Corporate Director of Nursing & Clinical Informatics

<h2>Company Overview</h2> <p>Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.</p> <p> </p> <p>All employees are eligible for medical coverage on their first day! In addition, upon hire all employees are eligible for a 403(b) and Roth 403 (b) Retirement Saving Plan with matching contributions of up to 6% after one year of service. Employees in a FT or PT status (40+ hours per pay period) will also be eligible for paid time off, life insurance, short term and long-term disability and the Flexible Spending Account (FSA) plans and a Health Savings Account (HSA) if a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) is elected. Additional benefits available to FT and PT employees include tuition reimbursement, home & auto, hospitalization, critical illness, pet insurance and much more! Coverage is available to employees and their qualified dependents in accordance with the plans. Benefits may vary based on state law.</p> <p> </p> <p></p> <h2>Job Overview</h2> <p>The Corporate Director of Nursing & Clinical Informatics supports the Chief Nursing Officer in achieving goals and objectives related to clinical optimization, integration, operations and clinical excellence in healthcare technology to support patient care areas. Serves as a strategic leader integrating nursing practice with clinical informatics and healthcare technology to enhance patient outcomes, optimize workflows, and support evidence-based practices.</p> <p> </p> <p>This position is remote but may require occasional travel (4-5 times a year).</p> <h2>Responsibilities</h2> <ul> <li>Bridges clinical practice with technological innovation, guiding initiatives that improve clinical quality, operational efficiency, and patient safety</li> <li>The Director collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, including nursing leadership, information systems, quality improvement, and others to drive effective adoption and utilization of clinical systems.</li> <li>Responsible for leading change management, ensuring the alignment of informatics strategies with organizational goals, industry practices and regulatory requirements cultivating a culture of continuous improvement, innovation and excellence in pediatric care.</li> <li>Leads a clinical informatics team that provides guidance and oversight in the evaluation, design, build, testing, training, implementation and/or optimization of clinical information systems. Leads, participates or ensures informatics support in various work groups and committees representing the needs and requirements of the clinical staff and processes. The Informatics team supports the standardization, quality, and optimization of clinical computing.</li> <li>Functions as an integral member of Nursing, IS, Informatics, and Executive Leadership Teams as necessary in order to provide insight and guidance for advancing clinical integration. Identifies process challenges and collaborates with enterprise leaders, and knowledge experts in resolution. Provides leadership for enterprise-wide nursing and clinical optimization projects and related governance processes to ensure consistent and timely adoption and continuous optimization.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>This is not an all-inclusive list of this job’s responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.</p> <h2>Qualifications</h2> <p>Required:</p> <ul> <li>Informatics Certification in a related field</li> <li>6+ years of Healthcare Informatics Experience</li> <li>5+ Years of Leadership Experience</li> <li>3+ Years of Clinical Experience</li> </ul>

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