Epic Him Analyst

JOB SUMMARY

Analysts in this role are responsible for developing, testing, maintaining, installing, and/or deploying of Epic app and related information technologies. In addition, they are responsible for the establishment, development, and promotion of standard architectures, as well as hardware and software.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Education:  Bachelor’s degree in an Information Systems / Clinical Informatics related field or 4 years of related IT experience in a healthcare environment.

Licensure:  Credentials in clinical practice or health information technologies are required. Epic Certification is required (May hire into position without certification, but must attain certification within first 45 days of HHCS sponsored Epic training to continue employment).

Experience:  Two (2+) years within information technology.  Minimum of one (1+) year of Hospital/Health Care organizational experience.

Skills Complete Epic HIM application system knowledge. Analysis and troubleshooting of Epic HIM applications. Manages multiple tasks at once; prioritize and adjust for roadblocks and problems. Reports status of activities to management on a regular basis, escalates appropriately, and completes tasks in within estimated timeframes.  Participate in all aspects of improving the team including education/training of other team members, contributing to internal initiatives to improve processes and/or communications, and looks for opportunities to operate more efficiently or effectively. Has developed deep conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines. Understands workflows and makes thoughtful recommendations on the fly. Creates unique solutions based on experiences and knowledge of other's build/configure and workflows. Incorporates future software direction into recommendations. Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with others, gain trust and build/configure strong relationships. Flexibility and adaptability with respect to changing end user business needs.  Seeking, logically examining, and interpreting information from different sources to determine a problem's cause and developing a course of action to resolve the problem and to prevent its recurrence bring effective solutions to complex customer problems.  The ability to persevere in difficult situations, overcome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures.  The willingness to put forth extra effort when required, including demonstrating persistence in the face of obstacles and adversity. A highly motivated, detail and service oriented individual that enjoys working with others in a team, that can accurately set priorities, work effectively with minimal direction in a job environment involving creative leadership, possessing written and verbal communication skills, problem solving, organizational and technical skills which include PC familiarization;  A technical and functional understanding of hospital, clinic, and related information systems that will allow credibility in the eyes of Hamilton Health Care Systems (HHCS) management, end users, other Informatics Team members, consultants and vendors;  Computer skill set and/or enhanced specialty area workflow knowledge that encompasses intrinsic troubleshooting knowledge and operation optimization strategies;  Familiar with a variety of the field's code sets, concepts, practices, and procedures.  Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.  Performs a variety of complicated tasks. May lead and direct the work of others.  A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected while enforcing established standards.  Additionally, the Epic Analyst may provide consultation on complex projects, and IS considered to be a top level contributor/specialist that can make it happen. A working knowledge of processes performed by the specific areas in health information served, Administrative, operational and technical skills necessary to properly identify, justify and fulfill departmental automation requirements; Ability to work with and utilize to the best advantage the HHCS representatives of various vendors and consultants; A mature individual with a strong sense of customer service, organization, optimization, and continuous improvement