or CCNE) or meet VA education/licensure criteria, including accepted equivalency for qualifying foreign education.

• Current, full, active, unrestricted RN registration.

• Selective Service registration requirement for eligible males.

• Subject to background/security investigation.

• Complete online onboarding and provide acceptable identification (REAL ID compliant as required).

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation.

• Participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program.

• Complete all required application documents; may be required to serve a probationary period.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with regular increases and potential performance awards.

• Paid time off: 50 days per year (annual leave, sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays).

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contributions by VA.

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options.

• Continuing education opportunities and wellness/physical fitness programs, plus other federal employee support benefits (e.g., childcare and transit subsidies, employee assistance program).