Clinical Informaticist II

Summary

Artemis ARC supports the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Office of Clinical Informatics through the Operational Informatics Pipeline contract. The Clinical Informaticist II will assess clinical information needs and optimize workflows, clinical decision support, content, and electronic health record systems across VistA/CPRS and the Federal EHR. The role also supports EHR issue management, patient safety, go-lives, sustainment, evaluation, and Agile team activities.

Responsibilities

• Assess the information and knowledge-based needs of clinicians and Veterans, and translate them into requirements for VistA/CPRS and the Federal EHR
• Characterize, evaluate, and refine clinical processes and workflows, such as orders, referrals, medication management, and documentation
• Develop, implement, and refine clinical decision support, including alerts, order sets and PowerPlans, clinical reminders, documentation templates, and rules
• Support enterprise standardization of clinical content across VA medical centers, working through national governance and approval processes
• Participate in the customization, implementation, management, evaluation, and continuous improvement of clinical information systems and order-entry systems
• Analyze clinical issues from the field through the tiered issue management process, and recommend content or configuration fixes
• Support Federal EHR site go-lives and VistA/CPRS sustainment, including testing, validation, and post-go-live stabilization
• Support analysis of health IT patient safety issues and safety monitors tied to clinical content
• Help ensure clinical content displays and behaves correctly when patient data is exchanged between VistA/CPRS, the Federal EHR, and community providers
• Evaluate the effect of changes using usage data, issue trends, and clinician feedback, and refine the build based on the findings
• Participate in Planning Interval (PI) Planning, backlog refinement, iteration ceremonies, and system demos; help decompose Epics into Features with clear acceptance criteria

Skills

• Master's degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience
• Hands-on experience with EHRs or other clinical information systems, such as VistA/CPRS, Oracle Health (Cerner), or Epic, in an analyst, informaticist, or build role
• Experience assessing clinical information needs and evaluating or redesigning clinical workflows
• Experience developing, implementing, or refining clinical decision support
• Clinical license or background (e.g., RN, PharmD, MD)
• Master's degree in nursing informatics, health informatics, or a related field
• Experience supporting VA or VHA clinical informatics
• Experience with Oracle Health clinical content, such as PowerPlans, MPages, or PowerOrders
• Experience with health information exchange or standards such as HL7, FHIR, SNOMED CT, or LOINC
• Informatics certification, such as ANCC Informatics Nursing (RN-BC) or AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC)
• Experience on SAFe or Scrum teams

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Master's degree required
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience
• Hands-on experience with EHRs or other clinical information systems, such as VistA/CPRS, Oracle Health (Cerner), or Epic, in an analyst, informaticist, or build role
• Experience assessing clinical information needs and evaluating or redesigning clinical workflows
• Experience developing, implementing, or refining clinical decision support

Nice to Haves

• Clinical license or background (e.g., RN, PharmD, MD)
• Master's degree in nursing informatics, health informatics, or a related field
• Experience supporting VA or VHA clinical informatics
• Experience with Oracle Health clinical content, such as PowerPlans, MPages, or PowerOrders
• Experience with health information exchange or standards such as HL7, FHIR, SNOMED CT, or LOINC
• Informatics certification, such as ANCC Informatics Nursing (RN-BC) or AMIA Health Informatics Certification (AHIC)
• Experience on SAFe or Scrum teams

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement