EMR Specialist

White-Wilson Medical Center,P.A.•Fort Walton Beach, FL

4h•Onsite

About The Position

The Electronic Medical Record Specialist is primarily responsible for the ongoing build, update/upgrade implementation, maintenance, and optimization of organization’s EMR application, AthenaHealth. This position may at times be responsible for recommending and redesigning workflows in accordance with best practices and ideally has a clinical background and experience. In addition, and to the extent assigned, responsible for training environment build and/or maintenance, training material development, end-user training and/or any other work necessary to support the effective training of others in the application.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including PowerPoint and Excel
Strong understanding of clinical systems and workflows within a hospital or clinic

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Clinical background, such as MA, LPN, or RN preferred.
Project+, CAPM, or PMP certification preferred.
Project management experience preferred
Experience working with AthenaHealth EMR preferred

Responsibilities

Build optimize and maintain designated applications in test, training and production environments (all applications)
Organize and prioritize application build activities in collaboration with I.S. department leadership and department leadership throughout the organization
Assist with ensuring participation of the appropriate clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in build activities
Proactively maintain competency and continue learning opportunities in application(s) correlated to role
Attend training and successfully complete related projects and tests in order to obtain and maintain applicable certification(s) and/or skills
Provide meaningful input and translate optimal future-state workflows into system design
Follows standards for naming and numbering conventions and security classifications
Test builds in a structured manner and document results; prepared to accurately represent findings during change control processes
Serve as application support and subject matter expert and provide resolution to issues
Document and accurately report status and progress of assigned deliverables to I.S. leadership and to others as may be directed
Complete work as assigned within timeline expectations and with a high level of work product quality
Remain focused on improving patient safety, quality measures, efficient delivery of care, system security, patient privacy and other areas of compliance
Understand application and overall EMR system capabilities and/or limitations in order to best leverage available functionality
Effectively and appropriately present and communicate information/ideas/concepts to individuals and groups in both verbal and visual manner
Troubleshoot, research and analyze issues and provide practical and meaningful suggestions for issue resolution
Stay abreast of changing technology, protocols, standards, and guidelines which may impact application build and/or training materials and facilitates changes needed to comply with standards
Participate in workflow design and system build of education modules and training materials.
Produce high quality training system build and develops classroom plans and materials which maximize learning opportunities for end-users.
Effectively present and conduct training for end-user groups ranging in all levels of skill; Creatively finds efficient and effective methods of disseminating training/educational materials to applicable end-users
Strictly follow all change control procedures
Willing and able to travel to offsite locations to perform job responsibilities
Participate in organizing meetings, training, testing administration, end user assessments, and logistics as needed
Comply with all organizational and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Strictly follows all change control procedures.