Clinical Informaticist

Overview

The Clinical Informaticist will support Oracle Health EHR go-live, stabilization, and workflow improvement efforts across VA medical centers. This position works closely with clinicians, informatics specialists, IT staff, and project managers to help drive effective implementation and long-term user adoption.

The role is focused on improving clinical workflows, safeguarding documentation quality, training users, resolving issues, and ensuring alignment with federal rules and VHA operating standards to strengthen EHR rollout outcomes.

This is a fast-moving, highly collaborative position that calls for deep clinical informatics knowledge, flexibility, sharp attention to detail, and the ability to stay effective under pressure during critical implementation and stabilization phases.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on, on-site support for Oracle Health EHR go-live, stabilization, and adoption activities at VA medical centers.
• Work with clinicians, informatics leadership, and operational teams to identify system problems, refine workflows, and improve EHR use.
• Train end users and help create user guides, workflow references, and training materials.
• Advise on system setup and workflow changes so they align with VHA policy, clinical needs, patient safety goals, and operational requirements.
• Collect and review feedback from clinical users to assess performance, ease of use, documentation practices, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support implementation work in line with federal regulations, VA healthcare standards, and accepted industry practices.
• Diagnose go-live issues and coordinate with IT teams and stakeholders to resolve them quickly.
• Record workflows, issues, fixes, risks, and lessons learned throughout implementation, and prepare regular status reports.
• Encourage clear communication and teamwork among VA stakeholders, VHA clinical teams, informatics staff, and project leaders.
• Support change management, user adoption, and performance improvement activities that help integrate the EHR into daily clinical operations.

Requirements

• Candidates must be eligible for a federal security clearance, and U.S. citizenship is required.
• Prior experience as a Clinical Informaticist or in a similar health IT role focused on EHR systems, clinical operations, and user adoption.
• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in clinical informatics, ideally in the VA, VHA, or a similar federal healthcare setting.
• Experience with Oracle Health EHR or comparable systems such as Epic or Cerner.
• Background in go-live support, workflow redesign, end-user training, issue resolution, and post-implementation stabilization.
• Working knowledge of federal healthcare regulations and standards, especially those used within the Veterans Health Administration.
• Understanding of clinical documentation processes, patient safety considerations, and healthcare change management principles.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting ability, with the capacity to perform well during high-visibility implementation efforts.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills across clinical, technical, and operational groups.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines while maintaining high-quality work.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Healthcare Administration, Clinical Informatics, Pharmacy, or a related field is required.
• Master’s degree in Clinical Informatics, Health Information Management, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medicine, or a related field is preferred.
• Clinical Informatics certification is preferred.
• Experience or training that spans both clinical care and informatics is strongly preferred, especially in nursing, pharmacy, or medicine.
• Must be physically able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach overhead during the shift.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist, lift up to 20 lbs, carry up to 40 lbs for a reasonable distance, and push/pull 30 lbs of force.

Additional Information

Employment is full-time and onsite in Arlington, Virginia. The role involves active support during implementation and stabilization periods in a fast-paced federal healthcare environment.

All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.