Clinical Applications Professional 4 – Willow - IT Applications-Ancillary - FT - Day - Remote

UCI Health; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Sick and vacation time

Retirement savings plans

Discounts and perks

Job summary

UCI Health, a major academic health system in California, seeks a functional and technical leader to develop, upgrade, and support clinical information systems. You will independently manage large modules and influence patient care practices while coordinating across teams.

Ideal candidates have Epic Willow certification, 5–7+ years of experience, and strong communication skills to lead projects and maintain cross-functional relationships in a complex health system.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of inpatient workflows and clinical information systems.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication.
• Ability to participate in 24-hour on-call rotations.
• Current Epic Willow certification.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, upgrade, enhance, and support enterprise clinical information systems.
• Independently maintain and manage large modules affecting patient care.
• Facilitate decisions and work efforts impacting applications and care practices.
• Participate in analysis and design of data communication links between systems.

Skills

Inpatient workflows

Customer service

On-call rotations

English communication

Epic Willow certification

Bachelor's degree

Flexible hours

Project leadership

Team collaboration

Troubleshooting

Independent problem solving

Experience 5-7+ years

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

HL7 interfaces

Swisslog

Pyxis

Job description

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California’s largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health — Orange, UCI Health — Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties.

Who We Are

UCI Health is one of California’s largest academic health systems and the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine. Established on July 1, 1976, UCI Health has grown into a 1,461-bed health system that includes UCI Health — Orange, UCI Health — Irvine, four Community Network hospitals and a growing network of ambulatory care centers across Orange and Los Angeles counties. As Orange County’s only academic health systems, UCI Health is home to the only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center based in the county, the region’s only American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, American College of Emergency Physicians Gold Level 1 Geriatric Emergency Department and a nationally recognized regional burn center verified by the American Burn Association. Powered by UC Irvine, UCI Health serves 5.6 million people across Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County through excellence in patient care, research and medical education.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary The incumbent acts as both a functional and technical leader in the development, upgrade, enhancement, and support of Clinical Information systems. Independently maintains and manages large modules of an enterprise clinical information system or department specialty system. Facilitates decisions and work efforts which affect applications and patient care practices. Participates in the analysis and design of data communication links between systems.

Required Qualifications

What It Takes to be Successful

• Working knowledge of inpatient workflows
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Must be willing to participate in 24 hour on-call rotations as a system duty officer
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Current certification in Epic Willow
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to function as a project leader and project member
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to apply logical troubleshooting and analysis techniques for the purpose of problem resolution
• Ability to act independently to solve problems and develop recommendations
• 5-7+ years of relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Coordination / management experience
• Must possess a working knowledge of HL7 and other interface/integration strategies
• Knowledge of University and medical center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Experience within a clinical context and/or clinical designation
• Experience using / implementing Pharmacy related applications (Swisslog, Pyxis)
• Experience supporting additional Epic or third-party applications

Total Rewards

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Conditions Of Employment

The University of California, Irvine (UCI) seeks to provide a safe and healthy environment for the entire UCI community. As part of this commitment, all applicants who accept an offer of employment must comply with the following conditions of employment:

• Background Check and Live Scan
• Employment Misconduct*
• Legal Right to Work in the United States
• Vaccination Policies
• Smoking and Tobacco Policy
• Drug Free Environment
• Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.

The following additional conditions may apply, some of which are dependent upon business unit or job specific requirements.

• California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• E-Verify
• Pre-Placement Health Evaluation

Details of each policy may be reviewed by visiting the following page: https://hr.uci.edu/new-hire/conditions-of-employment.php

Closing Statement

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming. UCI provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities upon request. For more information, please contact UCI's Employee Experience Center (EEC) at [e-mail] or at [phone], Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consideration for Work Authorization Sponsorship

Must be able to provide proof of work authorization