EHR Security & Access Analyst (Cerner/HIPAA)

RICEFW Technologies Inc; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) seeks an EHR Security Analyst to support security, access, and user provisioning for the Cerner EHR environment, aligning with HIPAA and organizational policies.

This role collaborates with clinical, IT, privacy and compliance teams, manages role-based permissions, conducts audits, and helps with upgrades and downtime procedures while keeping up with evolving threats. Experience with AD, SSO, MFA, and incident response is valued.

Qualifications

• Three plus years of IT experience.
• Three plus years of healthcare IT experience.
• Strong understanding of Millennium and OHPAC security positions.
• Strong Understanding of EHR Systems.
• Understanding of HIPAA, HITECH, meaningful user and other healthcare security regulations.
• Experience with Active Directory (AD), single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication(MFA), and identity management solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills related to Cerner/OHPAC security and access issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work with IT teams, compliance officers, and end users.
• Familiarity with healthcare IT infrastructure, including networking, firewalls, and database security.
• Knowledge of Discern and ccl.

Responsibilities

• Map and maintaining EHR positions definitions, which includes, Millenium Positions, Preferences and OHPAC Security groups with VDH Positions.
• Reviews and processes EHR access requests in accordance with established policies, procedures, organizational standards, and role-based access requirements.
• Creates, modifies, and terminates user access based on approved requests and established processes.
• Monitor and enforce appropriate use of EHR Access Control Positions and Policies, ensuring that users have the correct level of access based on their roles and their job functions.
• Work with EHR Security Officer, IT Technical team, Support Team and EHR Core team to help define and automate user provisioning and offboarding procedures.
• Monitor and conduct internal security audits of the EHR application to identify and mitigate risks and/or vulnerabilities detected.
• Work with EHR Security Officer to develop and maintain security policies, procedure and guidelines related to the Application.
• Work with EHR Security Officer and ISO Office and EHR Core team to define and complete security documentation and downtime procedures according with VDH Security guidelines.
• Work with EHR Security Officer to respond and investigate security incidents related to EHR Application ensuring timely resolution and proper reporting to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the EHR implementation and optimization teams to ensure that security measures are integrated into the deployment of new features, updates, and third-party applications.
• Stay informed about emerging security threats, technologies, and best practices related to EHR systems.
• Recommend improvements and optimizations to the EHR security environment based on industry trends and emerging threats.
• Monitor user behavior by using tools like P2Sentinel to determine trends and possible incidents.
• Work with EHR Security Officer and EHR Core team to assist on internal and external audits.
• Participate in Cerner/OHPAC upgrades, security patches and system maintenance to ensure ongoing security.
• Participate in the Domain Strategy for EHR Application.
• Stay up to date with security updates, best practices and regulatory changes.

Skills

Healthcare IT

EHR security

HIPAA knowledge

Active Directory

SSO / MFA

Cerner/OHPAC

Security auditing

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Networking security

Tools

P2Sentinel

Job description

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) seeks an EHR Security Analyst to support security, access, and user provisioning for the Cerner EHR environment, aligning with HIPAA and organizational policies.

This role collaborates with clinical, IT, privacy and compliance teams, manages role-based permissions, conducts audits, and helps with upgrades and downtime procedures while keeping up with evolving threats. Experience with AD, SSO, MFA, and incident response is valued.