Cadence and Decision Tree Senior Consultant

Huron•Chicago, IL

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Huron’s Healthcare Transformation Services (HDTx) team works with healthcare organizations to solve their most complex EHR challenges, so we are constantly searching for skilled technical consultants to help our clients maximize their technology investments. Our Senior Consultants come with a wide variety of experience leveraging their technical expertise to help our clients enhance their EHR platform to improve care delivery, patient outcomes and profitability. As an Epic Cadence and Decision Tree Consultant you will: Support the design, development, and implementation of operational decision trees for a large healthcare organization. This role will serve as a critical bridge between operations and technical teams—ensuring decision trees are both strategically designed and effectively built for deployment. Act as a strategic advisor to the design team, providing guidance on how and where to incorporate operational needs into decision tree frameworks Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and operational requirements into clear decision logic Design and develop decision tree templates aligned with organizational standards and guiding principles Build and configure decision trees based on existing designs Ensure accuracy, usability, and scalability of decision trees for operational use Partner with IT teams to ensure proper implementation, recognizing that development teams may execute builds without providing design input Continuously improve decision tree structures and templates to enhance efficiency and user experience

Requirements

Epic Cadence or Decision tree certification, additional Epic certifications a plus
Proven experience designing and building decision trees, workflows, or logic-based systems
Strong ability to translate operational requirements into structured decision logic
Ability to work in both advisory (strategic) and hands-on (build/development) capacities
A minimum of 3 years’ experience implementing Epic systems in hospitals and health systems
Willingness and ability to travel when necessary, however, at times you are required to provide high-level services remotely
Current permanent U.S. Work authorization required

Nice To Haves

Experience in healthcare or complex operational environments
Familiarity with workflow automation or decision support systems
Background working with cross-functional teams including IT, operations, and design

Responsibilities

Support the design, development, and implementation of operational decision trees for a large healthcare organization.
Serve as a critical bridge between operations and technical teams—ensuring decision trees are both strategically designed and effectively built for deployment.
Act as a strategic advisor to the design team, providing guidance on how and where to incorporate operational needs into decision tree frameworks.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business and operational requirements into clear decision logic.
Design and develop decision tree templates aligned with organizational standards and guiding principles.
Build and configure decision trees based on existing designs.
Ensure accuracy, usability, and scalability of decision trees for operational use.
Partner with IT teams to ensure proper implementation, recognizing that development teams may execute builds without providing design input.
Continuously improve decision tree structures and templates to enhance efficiency and user experience.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision coverage
wellness programs
401(k) plan with a generous employer match
employee stock purchase plan
generous Paid Time Off policy
paid parental leave
adoption assistance
free annual health screenings and coaching
bank at work
on-site workshops
ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year