Senior Analyst, Business Systems

Lifepoint Health • Brentwood, TN

18d • Remote

About The Position

POSITION SUMMARY: The responsibility of the Senior Application Analyst is to provide a detailed level of analysis, design, testing, implementation and ongoing support of Business Systems and other related systems across the organization. The position supports other application analysts and is expected to take control and lead projects. A Senior Application Analyst also works closely with internal staff members as well as others like MD practices, facilities, and agencies to ensure that systems are reliable and responsive to corporate and each organization’s needs. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with excellent communication skills that include technical vocabulary. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Oversees application ownership for Patient Access solutions and has a good understanding of patient account flow within non-clinical applications including Billing/Accounts Receivable. Engage in designing, implementing and maintenance of Business Systems and other related applications. Participates in and leads market level software projects as the subject matter expert for both the application and to Operations. Serves as liaison between markets and vendors on application support, customizations, and change management. Leads and works with Operations and users to optimize market specific processes, system usage and workflows to leverage best practices and application capabilities. Collaborate with other team members to ensure that application functionality, workflow requirements and business needs are addressed and documented. Ability to interface effectively with other departments, hospital personnel, other HSC staff, and business contacts outside the organization Regular and reliable attendance. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 10+ years of healthcare IT or similar experience
• Business Mathematical Skills -- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
• Advanced Computer Skills -- Routine use of electronic mail and computer systems. Ability to incorporate complex and complicated functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations to support business objectives.
• Moderate Communication -- Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills. May train others in functional areas, interact with others and make presentations to department or middle management.
• Department Specific Impact -- Decisions impact the management and operations within a department. May contribute to business and operational decisions that affect the department.
• Varied Business Problems -- Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedents and practices.
• Moderate Independent Judgement -- Results are defined; sets personal own goals and determines how to achieve results with few or no guidelines to follow; supervisor/manager provides broad guidance and overall direction.
• Moderate Planning -- Handle multiple tasks simultaneously with moderate complexity.

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate will possess substantial hands-on experience with Patient Access applications within Meditech or comparable electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing outsourced patient access technologies, particularly partnerships with vendors such as R1, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversees application ownership for Patient Access solutions and has a good understanding of patient account flow within non-clinical applications including Billing/Accounts Receivable.
• Engage in designing, implementing and maintenance of Business Systems and other related applications.
• Participates in and leads market level software projects as the subject matter expert for both the application and to Operations.
• Serves as liaison between markets and vendors on application support, customizations, and change management.
• Leads and works with Operations and users to optimize market specific processes, system usage and workflows to leverage best practices and application capabilities.
• Collaborate with other team members to ensure that application functionality, workflow requirements and business needs are addressed and documented.
• Ability to interface effectively with other departments, hospital personnel, other HSC staff, and business contacts outside the organization
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees