Epic Ambulatory Manager (Remote Available)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center•Nashville, TN

12h•Remote

About The Position

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health is committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your uniqueness is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Organization: HealthIT Core Clinicals Job Summary: This manager position for the Community Programs team will lead the team of 4 analysts working on the Ambulatory Community Connect program and Epic Home Health module, Dorothy. The technical areas under this manager will include all aspects of Ambulatory Community Connect build: facility expansion for HMA, ambulatory orders, preference lists, profiles, In Basket pools, specialty build, and more. This role leads upgrade efforts, supports maintenance, and prioritizes enhancement requests. The manager helps to create level of efforts for upcoming projects and minor enhancements for Community Connect. The manager will be responsible for shaping requirements for Community Connect build requests as well as completing some analysis and build alongside team members. Additionally, this manager will be responsible for leading the technical aspects of the Dorothy application, including support of the Remote Client. . KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Managing IT staff by recruiting and training employees, communicating job expectations, assigning projects/tasks, and monitoring performance. Ensures staff alignment with mission and strategic plan Ensures staff compliance with budgets, resource allocation, operational plans, and policies. Ensures that projects stay on track and regularly communicates status to department leadership and business/operational leaders. Regularly review/implement advances in technology and industry best practices. Assists with preparation of operating and capital budgets following established guidelines and using benchmark data. The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned. About the Department: Health IT HealthIT provides the best health information technology tools that support Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission of: Delivering distinctively personalized care Improving the health care of individuals and communities regionally, nationally and internationally Providing transformative learning programs Supporting compelling discoveries Our tools, which form the digital arteries of VUMC, are either developed in-house by our innovative product teams or selected from the most cutting-edge solutions available in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Our 500 colleagues provide ongoing support over each product’s entire lifespan, ensuring that the tools are meeting the evolving needs of the Medical Center’s 24,000 colleagues. Our solutions are driven by the incredible work and research of our colleagues throughout Vanderbilt and supported through a close partnership with VUMC Information Technology (VUMC IT). The strong collaboration among our teams means that VUMC can respond to clinical and operational issues with agility and innovation. Together, we ensure VUMC remains a leader in its pioneering use of healthcare information technology. Underscoring our entire department are our core values of accountability, transparency and execution, delivered with a strong Partner Promise. Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more. At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. PEOPLE ARE AT THE HEART OF ALL WE DO. Our vision: The world leader in advancing personalized health. Our mission: personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and distinctive capabilities. Making Health Care Personal. We’re looking for like-minded individuals driven to make a difference. We invite you to explore careers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. At VUMC, we place a priority on designing with and for our patients and families. We value collaboration, embrace continuous learning and discovery, and seek to be a place where everyone has the chance to thrive. We’re the largest private employer in Middle Tennessee, with a growing team and expanding footprint in towns and communities across the region. We employ more than 28,000 people who work in inpatient and outpatient clinical care, research, and graduate medical education as well as critical supporting roles in administration, information technology and informatics, finance, legal and community affairs, communications and marketing, fund-raising, groundskeeping and facilities, and many more. Our growing health system has more than 1,700 licensed hospital beds at: Vanderbilt University Hospital Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital It’s also home to hundreds of outpatient clinic and surgical locations throughout the region. We serve our community with many unique and specialized services including the Level 1 Trauma Center, a highly experienced Transplant Center that does the most heart transplants in the world, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lung Institute, Burn Center and many more. World-leading academic departments and centers make scientific discoveries, advance clinical care and train the next generation of health care professionals. Our robust research enterprise consistently ranks among the highest in the country as measured by peer-reviewed grant funding from the National Institutes of Health. We’re honored to be consistently considered among the nation’s best hospitals, including being nationally ranked in multiple medical specialties for treating the most complex conditions in adults and children by US News and World Report. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt ranked as the No. 1 children’s hospital in the southeast in 2024. We support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at VUMC for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose. Join us in Making Health Care Personal.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (required)
EpicCare Ambulatory certification
Technical hands-on architecting experience is preferred

Nice To Haves

Epic Dorothy (or EpicCare Home Health) is a plus

Responsibilities

Managing IT staff by recruiting and training employees, communicating job expectations, assigning projects/tasks, and monitoring performance.
Ensures staff alignment with mission and strategic plan
Ensures staff compliance with budgets, resource allocation, operational plans, and policies.
Ensures that projects stay on track and regularly communicates status to department leadership and business/operational leaders.
Regularly review/implement advances in technology and industry best practices.
Assists with preparation of operating and capital budgets following established guidelines and using benchmark data.