Nurse Informaticist

Facility:

CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department:

1700 IT Clinical Informatics

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Hours:

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek.
• Recognized as a Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.​
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Job Description:

The nurse informaticist (NI) functions as a knowledgeable practitioner, consultant, educator, and evaluator to maintain and improve system services. As a nurse informaticist, you are responsible for leading the department through the design of clinical processes, solutions, technology workflow and successful adoption that will lead to achieved value, by participating in efforts which meet departmental needs in adherence with the guidelines aligned with the organization strategy.  The nurse informaticist will manage ongoing relationships with departments, providing system management and clinical subject matter expertise, focusing on department success in utilizing technology solutions.  The nurse informaticist will assist in change management, help identify opportunities for improvement, and is accountable for achieving the project targeted outcomes.  As the nurse informaticist, you will provide informatics guidance and act as a liaison between the clinical departments and IT, leveraging both clinical and informatics knowledge to provide innovative solutions. You will establish trusted relationships with department leaders. The nurse informaticist will collaborate across teams to plan and ensure appropriate communication and documentation is completed to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of systems and services, to support high-quality clinical workflows and application development. The nurse informaticist will evaluate clinical utilization and workflow, including patient safety and clinical outcomes; research, analyze and make recommendations for clinical application workflow improvements.

Nurse Informaticist IV

Education:
• Required: Bachelors of Science in Nursing
• Preferred:  Master’s level degree in Healthcare, Informatics, Business or related field (example MSN, MBA, Master’s in Nursing Informatics)
Experience:
• Required: 7 years clinical informatics experience
Skills:
• Assist with workflow development to assure alignment with regulatory guidelines.
• Comfortable sharing sensitive messages or unpopular points of view in a motivating manner with team members and client
• Action oriented and comfortable taking informed risks within the scope of responsibility.
• Keep up to date on technology, client needs and industry trends.
• Ability to leverage data analytics to identify areas for improvement and redesign workflows to support quality, patient safety and regulatory requirements.
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri
▪ Required: ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification completed within 1 year of hire OR Epic Clinical Informaticist Certification

Nurse Informaticist III

Education:
• Required: Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Experience:
• Required: 5 years clinical informatics experience
• Preferred: ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification
Skills:
• Participation on organizational working groups focusing on the strategic or transformation needs of the health care system in the implementation of clinical information systems.
• Leads project management as it pertains to informatics, ensuring coordination and integration of standards of care practice across all clinical departments.
• Mentors new and junior informatics team members, actively shares knowledge, skills and experiences.
• Decisively makes high-quality decisions, even when based on incomplete information or in the face of uncertainty.
• Conveys clear expectations and follows up consistently
• Ability to share sensitive messages or unpopular points of view in a motivating manner
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri

Nurse Informaticist II

Education:
• Preferred: Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Experience:
• Required: At least 5 years of clinical experience, with at least 2 years involving clinical informatics experience.
• Preferred: ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification
Skills:
• Ability to meet deadlines and work  in a fast-paced environment
• Ensures clinical and operation workflows are documented appropriately for their supported areas
• Maintains departmental engagement and relationships
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri

Nurse Informaticist I

Education:
• Preferred: Bachelors of Science in Nursing
Experience:
• Preferred: At least 3 years of clinical experience
• Preferred: Previous Clinical informatics experience
Skills:
• Ability to track ticket requests
• Ability to cope in a fast-paced environment
• Builds relationships through purposeful rounding practices
• Review  change requests submitted. Escalating requests to the appropriate clinical and IT working groups for further review, discussion, and approval.
Licensure/Certification/Registration:
▪ Required: RN license active in the state of Missouri