Epic Senior Analyst

The University of Miami Health System, "UHealth", Information Technology Department has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Epic Senior Analyst - Optime/Anesthesia.

The Epic Senior Analyst - Optime/Anesthesia initiates the implementation, builds, and modifies complex applications, and collaborates with key stakeholders, end-users, and application team members to optimize the application’s configuration, function, and access. The incumbent supports junior staff members in day-to-day operations and resolving application issues.

Core Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary support contact for application end‐users

• Initiate the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the application

• Initiate all phases of testing and the documentation of workflow design

• Perform the analysis of information technology in clinical work processes and validate the impacts to the workflow

• Initiate the identification of issues and guide the work to resolve them

• Support junior staff members in the evaluation and resolution of service tickets, identification and implementation of application changes, retrieval of requested data, and execution of day-to-day operations

• Collaborate with trainers on application changes and new features to develop documentation and training strategies

• Work with stakeholders, business community, and end users to ensure the application meets UHealth's business/clinical needs

• Attend and participate in applicable committees

• Adhere to internal controls and reporting structure

• Participate in on-call rotations

• Maintain regular communication with team members, including participating in weekly project team meetings

• Review the status of projects and issues on an ongoing basis with leadership

• Become knowledgeable about UHealth’s policies, procedures, and business operations

Department Specific Functions:

• Travel to the job site during go-lives, conferences, rounding, and/or senior leadership meetings.

• Providing oversight and leadership to Associate Epic Analysts and Epic Analysts on the team

• Initiating the implementation, build, and modification of the application

• Collaborating with key stakeholders, end-users, and application team members to optimize the application’s configuration, function, and access

• Supporting junior staff members in day-to-day operations and resolving application issues

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Epic Anesthesia and OpTime Certifications required

• Minimum of 5 years of experience, preferably in healthcare or healthcare-related organization

• At least 3 years of Epic build experience

• Previous operational, project management, and organizational skills.

• Familiarity with federal, state, and hospital policies related to anesthesia documentation preferred.

• Familiarity with scheduling workflows, resource management, and workflows that involve anesthesia staff preferred.

• Familiarity with how anesthesiologists work with various hospital departments, including but not limited to the operating room, procedural areas, emergency department, and labor and delivery preferred.

• Familiarity with scheduling workflows and processes for perioperative documentation, case requests, policies for addon cases, and general scheduling permissions preferred.

• Familiarity with preference cards and their maintenance and case cart and materials management workflows preferred,

• Understanding of hospital policies related to the operating room, Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) policies, and The Joint Commission requirements, such as AORN's recommendations and definitions for the times that should be captured during a surgical case preferred.

• Ability to work evenings, nights, and weekends as necessary.

• Proficiency in computer software (i.e. Microsoft Office).

• Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.

• Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.

• Ability to lead, motivate, develop and train others.

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