Professional Services Consultant I (Behavioral Health Experience Required)

NextGen Healthcare; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen Healthcare seeks a Consultant I, Professional Services to advise clients and lead implementations of our health IT solutions. You will work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team, applying best-practice workflows and documenting gaps and client interactions.

The role emphasizes discovery, configuration, and go-live adoption while maintaining SME status across projects. Travel up to 75% is required, with ongoing education and certification renewals expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent mix of education/experience in health IT or related field.
• CE programs and training relevant to professional services role are required by manager.
• Combination of education and experience acceptable to meet qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Render consulting services at client sites, corporate offices, and remotely.
• Provide consultative advice, recommendations, and solutions reflecting best practices.
• Perform and document discovery for new implementations to determine configurations and workflows.
• Build, configure, maintain and edit best practice workflows for client needs.
• Document identified gaps in product functionality using standardized processes.
• Document all client interactions using standardized processes.
• Responsible for Go-Live support and adoption of the company's products.
• Maintain subject matter expertise to complete assigned work.
• Travel up to 75%.
• Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.

Skills

SQL

SAS

Project management

Communication

Client relations

Time management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer/Data Science, Business Administration, Health Informatics, or related discipline

Continuing education / certifications related to role

Combination of education and experience

Tools

SQL

Database management tools

Job description

The Consultant I, Professional Services is responsible for assisting clients in meeting their organizational goals and objectives. This role will work both independently, and as part of a multidisciplinary team, and are recognized as subject matter experts (SMEs) in the company’s solutions, best practice configurations and workflows.

• Render consulting services at client sites, corporate offices, and remotely.
• Provide consultative advice, recommendations, and solutions to clients reflective of best practice processes and workflows.
• Perform and document Discovery for new implementations, used to determine client specific configurations and workflows.
• Build, configure, maintain and edit best practice workflows to meet specific client needs.
• Document identified gaps in product functionality using standardized processes.
• Document all client interactions using standardized processes.
• Responsible for Go-Live support and adoption of the company's products.
• Maintain subject matter expertise to complete assigned work.
• Travel up to 75%.
• Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.

Education Required:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer/Data Science, Business Administration, Health Informatics, or related discipline.
• Complete continuing education programs and additional training related to this role as required by manager.
• Or, any combination of education and experience which would provide the required qualifications for the position.

Experience Required:

• 6+ years of experience in consulting and/or direct implementation experience with ambulatory health information systems.
• 6+ years of experience working with healthcare-oriented clients and projects.
• Experience working with and managing process improvement and/or clinical/business transformation projects.

License/Certification Required:

• NextGen NCP Certification within 6 months of employment.
• Maintain and renew certification.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of: Knowledge/experience working within the software life cycle; client relationships and effective customer service methodologies. SQL, SAS, or other database management tools; healthcare delivery including but not limited to the HITECH and MACRA legislation and related programs and regulations.
• Skill in: Project management, communications (verbal, written), presentation, organizational skills, time management, problem solving, conflict resolution, interpersonal skills, customer/client orientation.
• Ability to: Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities, multiple demands, and ambiguity; develop and deliver multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences with ability to actively listen to others and adjusts to fit the audience and the message; prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and multi-task while maintaining attention to detail; establish and maintain effective working relationships through collaboration and respect; deliver professionalism in a virtual environment with prompt communication, camera-on culture, appropriate personal presentation.

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.

NextGen Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.