Senior Epic Patient Access Consultant

The Planet Group; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

The Planet Group is seeking a Senior Epic Patient Access Consultant with deep expertise in Epic Cadence, Prelude, and Grand Central to lead complex scheduling, registration, and ADT projects for health systems. In this remote role, you will analyze current-state workflows, configure modules, and collaborate with client leadership to optimize front-end revenue cycle and patient experience.

3-month engagement, W2, US citizen required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 to 7 years of healthcare IT experience as an Epic Analyst.
• Active certifications in Epic Cadence, Prelude, and Grand Central.
• Experience delivering Epic implementations and optimizations in large health networks.
• Deep understanding of front-end revenue cycle operations and bed management workflows.

Responsibilities

• Workflow analysis and design across scheduling, registration, and bed management.
• Lead configuration and integration for Cadence, Prelude, and Grand Central modules.
• Identify and define detailed product requirements and use cases.
• Oversee testing cycles and validation for implementations and upgrades.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders, Epic team, and Accenture leads.
• Mentor junior analysts and share best practices across projects.

Skills

Workflow analysis

System configuration

Stakeholder collaboration

Leadership

Change management

Tools

Epic Cadence

Epic Prelude

Epic Grand Central

Job description

Job Title: Senior Epic Willow Consultant (Level III)

Location: Remote

Duration: 3 months

Pay: $65 - $78 /hr W2 only (MUST be a US Citizen)

MUST be Certified inEpic Cadence, Epic Prelude, and Epic Grand Central.

Summary:

The client is seeking a seasoned and dynamic Senior Epic Patient Access Consultant with deep expertise spanning Epic Cadence, Prelude, and Grand Central (GC). As a key member of our healthcare technology consulting practice, you will drive complex implementations, patient access transformations, and front-end revenue cycle optimizations for major healthcare provider organizations. We are looking for an expert who can independently analyze workflows, configure sophisticated scheduling, registration, and admission/transfer/discharge (ADT) structures, and partner closely with client leadership to optimize front-end revenue integrity and patient experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Workflow Analysis & Design: Document current-state business workflows and collaborate with clinical and administrative teams to analyze, design, and implement optimized future-state patient access workflows across scheduling, registration, and bed management.
• System Configuration & Integration: Lead the system configuration, build, and integration setup for Epic Cadence (scheduling), Prelude (patient registration/insurance verification), and Grand Central (ADT/tracking) modules.
• Requirements & Functional Specifications: Identify and define detailed product requirements, use cases, and high-level functional specifications to align technology capabilities with operational goals.
• Testing & Quality Assurance: Oversee and execute comprehensive testing cycles, validation protocols, and integrated testing scenarios for major implementations, upgrades, and optimization packs.
• Stakeholder Collaboration & Advisory: Serve as a key intermediary among client stakeholders, the Epic team, and Accenture technical leads to ensure a shared understanding of system capabilities, limitations, and data requirements.
• Leadership & Knowledge Transfer: Act as a senior subject matter expert, guiding client teams through change management, mentoring junior analysts, and sharing best practices across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of hands-on healthcare IT experience specializing as an Epic Analyst.
• Current, active certifications in Epic Cadence, Epic Prelude, and Epic Grand Central.
• Proven track record of delivering successful Epic implementations, optimizations, or upgrades within large hospital networks, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), or complex health systems.
• Comprehensive understanding of front-end revenue cycle operations, patient registration, scheduling templates, real-time eligibility (RTE), and bed tracking/ADT workflows.