Hospital Informatics Jobs in Topeka, KS (NOW HIRING)

This position is located at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Eastern Kansas Healthcare System (VAEKHCS), VISN 15, in the Chief of Staff Service Line. The primary purpose of this position is to provide executive-level leadership, technical and data program oversight, strategic partnership management, education and change management, direct supervision of the Health Informatics Service, and direct supervision of the Group Practice Management (GPM) teamQualifications:To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/15/2026.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.
To be found qualified for this position, you must meet the individual occupational requirement:
Individual Occupational Requirement:Undergraduate and Graduate Education:

Major study -- hospital administration, public health administration, or related fields such as business or public administration with course work in health care administration.

or

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
Specialized Experience:

• Formal training or certification in clinical informatics, biomedical informatics, or health informatics (e.g., clinical informatics board certification, AMIA programs, CPHIMS/CAHIMS, or equivalent).
• Demonstrated experience leading informatics programs, EHR optimization initiatives, clinical decision support projects, analytics platforms, or digital transformation programs in a complex healthcare system, preferably within VHA.
• Experience with Federal EHR/EHRM implementation or other large-scale EHR implementations, including participation in design/build, testing, training, optimization, and deployment activities.
• Experience using quality improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, PDSA) applied to clinical and informatics initiatives.
• Experience supervising or mentoring clinical informaticists, clinical application coordinators, data analysts, or other professionals in informatics and analytics. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Administration and Management
• Clinical Informatics
• Computer Languages
• Configuration Management
• Database Management Systems

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, although some slight physical effort may be required when visiting different sections of the health care system for meetings or fact-finding.
For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.Education:There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
Employment Type: OTHER