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Springfield, Missouri

Nurse Informaticist II

Registered NurseNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Facility

West Campus (Chase): 303 E Republic Rd, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807

Department: 1700 IT Clinical Informatics

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Hours: Varied

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, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
  • 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. 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

Key Responsibilities

The nurse informaticist leads the design and adoption of clinical processes and technology workflows to improve system services. They act as a liaison between clinical departments and IT to provide informatics guidance and ensure high-quality clinical outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must have an active RN license in Missouri and at least 5 years of clinical experience, including 2 years in clinical informatics. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred, as is ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Workflow designProcess improvementProject managementClinical outcomes analysis

Clinical Informatics — Registered Nurse Career Context

Of the 50 active Registered Nurse listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 56% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Registered Nurse pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Registered Nurse by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · above average in registered nurse rolesranked against 5,801 Registered Nurse roles listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedRegistered Nurse median $90k (middle half $76k–$94k)77 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMissouri index 90.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Registered Nurse listings in Missouri149 active5,847 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 40% remote · 56% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Registered Nurse listings: 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 0% offer loan repayment149 active listings, Nov 2026
Registered Nurse pay trend+4.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (5,801 Registered Nurse roles listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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About CoxHealth

Hospitals and Health Care
Springfield, MO
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Vision, Dental
Retirement with Employer Match

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$235k
Typical market rent
$1,192/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.6
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Springfield, MO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.