Ardent Health is a leading provider of healthcare in growing mid-sized urban communities across the U. S. With a focus on people and investments in innovative services and technologies, Ardent is passionate about making healthcare better and easier to access.
Through its subsidiaries, Ardent delivers care through a system of 30 acute care hospitals, 24,000+ team members and more than 280 sites of care with over 1,800 affiliated providers across six states.
The Senior IT Systems Analyst is responsible for the development, configuration, continuous improvement and support for hospital system applications, primarily Epic Orders & Epic Bugsy (Infection Prevention). The analyst will routinely perform in-depth analysis of workflows, data, and technical documents associated with the application area. The analyst will design, build, test, install and maintain solutions related to assigned applications.
Responsibilities Translate best practices in hospital, clinical, quality & accreditation standards into application and workflow designs. Analyzes application release notes and technical specs to identify impact and opportunities; plans and executes on new functionality in upgrades. Evaluates current state processes and identifies gaps to future state goals related to IT application utilization.
Provides ongoing analysis, technical and functional support for systems throughout the organization. Independently manages assigned project tasks to remain on track with timelines; proactively communicates risks, delays and issues. Demonstrates ability to communicate information to internal and external customers in a clear and concise manner and delivers difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
Represents application area in operational meetings at corporate, service line and facility levels. Mentors teammates in application design and support. Leads testing efforts and ensures issues are identified, tracked, reported on and resolved in a timely manner.
Participates in business continuity planning and assists with the development of disaster recovery measures. Participates in after-hours support On-Call rotation. Qualifications Required Qualifications 4 years of experience in applicable business area (clinical, operational or IT systems support).
BA/BS degree or equivalent. Applicable certification – Epic Orders, Epic Bugsy Infection Control, or Epic ClinDoc Knowledge of provider, ancillary staff and/or infection control workflows and best practices. Experience in data analysis and report generation with infection control metrics.
Proven ability to understand business issues and objectives as well as the ability to translate them into application solutions. Strong understanding in the areas of application technology and system design. Basic project management skills (ability to lead meetings, prioritize, resolve conflicts, maintain issues list, manage project plan).
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
3 years of experience working within Information Technology implementing and supporting applications Experience working in a healthcare environment, particularly infection control, clinical informatics or healthcare IT Experience with regulatory reporting and regulatory requirements in applicable clinical area.