Senior Application Analyst — Epic Beaker/EpicCare Link

Abbott Laboratories; Illinois; On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in the United States is seeking a Senior Application Analyst with Epic Beaker/Beaker Link expertise to lead design, upgrades, and configuration for core platforms. You will mentor junior analysts, resolve complex issues, and work with stakeholders to optimize business workflows.

The role demands strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to manage cross-functional projects within a global healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of related experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of experience in developing or configuring technology solutions.
• Epic Beaker/EPICCare Link certification within 8 weeks of hire.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the position.

Responsibilities

• Lead studies on business systems design and configuration for Epic Beaker and Beaker Link.
• Plan upgrades, analyze issues, and implement system changes.
• Mentor junior analysts and coordinate with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and vendor staff to align needs with delivery.
• Provide end-user training and hands-on problem solving.
• Maintain strong documentation and drive process improvements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Business intuition

Organizational ability

Communication skills

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / MIS or related field

High school diploma + 4 years relevant experience

Tools

Epic Beaker CP

EpicCare Link

Job description

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Position Overview

At Abbott Cancer Diagnostics, we’re cancer fighters. That’s not a tagline, it’s the reason we come to work every day. Our mission is to change lives through advances in cancer detection and treatment guidance, and ultimately to help eradicate the disease and the suffering it causes. Everything we build, including the software you’d be leading, exists to move that mission forward.

As a Senior Application Analyst – Epic Beaker/EpicCare Link, you will work on business systems design and configuration, Upgrades, and improvements for assigned technology platforms. As a primary support contact for application end-users, the Senior Application Analyst – Epic Beaker/EpicCare Link will work to identify issues that arise in the application area, as well as issues that impact other application teams and work to resolve them. The Senior Application Analyst – Epic Beaker/EpicCare Link will perform impact analysis of desired changes, build and test systems changes, and identify areas of improvement associated with platform performance and opportunities to enable business processes and requirements.

The Senior Application Analyst – Epic Beaker/EpicCare Link will act as a mentor to more junior analysts on the team, support questions and may delegate activities to other analysts.

Essential Duties

Include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Lead the estimation of enhancement or support requests.
• Guide workflow design, configure and test system changes, and analyze technical issues.
• Liaise with business systems stakeholders and software vendor’s implementation staff, ensuring alignment of business needs with delivery of systems changes.
• Develop an understanding of operational needs to set the direction for the organization’s workflows; proactively identify opportunities to improve business workflow with technology improvements.
• Participate in training and work with end users.
• Troubleshoot problems and questions.
• Provide end-user support for issues entered into tracking systems.

• Review the status of projects and issues with project leadership.
• Assign or delegate configuration or other activities to Application Analysts or Managed Services team members.
• Act as delegate for Applications Manager for incident or problem resolution.
• Provide mentorship for other peers and leadership to solve problems, even if it’s outside of their normal responsibilities/scope.
• Be a leader on internal process design and documentation to drive continuous improvement for the IT department or team.
• Ability to work within normal business hours, as well as on-call, with potential for nights and weekends.
• Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Demonstrate flexibility with respect to changing end-user business needs.
• Work within a cross functional team.
• Apply strong problem-solving skills.
• Ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are done in a timely, accurate and efficient manner.
• Ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks and to help others.
• Ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership, subject matter experts and key stakeholders.
• Ability to persevere in difficult situations, overcome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures.
• Ability and willingness to learn new software applications.
• Strong analytical skills, business intuition, and organizational ability.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to operate in a cross functional and complex matrix environment.
• Adaptable, open to change and able to work in ambiguous situations and respond to new information or unexpected circumstances.
• Ability to operate telephone system and computer keyboard and printer.
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds for approximately 5% of a typical working day.
• Ability to work in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.
• Ability to comply with any applicable personal protective equipment requirements.
• Ability to travel approximately 5% of working time.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or related field; or high school degree/general education diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years of experience developing or configuring technology solutions, either in an application analyst or project delivery role and Subject Matter Expert in one or more of the following areas: patient identification workflows in the healthcare setting, revenue cycle, CRM & MyChart, Patient Registration, or lab order entry.
• Possession of or ability to obtain relevant Epic software application(s) certification within 8 weeks of hire.
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current certification in Epic Beaker CP or EpicCare Link.
• Additional relevant Epic certifications, such as Epic Genomics, Epic Aura, Epic Beaker AP, Epic Ambulatory, or Epic Orders.
• Experience supporting or configuring Epic Aura workflows, especially from the perspective of a reference lab.
• Experience working in a health system, reference laboratory, biotechnology, or life sciences environment.
• Experience supporting multiple Epic applications and cross-functional Epic workflows.
• Experience supporting clinical laboratory operations, pathology, genetics, or oncology workflows.
• Experience leading medium-to-large Epic projects, upgrades, workflow optimizations, or major application enhancements.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, creed, disability, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. Applicable portions of the Company’s affirmative action program are available to any applicant or employee for inspection upon request.

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.