Senior Epic Healthcare IT Consultant

GuruSchools LLP; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Part time

Job summary

UConn Health is seeking a Senior Epic Healthcare IT Consultant to support the Epic Expansion Program and affiliated healthcare entities. You will lead Epic implementations, optimize workflows, and provide program management and strategic IT guidance across complex health systems.

The role covers design, configuration, testing, go-live, and ongoing operations, with onsite/hybrid work as required and a focus on interoperability and transformational IT initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, healthcare informatics, business, or related field.
• 5+ years of healthcare IT consulting experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Epic EHR implementations, expansions, or optimization projects.
• Experience with large integrated healthcare delivery systems and academic medical centers preferred.
• Strong healthcare workflow knowledge and project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Support Epic implementation, expansion, optimization, and integration of Epic EHR solutions.
• Participate in design, configuration, testing, deployment, and optimization.
• Develop project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional clinical, technical, and operational teams.
• Provide strategic healthcare IT recommendations to leadership.
• Develop future-state roadmaps and oversee go-live and post-production activities.
• Provide staffing augmentation and advisory services across projects.

Skills

Epic EHR

Healthcare IT Consulting

Epic Implementation

Epic Optimization

Program Management

System Integration

Testing & UAT

Stakeholder Management

Change Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT / CS / Healthcare Informatics

Job description

Position: Senior Epic Healthcare IT Consultant
Project: UConn Health Epic Expansion Program
RFP: UCHC-221261792
Location: Farmington, Connecticut
Work Arrangement: Onsite / Hybrid as Required
Engagement Type: Contract

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Epic Healthcare IT Consultant to support the UConn Health Epic Expansion Program and its affiliated healthcare entities and Community Connect partners.

The consultant will provide expertise in Epic implementation, healthcare IT project management, staffing augmentation, operational support, and strategic advisory services. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting large integrated healthcare delivery systems, academic medical centers, and multi-hospital health systems.

Key Responsibilities

Epic Implementation

• Support implementation, expansion, optimization, and integration of Epic EHR solutions.
• Participate in Epic application design, configuration, testing, deployment, and optimization.
• Analyze clinical and business requirements and translate them into Epic solutions.
• Support workflows across clinical, financial, and administrative functions.
• Participate in system integration and interoperability initiatives.
• Support go-live, stabilization, and post-production activities.

Project & Program Management

• Support Epic implementation and expansion projects from planning through deployment.
• Develop project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional clinical, technical, and operational teams.
• Prepare project status reports and executive-level presentations.
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and implementation workshops.
• Provide strategic healthcare IT recommendations to UConn Health leadership.
• Assess current-state healthcare technology environments.
• Develop future-state recommendations and implementation roadmaps.
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical workflows, technology utilization, and operational efficiency.
• Support IT modernization and transformation initiatives.

Staffing Augmentation

• Provide qualified Epic and healthcare IT professionals based on project requirements.
• Support clinical, technical, application, project management, and operational teams.
• Work collaboratively with UConn Health personnel and other implementation partners.
• Provide specialized expertise during implementation, testing, go-live, and optimization phases.

IT Operations & Advisory Support

• Support ongoing Epic application operations and production environments.
• Troubleshoot system and application issues.
• Assist with incident, problem, and change management.
• Provide application optimization and performance recommendations.
• Support system upgrades, enhancements, and maintenance activities.
• Develop operational procedures and technical documentation.
• Support integration between Epic and other healthcare applications.
• Work with HL7, FHIR, APIs, and healthcare interoperability technologies.
• Support interfaces between clinical, financial, laboratory, pharmacy, imaging, and other systems.
• Troubleshoot interface and integration issues.
• Support interoperability and data-exchange initiatives.

Testing & Go-Live

• Develop and execute testing strategies and test plans.
• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and regression testing.
• Coordinate defect identification and resolution.
• Participate in cutover planning and readiness assessments.
• Provide go-live and command-center support.
• Support post-go-live stabilization and optimization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Healthcare Informatics, Business, or a related field.
• 5+ years of healthcare IT consulting experience.
• Demonstrated experience with Epic EHR implementations, expansions, or optimization projects.
• Experience working with large integrated healthcare delivery systems.
• Experience with academic medical centers or multi-hospital health systems strongly preferred.
• Strong healthcare workflow and clinical systems knowledge.
• Experience with healthcare IT project/program management.
• Experience with system implementation, testing, go-live, and post-production support.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Epic certification(s) relevant to the proposed role.
• Experience supporting Epic Community Connect programs.
• Experience with Epic application implementation and optimization.
• Experience with HL7, FHIR, APIs, and healthcare interoperability.
• Experience working with academic medical centers.
• Experience supporting multi-hospital healthcare environments.
• Experience with clinical, financial, and revenue-cycle Epic applications.
• Experience with healthcare IT operations and managed services.
• PMP, ITIL, or relevant healthcare IT certification preferred.

Primary Skills

Epic EHR, Healthcare IT Consulting, Epic Implementation, Epic Optimization, Healthcare Informatics, Clinical Systems, Project Management, Program Management, HL7, FHIR, APIs, Healthcare Interoperability, System Integration, Testing & UAT, Go-Live Support, IT Operations, Strategic Advisory

• Epic EHR Implementation
• Clinical Workflow Analysis
• System Integration
• Application Support
• Testing & Quality Assurance
• Healthcare Operations
• Strategic IT Advisory
• Stakeholder Management
• Change Management

The consultant may be responsible for:

• Epic implementation and expansion plans
• Current-state and future-state assessments
• Epic application and workflow documentation
• Project plans and status reports
• Integration and interface documentation
• Test plans and test scripts
• Defect and issue tracking
• Go-live and cutover plans
• Operational procedures
• Optimization recommendations
• Training and knowledge-transfer materials
• Executive presentations and strategic recommendations

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior Epic healthcare IT professional with proven experience supporting large integrated healthcare delivery systems, academic medical centers, or multi-hospital health systems. The candidate should be capable of working across clinical, technical, operational, and executive teams throughout the Epic implementation and expansion lifecycle.

Skills :

Epic EHR,Epic Implementation,Epic Optimization,Healthcare IT Consulting,Healthcare Informatics,Clinical Systems,Project Management,Program Management,HL7,FHIR,Healthcare Interoperability,System Integration,Testing & UAT,Go-Live Support,IT Operations,Strategic Advisory