Senior Health Systems Specialist

Key

Responsibilities - Provide senior operational and strategic support for VHA EHR modernization programs, including Go-Live surge support, Post Go-Live stabilization, performance recovery, and ongoing operational initiatives. - Support enterprise efforts that ensure uninterrupted clinical operations, including medication ordering, clinical documentation, laboratory and diagnostic results reporting, and Clinical Decision Support (CDS) functionality. - Serve as a senior advisor on health system operations, policy implementation, governance, and organizational change related to Oracle Health Millennium deployment and optimization. - Supervise and provide guidance to a team of clinical informaticists supporting enterprise EHR initiatives. - Coordinate cross-functional activities among clinical, operational, technical, and executive stakeholders to resolve complex system and workflow issues. - Apply project management methodologies and change management principles to support enterprise initiatives, organizational readiness, and implementation activities. - Analyze operational requirements and recommend process improvements that enhance system performance, clinical workflows, and patient safety. - Utilize extensive knowledge of VA databases, enterprise applications, and their interrelationships to support ongoing development, enhancement, and optimization of the VA informatics environment. - Collaborate with program leadership to identify risks, develop mitigation strategies, and support operational decision-making across multiple EHR initiatives. - Provide subject matter expertise for operational planning, enterprise governance activities, performance monitoring, and strategic initiatives supporting VHA priorities. - Develop executive-level reports, briefings, recommendations, and documentation supporting program objectives and organizational decision-making. - Ensure all activities align with VHA policies, regulatory requirements, and enterprise operational objectives.

Requirements - Master's degree in Health Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Public Health, Information Systems, Business Administration, Nursing, or a related discipline. - Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience supporting healthcare operations, health informatics, EHR modernization, or enterprise health system initiatives. - Demonstrated experience supporting the U.S.

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) or Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is required. - Extensive experience supporting Oracle Health Millennium (formerly Cerner Millennium) clinical operations and enterprise implementation activities. - Demonstrated expertise supervising or leading multidisciplinary teams supporting clinical informatics or enterprise healthcare technology initiatives. - Strong knowledge of VA databases, enterprise applications, and their interrelationships supporting the VA informatics environment. - Demonstrated knowledge of project management methodologies, organizational change management principles, and healthcare operational improvement. - Experience supporting large-scale federal healthcare modernization programs, Go-Live events, or enterprise operational surge support.

Preferred

Qualifications - Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent project management credential. - Prosci Change Management Certification or comparable organizational change management certification. - Experience supporting enterprise governance, policy development, and executive-level healthcare operations. - Experience supporting federal healthcare IT modernization programs within complex clinical environments.

Benefits - Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision) - Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) - Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D) - Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays) - Short Term & Long Term Disability - Training & Development