[Hiring] Senior Epic Analyst @University of Iowa

Role Description

This position is eligible for remote work within Iowa and will require a work arrangement form to be completed upon the start of your employment. Per policy, work arrangements will be reviewed annually, and must comply with the remote work program and related policies and employee travel policy when working at a remote location.

The University of Iowa Health Care department of Health Care Information Systems is seeking a Senior Application Developer to provide technical leadership, direction, and technical support for the development, configuration, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of Epic System software related to the Optime, Anesthesia, and Stork applications and device integration needs. This position includes working with Project Management groups, key stakeholders, vendors, contractors, and end users regularly. This position will support the University of Iowa Health Care Community Connect program which extends our Epic applications to regional hospitals and clinics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and related application development/support experience.
• Experience in the development and/or support of applications used by non-technical customers to support and enhance workflow processes, preferably healthcare, typically 5-7 years of experience for a Senior Application Developer role.
• Experience acting as the primary contact for the support, configuration, and development of at least one enterprise application or area of functionality, preferably healthcare related.
• Experience working with application owners and/or vendors to define system requirements, integration requirements and understand business needs.
• Demonstrated experience working with end-users to define system requirements, understand business needs and convert business requirements into functional/technical specifications for complex integrated systems build.
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with basic project management.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with technical and non-technical staff.

Requirements

• Collaborate with subject matter experts to analyze workflows and develop application design.
• Research system solutions.
• Create functional/technical specifications for system build and complex integrated systems.
• Lead design and analysis.
• Develop technical design and procedures for new or revised applications.
• Leads the review and analysis of system problems to identify solutions and/or make appropriate referrals.
• Demonstrate features to the user community and assess applicability, impact and value.
• Configure and customize applications.
• Review the application build for efficiency, completeness, and correctness.
• Understand and adhere to Change Management policies and procedures.
• Understand and adhere to IT Security policies and procedures.
• Completion of related Epic Certifications/accreditations or eligible to obtain and maintain relevant Epic certifications/accreditations specific to your role.
• Guide development and maintenance of testing scripts for execution during implementations, special updates and system upgrade cycles.
• Resolve complex system problems through participation in 24 x 7 on-call rotations.
• Proposal software maintenance procedures.
• Evaluate system upgrades to identify new functionality.
• Develop standards for documentation to ensure recovery capability, as well as satisfactory and stable performance of the platform(s) and all applications and processes.
• Lead staff in development and maintenance downtime workflows and procedures.
• Travel to customer sites as needed to support application implementation, upgrade, optimization and/or training/conferences.
• Develop work plan and time schedules for computing projects including outlining phases, identifying personnel, and computing equipment requirements. Monitor progress and revise schedule and plan as needed.
• Identify business system solution requirements by analyzing work processes and operations; evaluate business and information systems functionality.
• Serves as the liaison for technical staff, users, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Analyze, document, and recommend business process design in applicable areas.
• Guide staff in documenting system procedure and guidelines for users, as well as programs and program modifications.
• Assist in developing ideas for presentations to senior management. Build and foster relationships.
• Provide leadership in multiple areas of expertise.
• Provide direction, assignments, feedback, coaching, and counseling to assure outcomes are achieved.
• May provide administrative and/or functional supervision over assigned staff.

Benefits

• Pay Grade: View Pay Grade
• Salary: $68,813 to commensurate – Paygrade 5B
• Generous benefits package, including 24 days paid vacation per year to start and paid sick leave. Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at View Benefits
• Percent of Time: 100%
• Location: 3281 Ridgeway Drive, Coralville, IA
• Staff Type: Professional & Scientific
• Type of Position: Regular