IT Architect ERP

NCH is an independent, locally governed non-profit delivering premier comprehensive care. Our healthcare system is comprised of two hospitals, an alliance of 700+ physicians, and medical facilities in dozens of locations throughout Southwest Florida that offer nationally recognized, quality health care. NCH is transforming into an Advanced Community Healthcare System™, providing higher acuity care and Centers of Excellence, offering Graduate Medical Education and fellowships, endowed chairs, conducting research, participating in national clinical trials, and partnering with other health market leaders like Hospital for Special Surgery, Encompass, and ProScan.

About the role

Designs and maintains the organization’s current application architecture and assesses potential impacts of future architecture on current applications. Identifies future system needs, researches, identifies, and plans for the technology that will eventually become necessary to implement at the application level. Develops application solution architectures which align organizational requirements with the functionality and constraints of off-the-shelf software and related technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Optimizes application usage and workflow efficiency by integrating key systems.
• Serves as a solution expert for upgrades and services for reported issues or for assigned projects.
• Maintains, updates, designs, and develops assigned applications by translating organizational needs.
• Collaborates with operations leaders and end users of the system to design, build, test, train, implement, evaluate, and provide maintenance to assigned applications.
• Educates and develops Application Analysts, Application Consultants, and other team members.
• Provides outstanding customer service to customers and maintains positive relationships with other employees and contractors.
• Troubleshoots identified issues, solves end user problems, enhances, and optimizes applications.
• Participates in ongoing support and maintenance of existing systems and applications.
• Performs after-hours maintenance as required.
• Creates and maintains detailed technical documentation for assigned systems.
• Provides on-call coverage as deemed appropriate by management.
• Identifies and escalates production-critical issues to appropriate IT personnel.
• Uses ticketing system to log and monitor tickets.
• Participates in projects as deemed appropriate by management.
• Evaluates and corrects issues involving configuration of applications.
• Participates in Disaster Recovery planning, implementation, and testing.
• Works in a collaborative, innovative, flexible, and team-oriented environment, displaying a problem-solving orientation to issues daily.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare, or related field, with at least 5 years of relevant IT, Healthcare, or Supply Chain experience leveraging industry standard applications and systems. Prefer experience with Infor Cloud Suite.
• OR currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Healthcare, or related field, expected to complete the degree within 1 year, with at least 5 years of relevant IT, Healthcare, or Supply Chain experience leveraging industry standard applications and systems. Prefer experience with Infor Cloud Suite.
• OR High School Diploma/GED with 11 years of relevant IT, Healthcare, or Supply Chain experience leveraging industry standard applications and systems. Prefer experience with Infor Cloud Suite.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to solve complex problems in a timely manner.
• Accurate with good attention to detail.
• Ability to work under own initiative / self-motivated.
• Experience with information technology optimization.
• Dexterity to learn new systems and programs rapidly.
• Must keep current on industry trends.
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed to support the business.
• Ability to travel between locations; if a virtual position is offered, candidate may be required to travel onsite up to 25% of the time.
• Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Visio).
• Intermediate computer knowledge: uses Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Windows.

Candidates may work onsite in Naples, FL or be considered for a virtual position.