Registered Nurse- Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

Veterans Health Administration; Jefferson Barracks (MO); On-site; USD 156,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration seeks a Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) to standardize nursing informatics across facilities and lead interprofessional collaboration. The CNIO serves as the primary advisor to the Chief Health Informatics Officer and pivotal leaders, guiding evidence-based informatics strategy and practice.

The CNIO oversees Health Informatics Services, designs decision-support systems, manages risk, and fosters lifelong nursing informatics expertise to improve

Responsibilities

• The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer has oversight assigned program and supervision of the assigned staff in Health Informatics Services.
• CNIO supports effective and efficient clinical and administrative systems, designing meaningful decision-support systems, and managing risks with mitigation strategies.
• Leads cross-coverage with other informaticists in the VA St Louis Health Care System to support a learning health system.
• Fosters leadership and professionalism through clear communication that builds internal and external coalitions for nursing informatics.
• Provides guidance on informatics program management to ensure proper resource utilization.
• Participates in budget discussions and planning, anticipating future informatics needs and funding requirements.
• Ensures an informatics workforce to serve Veterans and families, addressing health inequities with evidence-based practices.

Job description

Registered Nurse- Chief Nursing Informatics Officer

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) serves as the primary advisor to Chief Health Informatics Officer and other key officials to achieve standardization of best practices across facilities. Leads change and demonstrates ability for interprofessional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer has oversight assigned program and supervision of the assigned staff in Health Informatics Services. CNIO supporting effective and efficient clinical and administrative systems, designing meaningful decisions support systems, managing calculated risks and associated mitigation strategies, and fostering lifelong nursing informatics domain knowledge and information that supports evidence-based practices, quality improvements and research.

Provides leadership in designated projects and cross-coverage with other informaticists in the VA St Louis Health Care System. The complexity of responsibilities is significant and supports the principles of a continuously learning health system.

The CNIO fosters leadership and professionalism by providing communication that supports building internal and external agency coalitions creates alignments for nursing informatics best practices and leads clinical and health informatics initiatives and innovation across the enterprise.

Responsible for leadership activities such as implementation, evaluation, monitoring and analyzing clinical and health processes to identify strategies to advance health data and health information systems to improve outcomes and support innovation.The CNIO will provide leadership within the following eight core informatics functions: Application support Business architecture management Enterprise data management Content management System optimization Change management Requirement management Partnership management Duties Include, but are not limited to: Directs the development, organization, and operationalization of nursing informatics clinical and non-clinical solutions.

Routinely analyzes plans and actions related to nursing informatics practice, quality, and safety issues to identify and improve performance and outcomes for veterans healthcare. Champions nursing informatics excellence by serving as a mentor and role model, cultivating a collaborative work environment that empowers staff and advances professional growth. Provides guidance and oversight of informatics program management to ensure proper resource utilization.

Participates in budget discussions and planning with VISN/ Facility staff. Anticipates future informatics needs and requests needed funds. Advocates for staffing needs. Assesses and evaluates impact of technology and data usage on patient care delivery policies and programs in support of leadership and organizational goals.

Ensures an informatics workforce to serve Veterans, families, and caregivers of all backgrounds at the organizational level Seeks and utilizes technology and evidence-based healthcare policies and practices to enable the delivery of reliable and accessible health care. Recognizes, cultivates, and integrates health care practices that address social and health inequities Contributes to visionary thinking that advances the delivery of patient care.

Communicates with transparency, clarity and integrity. Promotes an environment that supports evidence-based use of technology and data. Develops and supports an environment for ethical decision-making throughout the organization. Identifies and proposes mitigation strategies to address inequalities in access to and use of healthcare technology in the veteran community.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) 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 Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized; Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized to a highly qualified candidate. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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 $155783 - $207186/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-13.

Who is eligible to apply?

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