EPIC Interface Analyst 2

Baton Rouge Health District; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Baton Rouge Health District is seeking an Interface Analyst/Developer responsible for the analysis, technical design, and support of interfaces. Key tasks include designing high-quality interface integrations and troubleshooting related issues.

The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of programming experience or relevant FMOLHS IS system experience. A Bachelor’s Degree in IT can substitute for programming experience. Familiarity with HL7 standards is essential.

Qualifications

• 2 years of programming experience or 3 years of FMOLHS IS system experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in IT field substitutes for 2 years of programming experience.
• High School graduate or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Design efficient high-quality interface integrations.
• Perform investigation of interface-related business and system requirements.
• Evaluate business requirements and processes to provide possible solutions.
• Communicate with team members to address application functionality.
• Serve as the point person for assigned interfaces.
• Coordinate all testing/validation of the interface.
• Troubleshoot production or testing issues related to interfaces.
• Develop and document interface specifications.
• Create mapping documents for HL7 fields.
• Perform configuration/build changes.

Skills

HL7 standards

Programming

Issue triage

Technical design

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT

High School graduate or equivalent

Job description

The Interface Analyst/Developer is responsible for analysis, technical design and issue triage for the development, implementation and support of interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Designs efficient high‑quality interface integrations, creates efficient and logical program code, and writes clear and concise system descriptions that meet project requirements.
• Performs investigation of interface‑related business and system requirements identified for new or modification requests. Determines impact to interfaces, documents configuration and build changes needed.
• Evaluates business requirements and processes to provide possible solutions and accurate estimates for development efforts.
• Communicates with the other team members to ensure that application functionality and workflow requirements and needs are being addressed and met.
• Serves as the point person for assigned interfaces, which may include coordinating analysis calls, maintaining business requirements documentation, escalating issues encountered and performing configuration and build changes to interface code.
• Coordinates or assists in all testing/validation of the interface.
• Troubleshoots production or testing/validation interface issues or related applications. Runs error‑code frequency reports for interfaces, investigates and analyzes the errors, causes of failure and proposes/implements solutions.
• Develops and documents interface specifications, and operational documents for each new interface for posterity.
• Creates mapping documents for HL7 fields and sub‑fields by collecting Epic system values and values for the other systems to serve as a central reference for doing mapping among the various systems.
• Performs configuration / build changes.

Qualifications

• 2 years of programming experience or 3 years of FMOLHS IS system experience.
• Bachelor's Degree in IT field substitutes for 2 years of programming experience.
• High School graduate or equivalent.

Knowledge of HL7 standards and experience with interface engines.