EMR Specialist

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

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Electronic Medical Record Specialist is responsible for the ongoing build, update/upgrade implementation, maintenance, optimization, and training of the organization’s EMR application, AthenaHealth. This role involves building, optimizing, and maintaining designated applications in test, training, and production environments, ensuring stakeholder participation, and attending training to maintain certifications. The specialist will test builds, document results, report progress, and focus on improving patient safety, quality measures, efficient care delivery, system security, patient privacy, and compliance. They will also present and communicate information effectively, stay updated on technology changes, and conduct end-user training. Travel to offsite locations is required.

Requirements

High School Diploma.
Experience working with AthenaHealth EMR required.
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.

Responsibilities

Build, optimize and maintain designated applications in test, training and production environments (all applications).
Assist with ensuring participation of the appropriate clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in build activities.
Attend training and successfully complete related projects and tests in order to obtain and maintain applicable certification(s) and/or skills.
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.
Document and accurately report status and progress of assigned deliverables to I.T. leadership and to others as may be directed.
Remain focused on improving patient safety, quality measures, efficient delivery of care, system security, patient privacy and other areas of compliance.
Effectively and appropriately present and communicate information/ideas/concepts to individuals and groups in both verbal and visual manner.
Stay abreast of changing technology, protocols, standards, and guidelines which may impact application build and/or training materials and facilitate changes needed to comply with standards.
Present and conduct training for end-user groups ranging in all levels of skill.
Travel to offsite locations to perform job responsibilities.