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Associate Director Nursing Informatics

Geisinger

Danville, PA(remote)

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Business Practices, Clinical Assessment, Clinical Data, Clinical Nursing, Clinical Support, Coaching, Communication Skills, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Data Analysis, Decision Support, Director of Nursing (DON), Epic Systems, Health Informatics, Informatics, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Medical Record System, Mentoring, Nursing, Nursing Informatics, Nursing Management, Onboarding, Operational Strategy, Patient Care, Patient Safety, People Management, Performance Management, Process Management, Quality Metrics, Registered Nurse (RN), Regulatory Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Succession Planning, Support Documentation, Systems Administration/Management, Team Player, Technical Strategy, Technical Support, Testing, Willing to Travel, Workforce Planning
LOCATION
Danville, PA
POSTED
30+ days ago
Job Summary


The Associate Director of Nursing Informatics provides strategic and operational leadership for nursing informatics across Geisinger. Reporting directly to the Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO), this role partners closely with nursing informatics leadership to lead, support, and develop the Nursing Informatics team within IT. Responsible for ensuring alignment between nursing practice, clinical operations, digital health strategy, and enterprise priorities. This role serves as a key liaison among nursing leaders, clinicians, IT, analytics, quality, education, and operational stakeholders to optimize the electronic health record (EHR), clinical workflows, and data-driven nursing practice across the continuum of care.

Job Duties




+ Serve as a senior nursing informatics leader, advancing the CNIO’s vision and Geisinger’s digital nursing strategy across multiple care settings.


+ Translate nursing and clinical strategy into informatics priorities, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes aligned with organizational goals.


+ Represent Nursing Informatics on system committees, governance forums, and enterprise initiatives.


+ Oversee nursing informatics participation in EHR design, build, testing, optimization, upgrades, and system-wide initiatives (e.g., Epic governance, clinical decision support, documentation optimization).


+ Ensure nursing workflows are evidence-based, user-centered, compliant with regulatory requirements, and supportive of safe, high-quality patient care.


+ Lead or sponsor complex, cross-functional informatics projects impacting nursing practice, patient outcomes, and operational efficiency.


+ Monitor informatics-related issues, risks, and dependencies; proactively escalate and resolve barriers.


+ Provide direct leadership, coaching, and mentorship to nursing informatics leaders and team members.


+ Foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.


+ Partner with the CNIO and nursing informatics leadership on workforce planning, role clarity, onboarding, performance management, and professional development.


+ Support succession planning and growth pathways for nursing informatics staff.


+ Ensure informatics solutions support nursing quality metrics, patient safety initiatives, regulatory compliance, and accreditation requirements.


+ Use data, analytics, and frontline feedback to evaluate the impact of informatics interventions and guide ongoing optimization.


+ Act as a trusted advisor to nursing leaders, frontline clinicians, educators, quality teams, and operational partners.


+ Collaborate closely with IT, clinical informatics, analytics, and digital innovation teams to ensure integrated, sustainable solutions.


+ Communicate effectively with executive leadership and diverse clinical audiences, translating technical concepts into actionable insights.


+ Responsible for coordinating Information Technology support for assigned segment of the organization.


+ Strives to gain and maintain an understanding of the business policies and practices employed in the areas of responsibility.


+ Works with department, product line, or system leadership to develop and implement Information Technology strategy.


+ Conveys IT strategy to staff and ensures that plans are implemented in accordance with organizational need.



Work is typically performed in an office environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.




*Relevant experience may be a combination of related work experience and degree obtained (Associate’s Degree = 2 years; Bachelor’s Degree = 4 years).








Position Details




Travel Requirements:


+ Candidates must reside within the Geisinger footprint (Pennsylvania)


+ This position is remote, but will require regular travel throughout the system



Education


Bachelor's Degree-Nursing (Required), Master's Degree-Nursing (Preferred)

Experience


Minimum of 2 years-Managing people, processes, or projects (Required), Minimum of 12 years-Relevant experience* (Required)

Certification(s) and License(s)


Licensed Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - RN_State of Pennsylvania


OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.



We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.

About the Company

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Geisinger

For communities across the country, health doesn’t have to be a destination: It can be a daily opportunity. At Geisinger, we empower our communities to do well and be well by removing barriers to advanced healthcare in all the moments where health makes its home. For more than 100 years, we’ve served our region while working to create a national model for improving health. Today, we’re focused on bringing them services that improve every facet of life to drive total health, inside and out.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
WEBSITE
https://jobs.geisinger.org/

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