Application Lead, Cad/Prelude

Role Description

The Application Lead is primarily responsible for providing day-to-day leadership to the functional team for all core activities pertaining to the planning and execution of projects related to the application build, implementation, and support.

The Application Lead is responsible for the overall design and development of the application and is required to gain in-depth knowledge of the application and software.

The Application Lead is expected to be knowledgeable about organizational policies, procedures and business operations, as well as the area of business they are representing and the functionality available in the application(s).

The Application Lead will communicate with vendor installation team, review the software, analyze business operations, work with vendors and end-users to tailor the system to the organization, and participate in the pilot training of end-users (as needed).

This role will participate in current state mapping and future state workflows development, application design and development, testing support, issues resolution application integration, implementation and ongoing support activities.

The Application Lead will identify and manage resistance to change as related to their respective application of responsibility.

Qualifications

• Education: Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience; Minimum: Associate’s degree with six or more years of relevant work experience
• Work Experience: Preferred 6+ years prior system build experience in Epic Cadence, Prelude, Referrals (Welcome/CRM/Call Management also preferred); Preferred 3+ years of relevant experience functioning in a leadership capacity with leading teams and workgroups
• Skills: Strong assertiveness skills and ability to manage conflict in a variety of situations; Superior organizational and people management skills; Demonstrated ability to align and motivate key process stakeholders, including nurses, physicians, and other clinical/administrative staff; Demonstrated ability to interact with multidisciplinary teams
• Licenses and Certifications: Minimum: Certification in specified application as applicable; Applicant is expected to maintain certification as current by completing New Version Training (NVT), as applicable; For certain clinical applications, clinical licensure is preferred and may be required as specified in Job Aid

Key Competencies

• Adaptability/flexibility: demonstrating flexibility with respect to changing end-user business needs
• Critical thinking: the ability and willingness to see things in an open-minded way and examine an idea or concept from as many angles as possible
• Dependability: the ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are completed in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and able to function effectively in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
• Initiative: the ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks, and to help others
• Interpersonal skills: the ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership and subject matter experts; the ability to gain trust and establish effective relationships with Epic counterparts
• Learning: the ability and willingness to learn new software and systems
• Listening: listening attentively to ensure that the intended message has been accurately received, holding responses until the person has finished making their point, and repeating information to ensure accuracy
• Problem solving 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 preventome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures

Benefits and Perks

• Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Retirement Plans
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

Equal Opportunity Employer

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.