Clinical Application Architect

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab • Chicago, IL

22d • Onsite

About The Position

By joining our team, you’ll be part of our life-changing Mission and Vision. You’ll work in a truly inclusive environment where diversity and equity are championed through words and actions. You’ll contribute to an innovative culture that is second to none, one that embraces curiosity, discovery and compassion. You’ll play a role in something that’s never been done before as we integrate science and clinical care to help patients achieve better, faster outcomes — as we Advance Human Ability, together. Job Description Summary The Clinical Application Architect is the senior technical leader for the Cerner Millennium platform and the organization’s primary expert in CCL, Discern, and related development tools. This role provides both hands-on CCL development and system-level architectural oversight to ensure the stability, performance, and scalability of clinical applications. The Clinical Application Architect will facilitate with IT and end users to gather specifications, write, test and troubleshoot reports and discern rules according to business requirements. The Clinical Application Architect will follow all organization change control processes. The Clinical Application Architect will work with other analysts to grow their CCL knowledge on troubleshooting, reports and extracts. The Clinical Application Architect owns code standards, package deployments, environment migrations, upgrade readiness, and overall technical governance for the Cerner ecosystem. The role also supports additional third-party clinical applications and contributes to integration, data quality, and platform optimization efforts. The Clinical Application Architect will consistently demonstrate support of the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab statement of Vision, Mission and Core Values by striving for excellence, contributing to the team efforts and showing respect and compassion for patients and their families, fellow employees, and all others with whom there is contact at or in the interest of the institute. The Clinical Application Architect will demonstrate Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Core Attributes: Communication, Accountability, Flexibility/Adaptability, Judgment/Problem Solving, Customer Service and Core Values (Hope, Compassion, Discovery, Collaboration, and Commitment to Excellence) while fulfilling job duties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems or computer science. Work experience can replace traditional educational requirements.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in developing and supporting CCL and Cerner Millennium data model.
• Experience leading package installations, upgrades, purge compliance, and Ops Jobs management.
• Excellent Analytical skills and problem solving necessary to resolve issues and/or increase operational efficiency of the patient care process.
• Project management skills with ability to lead technical workstreams and communicate with clinical/business stakeholders.
• Ability to mentor analysts on system architecture and troubleshooting methodology.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to actively listen and communicate effectively with IS peers and non-technical users.
• Strong team-building skills to promote cooperation and collaboration both inside and outside the organization.
• Work well under pressure with a strong attention to detail.
• Experience working within Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office tools.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of rehabilitation healthcare processes in one or more area a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leads development, optimization, and governance of CCL code, Discern Rules, Smart Templates, and custom MPages.
• Optimize report performance and data retrieval efficiency using indexing and schema-aware design.
• Partner with clinical and operational teams to translate report or MPage requirements into functional reporting deliverables.
• Responsible for Millennium upgrade planning, validation, and deployment, including package installation and domain migration.
• Owns code configuration compliance, technical standards, Ops Jobs oversight, and performance optimization.
• Provides guidance and mentorship to IT Analysts and serves as escalation point for complex issues.
• Supports and provides integration strategy for third-party clinical systems outside of Oracle Health.
• Support integrations with downstream systems.
• Collaborate with Data & Analytics and Clinical Informatics to ensure data standardization and integrity.
• Adheres to current coding guidelines and departmental change management processes.
• Provide after-hours on call service as required.
• Stay current with Oracle Health/CCL feature updates and community best practices.
• Perform all other duties that may be assigned in the best interest of the Shirley Ryan Abilitylab.

Benefits

• Shirley Ryan AbilityLab offers a comprehensive benefits program that is competitive with our industry peers in our geographic locations: https://www.sralab.org/benefits
• Benefits and benefits’ eligibility can vary by position.
• Actual compensation will vary based on applicant’s experience and qualifications, as well as internal equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees