Registered Nurse - Informatics

<p>Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice. Nursing informatics facilitates the integration of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom to support patients, nurses, and other providers in their decision-making in all roles and settings. This position will travel between Topeka and Leavenworth.</p><h3>Major Duties</h3><p>The Nursing informatics RN position will report under the Chief Nurse of Nursing Practice, Shared Governance and Pathway to Excellence at the Eastern Kansas Health Care System. The Nursing Informatics role is to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information management and communication. Duties to include but not limited to the following: Designs and uses of informatics solutions and technology to support all areas of nursing and health care, including, but not limited to, the direct provision of care, establishing effective administrative systems, managing and delivering education experiences, enhancing lifelong learning, and supporting nursing research. Incorporates theories, principles, and concepts from appropriate sciences into informatics practice. Examples may include information, systems, and change theories. Principles and concepts may include project management, implementation methods, workflow analysis, process redesign, organizational culture, or database structures. Integration of ergonomics and human-computer interaction (HCI) principles into informatics solution design, development, selection, implementation and evaluation. Systematically determines the social, legal, regulatory, and ethical impact of an informatics solution on nursing and health care. Practice is based on the nursing process and evidence based research. Core competencies will depend on the individual role and competency checklist. Applies the nursing process principles within a collaborative, inter-professional practice setting. Effectively determines the most appropriate use of expertise in systems issues requiring intervention and quality and performance measures. Determines the most appropriate use of expertise in clinical informatics coordination, patient and staff education, attention to systems issues that require intervention, and quality and performance measures. Influences care outcomes by collaborating with members of the inter-professional team. Possesses knowledge of and active participation in quality improvement processes and initiatives as well as customer service programs. Influences program or service level care outcomes by providing expert consultation and clinical guidance within the field of informatics and by implementing improvements in clinical health care delivery systems. Preferred Experience: Masters in Nursing Informatics preferred; Bachelors degree in Computer Science with a nursing degree; Certification in Informatics or associated specialty. 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 Day Shift. Telework: Ad Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required</p><h3>Requirements</h3>U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.<h3>Education</h3>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