NOTE: Applicant's education and length of practice (experience) will be considered by a Compensation Panel in determining the salary of the applicant selected. Exceptions to the salary cap must be approved.

Work schedule: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Financial Disclosure Report: Required
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Relocation Expenses: Not Authorized

The Executive Director (ED) is a full-time position that reports to the Chief Health Informatics Officer (CHIO) within the Office of Health Informatics (OHI) in VA Central Office, Washington, DC and functions as the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO) for VHA. OHI is integral to VHA programs that provide patient-centered health care to Veterans. The office provides advanced and secure enterprise data systems, decision support, and web communications that facilitate evidence-based decisions for individual Veterans and their families, patient populations, clinicians, and those managing healthcare delivery systems. Customer-focused training and support along with transparent oversight and governance will help to ensure that these tools are used most effectively to serve Veterans and VHA. The products and services provided by this office will impact health and healthcare at VA health systems designed for Veterans within VHA. In addition, VHA is embarking on a multi-year Electronic Medical Record (EMR) implementation. The ED for Clinical Informatics and Data Management Office (CIDMO) will provide leadership, counsel and oversight to this effort in support of the Veterans Affairs Program Office which is leading this initiative.

Clinical informatics is a discipline at the intersection of information science, computer science, and health care that designs and delivers information to improve clinical care, individual and public health and biomedical research. The health care component of informatics includes the clinical sciences and in-depth knowledge of health care delivery, people, processes, and organizations. CIDMO promotes the development and implementation of VHA patient-centered information technology and information management (IT/IM) solutions and supports VHA-DoD interoperability and health information exchange initiatives. CIDMO also promotes emerging technologies and advances codified terminologies and national standards. This position provides direction and leadership to virtual and on-station staff for the following functions: strategy for clinical informatics; health information exchange; standards for health information, knowledge, and processes; safe use and operation of health IT systems; acquisition, development, and configuration of health-information-management capabilities; and integration and standardization of health data and knowledge.

Specific functions for the Executive Director for CIDMO include the following.

1. As requested, serves as the Acting Chief Officer for Clinical Informatics and represents OHI in a variety of executive forums and meetings.

2. Serves as a member of the OHI Executive Leadership Team and makes organizational recommendations and decisions related to staffing, alignment, organizational priorities and needed actions.

3. Sets the vision and strategy for CIDMO to inform the transformation of VHA health care through the timely provision of structured information that enables leadership to make knowledgeable decisions on health and health IT investments.

4. Incumbent works regularly with high-level officials providing management advice and recommendations regarding methods of data delivery, data sources and data analyses. The incumbent develops and proposes to improve healthcare delivery. Incumbent is recognized as expert in both understanding of the agency's functions and in health informatics. Creates strategies for delivering information across multiple organizational touch points and optimizing the use of the information.

5. Incumbent plays an integral role in developing policy covering programs, activities and functions for which VHA has responsibility. Performs work involving the analysis of the feasibility and effectiveness of existing and/or proposed standards, regulations, programs, and policies. Serves as an agency expert on oversight of national programs with precedent-setting issues.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• 4-Year 7306 appointment with potential for re-appointment (not guaranteed)

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/24/2021.

In order to qualify for this position you must meet the following:

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PHYSICIAN

• U.S. Citizen
• Degree of doctor of medicine: 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: (1) Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or (2) Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted. (3) For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. Approved residencies include those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or American Osteopathic Association, or other residences which the Professional Standards Board determines to have provided appropriate professional training.
• Licensure: Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States or in the District of Columbia. The Physician must maintain a current registration to continue employment with the VA.

DEMONSTRATED LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Applicants must possess extensive leadership experience in the health care arena sufficient to qualify for the equivalent of a senior executive equivalent position within the Federal service. In addition, the incumbent is broadly acquainted with clinical treatment modalities, administrative and clinical support systems and is knowledgeable about multifaceted health care delivery systems.

In addition to basic requirements, the following technical and executive core qualifications are required for this position. Typically, these qualifications would be gained through education, experience and training which reflect progressive development and achievement in responsible management/executive level assignments in health care at a national or Network level, equivalent positions in a hospital/network/regional office or allied medical care facility, or executive positions in an academic institution. An individual's total experience and education must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. If you are currently a federal employee, this type of experience is typically found at positions at the GS-15 level and above.

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess all of the necessary requirements for this position, you MUST SHOW in your RESUME that you possess the five Mandatory Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs) and Technical Qualification(s) outlined below. Eligibility will be based on clear and concise accomplishments that emphasize your level of responsibilities, scope and complexity of programs managed, program accomplishments (with results), policy initiatives and level of contacts.

Applicants can obtain a sample resume along with additional information regarding the Executive Core Qualifications on the Internet at http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/qualify.asp.

A. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

• ECQ 1. LEADING CHANGE: Ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment.
• ECQ 2. LEADING PEOPLE: Ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts.
• ECQ 3. RESULTS DRIVEN: Ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks.
• ECQ 4. BUSINESS ACUMEN: Ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Applicants may focus on resource management, with particular emphasis on financial management (budget).
• ECQ 5. BUILDING COALITIONS: Ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Applicants may demonstrate that they have external contacts as well as internal interactions.

B. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS (TQ):

• Experience in Electronic Medical Record design, development, implementation, oversight and informatics within a complex health system environment, and preferably with the Cerner EMR.
• Demonstrated recognition as an informaticist physician with significant informatics related accomplishments in healthcare practice, educational activities, research, or administration.

REFERENCES: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard and Appendix G-3 Dentist Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

In describing your experience please is clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified; errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment. Please follow all instructions carefully.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.