Certified Epic Analyst

About the role

The Epic Applications Analyst II at St. Charles Health System is responsible for planning and executing all facets of the life cycle for those software applications supporting our hospitals and ambulatory clinics, maximizing the business value to our users of those applications. The Analyst coordinates all decisions and issues arising for an application area and conducts the design, build, testing and deployment of the Epic Electronic Health Record and supporting IT systems. The Analyst will know the EHR system’s capabilities and functional use and apply their knowledge of Patient Care and Business workflows to successfully maintain a standardized system that meets lean process needs and best practices. This position does not directly manage any other Caregivers.

Responsibilities

• Leads efforts to install and implement system patches, service packs and version upgrades as assigned;
• Leads process improvement efforts;
• Remains familiar with industry best practices;
• Develops and maintains a roadmap for future system improvements;
• Ushers through simple to complex system environment changes;
• Collaborates with system users towards continuous improvement of the business value delivered by our software applications;
• Builds and maintains system control and application configuration data within software applications to maximize the business benefits delivered;
• Leads integrated area workgroups across application and operational teams;
• Understands the choices involved in application configuration and manages choices which support the guiding principles and strategies of the organization;
• Performs in-depth analysis of workflows, data collection, report details and other technical issues associated with the Epic EHR;
• Investigates standardization and process improvement opportunities while making build decisions;
• Organizes and vets potential system enhancement needs and prepares details of specifications needed; prioritizes and implements requested changes to the system;
• Ensures validity and integrity that interfaced data meets business requirements;
• Ensures Epic Gold Stars program requirements are understood and maintains Honor Roll specific criteria within application;
• Evaluates Community Connect needs and how they integrate with design;
• Participates in Governance Committees such as domain groups, RAC, CPAC, etc.;
• Obtains proficiencies in other applications including Data Courier;