Registered Nurse-Informaticist

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Fayetteville (NC)

Remote

USD 87,000 - 145,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid time off: 50 days/year

Federal retirement and 401K

Federal health/vision/dental/long-term

Unrestricted licensure

Work schedule: Mon-Fri 7:30am-4:00pm

Telework: Ad-Hoc

Not a virtual position

Relocation/Recruitment incentives: Not

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Fayetteville, NC, seeks a Nurse Informaticist RN to lead informatics initiatives within the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care System.

The role covers education, training, and technical support for both inpatient and outpatient settings, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to advance health IT and EHR-related projects. The position emphasizes leadership in clinical practice, enterprise data management, and program-level outcomes, with a

Qualifications

Active RN license in any US state or territory.
Experience in health informatics and safety of patient data is preferred.
Regular Monday–Friday 7:30am–4:00pm schedule as provided.

Responsibilities

Provide education, training, and technical support for informatics in inpatient and outpatient settings.
Lead and collaborate with interdisciplinary team to evaluate and optimize health IT and EHR-related processes.
Educate colleagues and students, and serve as a preceptor and advisor to staff.

Education

RN licensure (unrestricted)

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Registered Nurse Informaticist is responsible for, education, training, and technical support to both inpatient and outpatient settings. This position is located at the Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care System.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process, influences outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team, and executes position responsibilities that demonstrates leadership, experience, and creative approaches, and systematically evaluates current practice.

Demonstrates the following core informatics functions to include content management, application support, health information technology system optimization, enterprise data management, business architecture management, partnership management, requirements management, and change management.

The Nurse Informaticist Registered Nurse (RN) exercises leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of hardware and software applications integrated with the electronic health record (EHR) and associated programs/applications. The Informaticist collaborates with interdisciplinary team members, including other program and service leaders at the facility and network.

They work closely to establish and maintain effective relationships with all levels of Veteran Affairs (VA) staff nationwide. The Informaticist is responsible for the documented outcomes at the program or service level.

Program or service level outcomes must be broad and complex and can be demonstrated at any organizational level within a facility, Veterans Integrated Services Network (VISN), or Veterans Affairs Central Office (VACO), illustrating performance and leadership that benefit the facility.

Actively participates in workshops/continuing education programs designed for career development/advancement and gaining evidence-based practice-knowledge to facilitate teaching/learning in clinical areas. Sources for training and education may be from national conferences, VISN Coordinated events and/or private conferences. Synthesizes available data, information, and knowledge relevant to the situation to identify patterns and variances.

Applies clinical knowledge/judgment to lead staff involvement in planning, decision-making, and evaluating outcomes beyond the immediate practice setting. Educates colleagues and/or students and serves as a preceptor, teacher and advisor for orienting staff and establishes a supportive relationship over time.

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: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: Ad-Hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

The posted pay range is $87200 – $145373/yr.

Requirements & Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

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 $87200 – $145373/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-27.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.