Summary

The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) is seeking a Full-Time - Physician Assistant - Health Informatics to join the Chief of Staff Service Line at the VAMC in Iowa City - Iowa. Note: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT through December 2 - 2026. The first referral cut-off is September 22 - 2026 - at 11:59 p.m. EST - followed by weekly cut offs. Applications received after each cut-off will be reviewed as needed until the position is filled.

Duties

• The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers
• This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest
• As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care - you will operate in a model with three core elements - seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran
• This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community
• This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being
• This position establishes a formal informatics leadership presence at the facility level
• This formal presence ensures that knowledge of informatics is infused throughout the Iowa City VA Health Care System - and that health information issues affecting the delivery of care are clearly articulated and raised appropriately for action
• The focus of this position is to optimize effectiveness of patient care delivery and systems management in support of the VHA mission and goals
• The aim of clinical informatics is to improve health care delivery processes and outcomes through effective use of information and knowledge
• The clinician assigned will use knowledge of patient care combined with the understanding of informatics concepts to achieve the following: assess information and knowledge needs of the health care professionals and patients
• characterize - evaluate and refine clinical processes
• develop - implement and refine clinical decision support systems
• and participate in the procurement - customization - implementation - management - evaluation and continuous improvement of clinical information systems
• As a minimum expectation - informatics personnel should demonstrate the following eight core informatics functions at the baseline proficiency level (VHA Health Informatics Functions Framework - 2020) - application support - business architecture management - enterprise data management - content management - system optimization - change management - requirements management and partnership management
• Serves as a primary advisor to the Medical Center Director - Chief of Staff - Deputy Chief of Staff - EHRM Executive Sponsor - Associate Director of Operations - Associate Director of Patient Care Services - Assistant Director - and other facility leaders
• Expected to be a strong agent for change and must demonstrate an ability to understand the needs of his/her professional counterparts - for example - nurses - physicians - pharmacists - etc
• In addition - must demonstrate understanding of the Iowa City VA Health Care System organizational structure and the role informatics plays within the organization
• Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory - qualification - and performance requirements are met
• Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 7:30am-4:00pm
• Alternative work hours - if desired - should be agreed upon at the time of hire
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
• Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.