[Remote] Application Solutions Analyst Sr

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UnityPoint Health is seeking a Senior Application Solutions Analyst to join its Information Systems and Technical Support team. The role focuses on Epic HIM applications, including evaluating, implementing, maintaining, optimizing, and decommissioning applications, while partnering with stakeholders to perform workflow analysis, architecture design, and process documentation.

Responsibilities

• Takes responsibility for investigative work to determine business requirements and specify effective business processes
• Facilitates scoping and business priority setting for large or complex changes, engaging senior stakeholders as required
• Communicates upgrade, optimization, implementation plans, and timelines to stakeholders, business and clinical users, IT staff, and executive leadership
• Develops test plans and ensures applications have updated comprehensive test plans
• Recommends and implements appropriate security processes, templates and configurations for supported applications
• Mentors team members and fosters a culture of innovation, learning, teamwork, professionalism and engagement consistent with the mission, vision, and goals of UnityPoint Health
• Leads and coordinates projects involving multiple teams
• Collaborate with Managed Service Provider to deliver implementation and optimization solutions through the development of detailed requirements
• Partner with Managed Service Provider to identify opportunities for innovation, efficiency and cost optimization
• Contributes to the creation and review of a systems capability strategy to ensure it meets the strategic requirements
• Develops models and plans to drive forward the strategy, taking advantage of opportunities to improve business performance
• Understands HIPAA standards, regulatory, and security requirements pertaining to database, server, and/or application management
• Monitors the market to gain knowledge and understanding of currently emerging technologies
• Identifies new and emerging hardware and software technologies and products based on own area of expertise
• Contributes to briefings of staff and management
• Leads decision-making discussions to determine strategy for implementation of tools and systems
• Continuously monitor and update release schedules and version updates of applications
• Assess the potential impacts of upgrades, optimization and implementation on existing workflows, integrations, and user experience
• Oversees the safe and orderly shutdown of decommissioned applications, ensuring all dependencies are addressed
• Creates support plans for the transition period following decommissioning and ensures issues that arise are addressed
• Works with clinical, business and IT leaders to prioritize applications for rationalization based on strategic goals and resource availability
• Conducts cost-benefit analyses to assess the impact of continuing, consolidating, or decommissioning applications
• Reviews current system functionality to determine if proposed applications have similar workflows to determine if redundancies provide opportunities for consolidation

Skills

• Required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, Finance, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, Nursing, or equivalent relevant work experience
• Required: Epic HIM certification
• Experience with Solventum or 3M
• Experience with HIM workloads including coding, record management, and deficiencies
• Preferred: Master's degree in Computer Science; Computer and Information Sciences or other Science, Technology, Business and Clinical disciplines
• Preferred: Project Management Professional certification offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI)

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement for applicants preferably residing within the UnityPoint Health footprint of Iowa, Illinois, or Wisconsin.
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• 401K matching
• Employee recognition program
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Pet insurance
• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption assistance

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