Technical Practitioner

Huron Consulting Services•Chicago, IL

1d•Remote

About The Position

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes. Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients. Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. The Technical Practitioner will support the full lifecycle of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system implementation across multiple medical centers. The Practitioner is responsible for performing/organizing discovery efforts at various hospitals & clinics (i.e. sites) related to End User Devices (EUDs), interfaced systems, & Data Drops & Power Outlets (DDPO) and will then perform post discovery analysis to inform technical scope and requirements. Building an understanding of the client's list of standard capabilities, devices, and interfaces is essential to perform meaningful discovery and gap analysis.

Requirements

Candidates must be based in California
Semi-frequent travel expected to hospitals and clinics in various geographies
Significant client interaction is expected
Previous hospital/clinic assessment experience
Familiarity with system interfaces & medical device interfaces
Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical, clinical and operational project teams while managing multiple tasks independently
Ability to learn and execute without continuous direction
Strong written and oral communication skills
Proficiency with MS Office Suite (Excel, Project, PowerPoint)
The ability to travel is an essential function of this role and may vary based on client, enterprise or project needs, with frequent travel to client sites nationwide
Must be a United States Citizen
Candidates must comply with applicable client requirements, such as immunization and occupational health mandates

Nice To Haves

Previous Oracle EHR (or similar vendors) is preferred
Experience with Oracle Health EHR systems, including large-scale implementations or deployments
Previous Federal consulting or experience working within the DoD, Veteran’s Health Administration (VHA) or Military Hospital System (MHS)

Responsibilities

Performing/organizing discovery efforts at various hospitals & clinics (i.e. sites) related to End User Devices (EUDs), interfaced systems, & Data Drops & Power Outlets (DDPO)
Performing post discovery analysis to inform technical scope and requirements
Supporting device procurement tracking & logistics
Owning relationships with local site IT leaders and other technology / network / engineering groups
Supporting the technical readiness of a transition to a new EHR
External vendor management/coordination
Cutover planning & support
Project management of engineering activities