Nexus Health Systems – Corporate | Houston, Texas
Full-Time | Exempt | Onsite
Nexus Health Systems is seeking an experienced Director of Clinical Informatics to lead the organization's clinical technology strategy, optimization, and enterprise electronic medical record (EMR) initiatives.
This executive nursing leadership role serves as the critical bridge between clinical operations and Information Technology, ensuring technology enhances patient care, clinician workflows, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. The Director will oversee the enterprise Clinical Informatics function while leading one of the organization's most strategic initiatives—the implementation and expansion of the Meditech Expanse electronic medical record across all Nexus Health Systems facilities.
If you're a Registered Nurse with a passion for healthcare technology, clinical transformation, and leading high-performing teams, this is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of patient care through innovation.
Nexus Health Systems is a nationally recognized provider of specialized inpatient healthcare services, operating pediatric hospitals, neurorehabilitation centers, and behavioral health facilities across Texas. Our mission is to improve lives through compassionate care, clinical excellence, and innovative technology that empowers our caregivers and improves patient outcomes.
As our organization continues to grow, we are investing in enterprise technology solutions that enhance care delivery, strengthen operational efficiency, and support long-term strategic expansion.
The Director of Clinical Informatics provides enterprise leadership for all clinical information systems, clinical applications, and informatics-driven workflow optimization across Nexus Health Systems.
This role is responsible for overseeing clinical technology strategy, supporting interdisciplinary clinical teams, optimizing clinical workflows, and leading enterprise EMR implementation efforts. The Director partners closely with executive leadership, physicians, nursing, pharmacy, therapy, revenue cycle, and Corporate IT to ensure technology solutions align with best clinical practices while supporting organizational growth.
The Director reports to the Vice President of IT Operations and, until that role is filled, reports directly to the Chief Information Officer.
Candidates with the following experience are strongly encouraged to apply:
Successful candidates should possess experience with:
The ideal candidate demonstrates:
This is a full-time, onsite position based at the Nexus Health Systems Corporate Office in Houston, Texas.
Regular travel to Nexus facilities is required, including extended onsite support during new facility implementations, EMR go-live events, and enterprise technology deployments. The role requires flexibility to support after-hours implementations, system cutovers, and other critical project milestones.
Technology has become one of the most important drivers of exceptional patient care. As Director of Clinical Informatics, you'll lead transformational initiatives that directly improve clinical outcomes, strengthen provider workflows, and enhance the patient experience across an expanding healthcare system.
This role offers the opportunity to influence enterprise strategy, lead one of the organization's highest-profile technology initiatives, and build the future of clinical informatics at Nexus Health Systems.
Join Nexus Health Systems and help transform healthcare through innovation, collaboration, and clinical excellence.
Since 1992, Nexus Health Systems has provided specialty care for patients with medical, behavioral, and psychiatric needs. With a network of hospitals and medical-model residential treatment centers across Texas, Nexus offers innovative programming designed to stabilize and empower children, teens, and adults facing some of the most challenging diagnoses, including autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders, Prader-Willi Syndrome, neurological injuries and illnesses, and other medically complex conditions. Our interdisciplinary teams work collaboratively to deliver fully integrated, whole-person care. By comprehensively addressing the full spectrum of patient needs, we reduce hospital readmissions and drive better long-term outcomes. At Nexus, we are committed to helping individuals return to lives of productivity and meaning — because we’re mending minds.
