Remote Senior Health Informaticist (VA Healthcare)

Founded in 2003, IT Concepts’ core values – customer-centricity, teamwork, driven to deliver, innovation, and integrity – ensure we work together to be the best, realize objectives, and make a positive impact in our communities. We sustain our ITC culture and embrace change, experimentation, continuous learning, and improvement. We bring our design thinking problem-solving approach that challenges assumptions, prioritizes curiosity, and invites complexity to deliver innovative, efficient, and effective solutions. As we continue to grow in the support of our government customers, we are looking for driven and innovative individuals to join our team.

IT Concepts seeks an experienced Senior Clinical Informaticist to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. In this role, the clinical informaticist will support integrated health practice agile development teams responsible for providing professional and technical health informatics (HI) solutions to standardize clinical workflows and processes throughout the Veterans Health Administration. The Clinical Informaticist will collaborate with clinical analysts, program analysts, health systems specialists, information architects, and other experts on the agile team to provide health informatics expertise and develop solutions for the VHA Electronic Health Record.

Location: This position can be performed remotely and will support Eastern Time working hours.

Responsibilities:

• Work within a cross-functional agile team of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), Health Informatics Specialists, and clinical professionals to assess and analyze clinical workflows across VHA to improve healthcare outcomes and standardize clinical workflows within the VA EHR ecosystem.
• Create lean business cases that include feature descriptions and metrics to demonstrate the value of the team's solutions.
• Responsible for creating documents for EHR training with appropriate terminology, abbreviations, graphics, examples for training presentations, and well-written narratives.
• Analyze Electronic Health Records clinical workflows (e.g., surgical, primary care, dental, specialty care, pharmacy) and clinical data to define new approaches that increase the quality of patient care, provider, and patient satisfaction. 

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years of experience working as a clinical informaticist on healthcare-related IT projects.
• Bachelor's Degree in medicine, nursing, bio-informatics, pharmacy, etc., with knowledge of direct patient care.
• Experience validating, interpreting, and analyzing clinical concepts, data, workflows, and trends using standard practices and techniques, such as Value Stream Maps.
• Proficient in creating value stream maps of current clinical workflows.
• Demonstrated understanding of the clinical setting, clinical practice, and clinical informatics to develop solutions for the enterprise.
• Experience validating, interpreting, and analyzing clinical concepts, data, workflows, and trends using standard practices and techniques, such as Value Stream Maps.
• Proficient in creating value stream maps of current clinical workflows.
• Degree in medicine, nursing, bio-informatics, pharmacy, etc., with knowledge of direct patient care.
• Experience defining and utilizing metrics to determine the performance of a solution/product.
• Advanced skills in MS Forms, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, SharePoint, reporting and analytics tools.
• Excellent written and presentation skills.

Preferred:

• Direct experience working with Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration stakeholders and healthcare providers.
• Direct experience with electronic health record technologies and implementations (specifically Oracle Health).

Clearance requirements:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance.
• Candidates must be a US Citizen or possess a Green Card.

Benefits

The Company

We believe in generating success collaboratively, enabling long-term mission success, and building trust for the next challenge. With you as our partner, let’s solve challenges, think innovatively, and maximize impact. As a valued member of our team, you have the unique opportunity to work in a diverse range of technology and business career paths, all while supporting our nation and delivering innovative technology solutions. We are a close community of experts that pride ourselves on creating an environment defined by teamwork, dedication, and excellence.

We hold three ISO certifications (27001:2013, 20000-1:2011, 9001:2015) and two CMMI ML 3 ratings (DEV and SVC).

Industry Recognition

Growth | Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies, DC Metro List Fastest Growing; Washington Business Journal: Fastest Growing Companies, Top Performing Small Technology Companies in Greater D.C.

Culture | Northern Virginia Technology Council Tech 100 Honoree; Virginia Best Place to Work; Washington Business Journal: Best Places to Work, Corporate Diversity Index Winner – Mid-Size Companies, Companies Owned by People of Color; Department of Labor’s HireVets for our work helping veterans transition; SECAF Award of Excellence finalist; Victory Military Friendly Brand; Virginia Values Veterans (V3); Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Corporate Breath Award

Benefits

We offer great benefits – Competitive Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Resources Coverage, 401(k) with company matching with NO vesting period.  ITC Health benefits have a $0 premium for certain plans for eligible employees.

We invest in our employees – Every employee is eligible for education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development.  Reimbursement amounts may fluctuate due to IRS limitations. We want you to grow as an expert and a leader and offer flexibility for you to take a course, complete a certification, or other professional growth and networking. We are committed to supporting your curiosity and sustaining a culture that prioritizes commitment to continuous professional development.

We work hard, we play hard. ITC is committed to incorporating fun into every day. We dedicate funds for activities – virtual and in-person – e.g., we host happy hours, holiday events, fitness & wellness events, and annual celebrations. In alignment with our commitment to our communities, we also host and attend charity galas/events. We believe in appreciating your commitment and building a positive workspace for you to be creative, innovative, and happy.

AAEO & VEVRAA

ITC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and a VEVRAA (Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act) Federal Contractor. As such, any personnel decisions (hire, promotion, job status, etc.) on applicants and/or employees are based on merit, qualifications, competence, and business needs, not on race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, genetic information of the employee or family member of the employee, marital status, veteran status, political affiliation, or any other factor protected by federal, state or local law.

ITC maintains a strong commitment to compliance with VEVRAA and other applicable federal, state, and local laws governing equal employment opportunity. We have developed comprehensive policies and procedures to ensure our hiring practices align with these requirements.

As a part of our VEVRAA compliance efforts, ITC has established an affirmative action plan that outlines our commitment to the recruitment, hiring, and advancement of protected veterans. This plan is regularly reviewed and updated to ensure its effectiveness.

We encourage protected veterans to self-identify during the application process. This information is strictly confidential and will only be used for reporting and compliance purposes as required by law. Providing this information is voluntary, and it will not impact your eligibility for employment.

Our commitment to equal employment opportunity extends beyond legal compliance. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees, including protected veterans, are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.

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Accommodations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. If you need to discuss reasonable accommodations, please email careers@useitc.com.