Chief Health Information Officer

Veterans Health Administration; Fort William Henry Harrison (MT); On-site; USD 320,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Fort Harrison, MT seeks a physician-leader to optimize informatics and EHR-enabled care across clinical services.

The role emphasizes governance, data-driven decision making, and collaboration with clinicians and IT teams to advance patient outcomes. Comprehensive pay, benefits, and CBOP opportunities are included for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from an accredited medical school.
• 1 full and unrestricted medical license from any US state or territory.
• Eligibility for the VA Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP) per policy.

Responsibilities

• PATIENT CARE: Leverage VA clinical information systems to support right care for patients and ensure high-quality data transfer between providers.
• TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS: Evaluate clinical computing systems and optimize informatics tools and EHR access for better care outcomes.
• DATA WAREHOUSE: Manage data warehouse architecture, reporting, training, and dissemination for enterprise applications.
• COLLABORATION: Work with clinical staff and leadership to design and implement informatics capabilities to support organizational goals.
• POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION: Implement local, VISN, and national informatics policies and develop VHA business architecture.
• LEADERSHIP: Supervise staff, plan work, set priorities, and ensure team competency and performance.

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or equivalent degree

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Key Responsibilities

PATIENT CARE Play key role in using the capability of the VA clinical information systems to assist practitioners in doing the right things for the right patients at the right time. Ensures adequate support to measurably improve the quality of data and the transfer of clinical information between providers. Ensure valid information is available to the patients and to their health care practitioner.

TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATICS Evaluate clinical computing systems; analyze and evaluate the effect of interventions on health outcomes. Enable healthcare capabilities and the evolution of technology adjoined to the EHR to deliver quality care by developing, implementing, monitoring, maintaining and optimizing informatics tools and access to them.

Evaluate, document, analyze, prioritize, and recognize requirements for the improvement of the EHR and other systems in collaboration with the end-user.. DATA WAREHOUSE Manage all aspects of Data Warehouse including architecture, database structure, reporting services, training and education and utilization. Effectively create, integrate, disseminate and manage data for all enterprise applications, processes and entities requiring timely and accurate data delivery.

Use Data Warehouse to provide data to management for strategic and operative planning and employ such data to guide management decisions. Participate in the Office of Information and Technology (OlT) Regional Data Warehouse committees as well as VHA Data Warehousing committees.

COLLABORATION Coordinate information management support for clinical activities within the medical center by participating collaboratively with staff to design, implement, and evaluate the clinical information systems configuration, and the capabilities that will be used. These activities will include the scholarly endeavors of Montana VAMC staff and affiliate trainees.

Work closely with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Information and Technology (OlT), Biomedical engineering, Medical, Nursing and other clinical staff. Participate as a liaison between services and committees, teams and ad hoc work groups. Work collaboratively with appropriate leadership to identify strategic opportunities and initiatives that will enhance organizational improvement efforts through the systematic application of informatics principles and tools.

POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION Ensure that all local, VISN and national informatics policies are implemented properly and in a timely manner. Develop and manage the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) business architecture, which structures and communicates the VHA healthcare business, and includes descriptions of business behaviors, functionality, processes, and the flow of information that is required to achieve VHA's mission.

EDUCATION Maintain high end working knowledge of the electronic health record and the ability to understand a wide range of clinical needs. Coordinate institutional compliance with external accrediting organizations. LEADERSHIP Supervise professional and non-professional staff to accomplish the work of the health informatics office. Assure that informatics staff under their supervision are appropriately trained and competent to perform their jobs.

Plan work to be accomplished, set and adjust short-term priorities, and prepare schedules for completion of work.

Contract Buy Out Program: This position may be eligible for the Physician / Provider Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP), which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts (Locum agreements, loan repayments, sign-on bonus contracts, Physician-owned practices) in exchange for employment at certain rural or highly rural facilities for a period of obligated service (minimum 4 years).

For additional information and eligibility requirements, contact the VHA Contract Buy Out Program Manager at [e-mail]. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) 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 CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting Work Schedule: 8:00-4:30 PM M-F

Requirements & Education

Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are: Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.

Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.

NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities.

The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $320000 – $350000/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-29.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.

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