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Mercyhealth seeks an experienced application specialist to maintain and enhance clinical workflows, design optimal screen flows, and ensure regulatory compliance across multiple systems. You will collaborate with vendors, end users, and project teams from assessment through implementation while occasionally leading projects.
The role requires strong leadership, communication, and knowledge of system integrations, with a focus on delivering effective solutions and ensuring successful project
Responsible for maintaining, supporting, and enhancing applications through workflow analysis, system design, troubleshooting, documentation, testing, and implementation to ensure optimal performance and successful integration. Collaborates with vendors, end users, key personnel, and project teams to identify and resolve issues, meet regulatory requirements, and support projects from assessment through implementation, occasionally serving as a project lead. Requires strong application and process expertise, leadership, communication, and knowledge of system integrations to recommend and implement effective solutions.
Full-Time, 40 hours per week.
Day Shift
Performs moderate to advanced application maintenance as needed in support of requested changes. Updates and maintains required documentation and issues lists. Able to provide moderate to advanced levels of design and support. Consult with the vendors when needed. Conducts continual assessment of operational/technical needs and workflow analysis in order to recommend and build optimal screen flows to ensure successful implementation, administration, and documentation of new and existing applications. Requires process and application expertise and strong leadership skills to work with key personnel, end users, and project team members to identify and resolve issues throughout project phases of assessment, design, build, testing, training, and implementation. Will accept and complete new project assignments and will sometimes be asked to lead a project. Participation typically involves workflow analysis, design, general systems analysis, and development of a functional specification, creation of a test plan, testing and documentation and implementation for new or existing applications. Responsible for appropriately communicating project status and resolving and/or escalating issues where appropriate. Knowledgeable in multiple applications and has in-depth knowledge of how the supported applications integrate with each other and has a strong level of expertise in an individual application. Responsible for understanding applicable regulatory requirements and can work with operations to suggest and implement requirements. Knowledge of applicable interfaces and integration, basic to moderate troubleshooting skills.
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Business, Clinical or other related field preferred; an equivalent combination of education and work experience will be considered. Prior certification in Epic application preferred.
Required to achieve assigned Computer Application certifications within 90 days of training and to maintain assigned certification while in this role.
Experience with and demonstrates competence in Microsoft Office Applications. Ability to work independently and be result oriented. Requires excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to coordinate and prioritize tasks and project components. Ability to lead.
Minimal supervision required
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
$61,173.09 - $94,818.29
Mercyhealth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Mercyhealth offers competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package including: Medical, Dental, Vision Life & Disability Insurance FSA/HSA Options Generous, accruing paid time off Paid Parental and caregiver leave Career advancement and educational opportunities Tuition and certification reimbursement Certification Reimbursement Well-being Programs Employee Discounts On-Demand Pay Financial Education Annual recognition/awards events Partner appreciation days Family entertainment/attractions discount Community service/improvement opportunities
At Mercyhealth, we don't simply hire people, we empower employee-partners who are passionate about making lives better. As an integrated health system, we deliver exceptional, coordinated across seven hospitals, 85 primary and specialty clinics, and a team of over 7,500 professionals serving northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. Mercyhealth has been nationally recognized for our commitment to our people and culture, including: #1 in the nation on AARP's Best Employers for Workers Over 50, One of Working Mother magazine's 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers, A Top 50 Company and Top 10 Nonprofit for Executive Women. For over 135 years, Mercyhealth has provided high-quality health care to residents throughout northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. We have a passion for providing comprehensive health care close to home for area residents through our six hospitals and 85 primary and specialty care locations. As an integrated health system, you can come to us for routine health care, like annual physicals, immunizations and preventive health screenings, as well as highly specialized care, such as neonatal intensive care, heart surgery, stroke care, neurosurgery, cancer treatment and much more. The range of Mercyhealth's specialties and the skills of our doctors, nurses and clinical staff are truly extraordinary.