General Summary/Responsibilities:

Premier Health utilizes the EPIC system as the electronic medical record (EMR) in which patient health information is entered and stored for the purpose of securing patient clinical information and enhancing patient care. Premier Health employs multiple Epic Teams that specialize in a range of applications within the Epic EMR.

The Epic Programmer Analyst is responsible for application configuration, deployment and support, change documentation, and will educate and inform staff on EPIC functionality. The individual will anticipate business needs and think with a business owner mind-set based on a strong fundamental knowledge of the system, and the organizational infrastructure to recommend solutions that enable the enterprise to achieve its goals. These responsibilities require the individual to stay current with the systems and/or applications as well as coordinate across multiple and varied teams to deliver solutions for the enterprise. This position will include on call responsibilities.

Qualifications

Education
Minimum Level of Education Required: Associate degree
Additional requirements:

• Type of degree: Associate Degree with 2-4 years job experience or Bachelor Degree with 0-4 years job experience
• Area of study or major: Nursing, Medical Technology, Radiology, Mathematics, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory, Pharmacy, or Medicine. 
• Preferred educational qualifications: N/A
• Position specific testing requirement: N/A

Licensure/Certification/Registration

• EPIC certification in primary area of responsibility within 6 months in position is required.

Experience

Minimum Level of Experience Required: No prior job-related work experience

Other experience requirements: Requires knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of applications.

Knowledge/Skills

• Demonstrates specialized knowledge of and expertise in: relevant computer systems, applications and interfaces. Delivers solution sets for systems and application problems.
• Demonstrates proficiency in all skills required to facilitate application and systems enhancements or replacements.
• Capability to analyze and resolve system integration problems.
•  Demonstrates an understanding of clinical and/or business operations.
• Communicates effectively with users, colleagues, developers, and organizational administration.
• Demonstrates excellent analytical skills.
• Collaborates with cross-functional work teams with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates advanced interpersonal skills to effectively interface with department leadership and staff, physicians, vendors, and consultants. Able to effectively communicate technical subjects to non-technical customers.