Healthcare Application Specialist

The Healthcare Application Specialist will work with the Clinical Informatics team to improve clinical and financial applications related to the Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system. Works with various levels of management and staff to create specifications for systems and applications. Coordinates and leads projects as the project lead with management, users, IS staff and vendors. Provides support for software applications and solutions. Assists helpdesk with managing helpdesk activities, prioritizing incoming service requests from hospital employees, opens work orders to assign tasks, tracks and documents actions taken.

What You'll Do:

• Serves as project coordinator for Informatics, patient accounting and financial systems projects. Duties include (but not limited to): application and system installation and implementation, formulate system scope and design objectives through analysis and research to configure vendor-maintained systems or develop and modify in house systems, assists with coordination efforts of users, IS staff and vendors.
• Performs research and market analysis, prepares assigned project deliverables and detailed specifications from which vendor systems will be configured, and provides process and workflow analysis.
• Conducts project analysis, planning and project management.
• Coordinates product demos with the vendors and key stakeholders and makes recommendations to management as appropriate.
• Performs daily operational activities associated with assigned systems, applications, or projects.
• Supports the overall business/project plan by providing deliverables as a team member to meet project/team performance and outcomes relative to established project goals/measurements.
• Other job duties as assigned

Who You Are:

• Excellent troubleshooting skills
• Exceptional communication skills
• Autonomous
• Good multi-tasker

What You'll Need:

• High school diploma or equivalent required. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Business Administration or equivalent experience preferred. 
• Two years of IT or Informatics experience preferred. 
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, and desktop operating systems.

Job Information:

• Full-time position, day shifts.
• Starting wage $41.13 to $49.86 based on qualifications above requirements.
• On-call may be required.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job. An equal opportunity employer.

Salary : $41 - $59