Epic Acute Clinic Application Manager

Salinas Valley Health; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Salinas Valley Health in Salinas, CA is seeking an Epic Manager to lead the Epic EHR and PM system implementations, coordinate support, and train nursing, physicians, and staff on system functionality.

You will oversee build, testing, and validation, collaborate with SVH IT, ensure HIPAA compliance, and guide a team through upgrades while maintaining high patient-care standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a field related to informatics or health information technology.
• Epic Certification/Accreditation within 90 days of employment; initial training completion is required.
• Two years of healthcare leadership experience is required.
• Four years in a healthcare clinical environment with focus on clinical information systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead Epic EHR and PM system implementations for inpatient and ambulatory services.
• Coordinate Epic application support and serve as primary super user.
• Provide guidance and training for Epic EHR and third-party applications.
• Oversee discovery, build, testing, validation, training and optimization of Epic projects.
• Collaborate with SVH IT and assist with system upgrades and improvements.

Skills

Epic EHR Knowledge

Project Management

Healthcare Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

It’s fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing!

We’re committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business.

Department:

EPIC Acute

Under the direction of the Director of Enterprise Informatics, the Epic Manager is responsible for leadership of the Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) Applications in which they have been assigned. The Epic Manager will play a key role in executing executive leadership’s strategies through project management of the EHR system implementations, maintenance, training nurses, physicians and other inpatient/outpatient staff on system functionality, building system tables and design, testing system upgrades, and providing pre and post-implementation training. The Epic Manager will have responsibility for implementing the organization’s strategic plan to inpatient and ambulatory medical informatics projects, serving as a resource for SVHMC, SVHC and community physician practices on topics relevant to EHRs and any emerging regulatory requirements that relate to their effective use.

This position oversees the following applications:

• EpicCare Inpatient Orders Application
• EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Documentation Application
• Epic ASAP ED Application
• Epic OpTime Application
• Epic Anesthesia Application
• Epic Lumens Endoscopy Application

Primary Duties

• Serves as the lead for Epic EHR and/or PM system implementations.
• Responsible for coordinating and oversight of Epic application support.
• Serves as the primary super user for Epic software applications.
• Provides guidance, organization and support for various Epic EHR and third-party application implementations at SVHMC and SVHC.
• Provides leadership and supervision regarding departmental performance by completing evaluations, maintaining staff competency and development, adequate staffing, and assures all work in specified areas is completed while maintaining a high level of quality.
• Is a role model for departmental behavior, and provides and promotes a positive working environment for departmental staff to ensure strong employee morale, motivation and productivity.
• Supervises the operational workflow to ensure the department’s role and function in the organization supports the delivery of the highest possible standard of patient care, and customer service for staff and visitors within the available resources.
• Serves a key role in implementing new information systems by mastering the technical and operational components of the system in order to educate and train users.
• Oversee all facets of Epic projects, including but not limited to discovery sessions, project build, testing and validation, training and optimization.
• Works in collaboration with SVH IT. Assists with system upgrades, including build, testing and validation.
• Assists with the development and coordination of Epic EHR and PM software applications training curriculum for end-users.
• Provides data analysis and report generation as requested and supports population health initiatives.
• Works with population health leads to build out regulatory changes that will affect EHR and PM workflows.
• Responsibility for maintaining processes and procedures compliant with HIPAA standards.
• Assists with departmental accounts receivable, ensuring accuracy of charges to clinics for EHR and PM services provided. Assists with maintaining up to date financial records and budgetary information related to projects.
• Participates in organizational committees and initiatives, incorporating system solutions and development activities, to assists other departments and affiliates with software applications implementations.
• Support Change Management, Change Control, Project Management and other key department initiatives while leveraging departmental and Epic tools to stay organized (OneNote, FreshService, Epic CMT, Orion, Nova, Sherlock)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree required.

Licensure: Epic Certification (or Accreditation) required in one of the following applications: EpicCare Inpatient Orders, EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Documentation. New hires and transfers have 45 days after Epic training to complete required Epic Certification/Accreditation. Training and certification timeline must be completed with 90 days of employment. Nursing Licensure Preferred.

Experience: Two (2) years’ healthcare leadership experience required. Four (4) years’ experience in a healthcare related clinical environment with a focus on clinical information systems. Working knowledge of the process and delivery of patient care services in an acute care facility and office practice environment. Understanding of the supporting activities in clinical services, ancillary departments, financial services, medical records, utilization review, quality assurance, the admitting/registration functions, and billing and collections.

Pay Range: The hourly rate for this position is $76.07 - $95.08. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the target for new hire salaries for this position

Job Specifications

• Union: Non-Affiliated
• Work Shift: Day Shift
• FTE: 1.0
• Scheduled Hours: 40

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!