Senior Epic Inpatient Orders Application Analyst (Remote Available)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

10d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Application Analyst is responsible for system build, maintenance, minor enhancements, and project work related to the Epic Inpatient Orders application. The role builds and maintains system lists, consults, and eConsults, and collaborates with the Telehealth team to implement new inpatient eConsults. The analyst maintains workflows for EEGs, ECGs, PFTs, and other procedural orders; completes system build and support for inpatient provider billing; and supports the rollout of provider charging in the inpatient environment. The position participates in the on-call support rotation for the Orders and Clin Doc applications and supports Epic’s twice-yearly upgrade cycles. The role is available for remote work from most US locations.

The analyst designs, builds, installs, configures, or develops software supporting clinical, administrative, financial, and operational workflows. The role analyzes workflows and their technical environments; may analyze and design supporting technical infrastructure; and supports implementations, including testing and quality assurance, reporting, product life cycle activities, customer and vendor collaboration, and user training. The analyst also assists with onboarding and training as needed. Additional duties may be assigned.

The role requires Epic Inpatient Orders certification and a bachelor’s degree. The posting lists five years of relevant work experience and describes intermediate capabilities in business knowledge, problem management, product knowledge, testing, technical analysis, and configuration management and planning. The position works within Vanderbilt Health’s Health IT department, which provides and supports information technology tools across the Medical Center.

Requirements

• Epic Inpatient Orders certification (required).
• Bachelor’s degree (required).
• Five years of relevant work experience.
• Intermediate business knowledge, including interpreting business data and communicating with users and customers about business functions.
• Intermediate problem management skills, including incident tracking and problem reporting; ability to educate and train others.
• Intermediate product knowledge and the ability to develop or support applications independently.
• Intermediate testing skills, including developing and executing test data, load testing, validating data passed among programs, using automated testing aids, and maintaining test documentation for regulatory requirements.
• Intermediate technical analysis skills, including knowledge of assigned products and interfacing systems, resolving complex issues, and designing, building, configuring, installing, running reports, and performing maintenance support with minimal guidance.
• Intermediate configuration management and planning skills, including assessing the impact of new technology, platforms, and design criteria and communicating configuration information clearly.
• Ability to support clinical, administrative, financial, revenue, or operational implementations.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, install, configure, and/or develop software that supports clinical, administrative, financial, and operational workflows.
• Analyze workflows supported by assigned products and their relationship to the technical environment.
• May analyze and design supporting technical infrastructures.
• Support implementations for assigned products, including testing and quality assurance, reporting, product life cycle activities, communication and collaboration with customers and vendors, and user training.
• Build and maintain system lists, consults, and eConsults.
• Collaborate with the Telehealth team on implementing new inpatient eConsults.
• Maintain workflows for EEGs, ECGs, PFTs, and other procedural orders.
• Complete system build and support for inpatient provider billing and support the rollout of provider charging in the inpatient environment.
• Participate in the on-call support rotation for the Orders and Clin Doc applications.
• Support Epic’s twice-yearly upgrade cycles.
• Assist with onboarding and training as needed.
• May lead projects and delegate tasks; may act as a go-to resource for less-experienced colleagues.

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package that may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.
• Professional growth and a sense of community and purpose are described as reasons employees stay at Vanderbilt Health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior