Remote EMR/EHR Support Manager - Lead & Optimize Care IT

Eliassen Group; Charleston (WV); Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an EMR/EHR Application Support Manager for a remote contract role. You will lead production support, mentor analysts, coordinate with clinicians and vendors, and drive stability and regulatory compliance across Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, NextGen, and other systems.

You will establish SLAs, manage incidents, and guide go-live activities while ensuring HIPAA and data integrity. Strong leadership and healthcare IT experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years supporting EMR/EHR or healthcare applications.
• 2+ years leading or supervising support teams.
• Experience supporting clinical users in healthcare environments.
• Strong incident management and service delivery background.
• SQL databases and query troubleshooting experience.
• Knowledge of healthcare workflows and clinical operations.
• Preferred: Epic, Cerner, Athena, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, or Meditech experience.
• Preferred: ITIL Certification and Healthcare Informatics certification.
• Preferred: HL7 interfaces and healthcare integrations experience.
• Preferred: Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, or similar ticketing systems.
• Preferred: Project management experience and EMR implementation or go-live support leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Application Support Analysts and manage daily operations.
• Establish SLAs and support metrics, and coordinate on-call schedules and incident response.
• Develop support processes, knowledge articles, and standard operating procedures.
• Oversee support for EMR/EHR platforms including Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, NextGen, eClinicalWorks, Meditech, or proprietary systems.
• Ensure prompt resolution of clinical and operational application issues and manage major incidents.
• Coordinate cross-functional resolution teams and support upgrades, releases, enhancements, and go-live activities.
• Monitor application performance and availability.
• Partner with clinical, operational, and business leaders, serving as escalation point for complex issues.
• Collaborate with vendors on defects, enhancements, and support requests, and facilitate communication during outages.
• Guide troubleshooting of application, SQL/database, interface failures, HL7 and API integrations, and reporting or workflow issues.
• Ensure root cause analysis for recurring problems and drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure HIPAA compliance, support audits and regulatory standards, and maintain documentation of controls and processes.

Skills

EMR/EHR systems

Healthcare apps

Incident management

Stakeholder management

SQL databases

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Health Informatics/CS

Tools

Jira

ServiceNow

Confluence

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking an EMR/EHR Application Support Manager for a remote contract role. You will lead production support, mentor analysts, coordinate with clinicians and vendors, and drive stability and regulatory compliance across Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, NextGen, and other systems.

You will establish SLAs, manage incidents, and guide go-live activities while ensuring HIPAA and data integrity. Strong leadership and healthcare IT experience are essential.