Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) - Information Solutions

Job Description Summary

The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) is the senior nursing executive responsible for the strategy, governance, and optimization of clinical information systems and digital technologies that support nursing practice and interprofessional care across MUSC Health, South Carolina's only comprehensive academic health system. Serving as the dyad partner to the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO), the CNIO ensures the voice of nursing shapes the design, adoption, and continuous improvement of the Epic electronic health record and related technologies across MUSC Health's 16 hospitals, 750+ care locations, and statewide telehealth network.
The CNIO bridges clinical operations, information solutions, and academic missions — partnering with the Chief Nurse Executive, CMIO, Chief Information Officer, and the MUSC College of Nursing to advance safe, efficient, evidence-based, technology-enabled care.

Entity

Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC002269 SYS - IS Senior Leaders

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

Health-00

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

The Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) is the senior nursing executive responsible for the strategy, governance, and optimization of clinical information systems and digital technologies that support nursing practice and interprofessional care across MUSC Health, South Carolina's only comprehensive academic health system. Serving as the dyad partner to the Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO), the CNIO ensures the voice of nursing shapes the design, adoption, and continuous improvement of the Epic electronic health record and related technologies across MUSC Health's 16 hospitals, 750+ care locations, and statewide telehealth network.

The CNIO bridges clinical operations, information solutions, and academic missions — partnering with the Chief Nurse Executive, CMIO, Chief Information Officer, and the MUSC College of Nursing to advance safe, efficient, evidence-based, technology-enabled care.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports to: DCIO of Care Technology and Informatics

• Dyad partner: Chief Medical Informatics Officer (CMIO), Nursing leadership

• Direct reports: Informatics Team

Additional Job Description

Required Education/Skills/Work Experience/Licensure:

Minimum Qualifications

• Current RN licensure, with eligibility for licensure in South Carolina.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required; master's degree in nursing preferred.

• Seven to ten years of progressive nursing leadership experience, including at least five years in clinical informatics leadership within a complex, multi-hospital health system.

• Deep experience with Epic implementation and optimization; Epic certification preferred.

• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale EHR governance, clinical workflow redesign, and technology adoption.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in an academic health system spanning clinical, educational, and research missions.

• Executive presence and ability to influence across a matrixed, geographically distributed organization.

• Active engagement in professional organizations (e.g., ANIA, AMIA, HIMSS, AONL).