Application Analyst - Epic Inpatient

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DHTS APPLICATION ANALYST (EPIC INPATIENT)

The Application Analyst is primarily responsible for the development, deployment, post-implementation support, product design and testing cycles of the Maestro Care (Epic) Inpatient Electronic Health Record (EHR). This includes planning, performing, managing, and supporting identified supported application users in the Duke environment. Modules supported by the Inpatient team include Clinical Documentation (including Rehab, Regulatory, Case management), Orders (including Infection Control), Emergency (ASAP), Obstetrics (Stork), and Home Care and Hospice (Dorothy/Comfort). This includes planning, performing and managing supported application users in the Duke environment. 

The incumbent will work closely with Epic and other Maestro Care applications staff to create and carry out deployment tasks, clinical workflow interpretation, and participate in Maestro Care Inpatient application build, testing and support. The analyst will advise and assist with educational issues, including cross-training of team members, end-users and DHTS Service Desk via face-to-face, phone or email and training classes. The analyst will act as Maestro Care Inpatient EHR application expert for base functionality, updating test plans to account for testing of new features with all releases. They will participate in the design and specification of bug-fixes to ensure they meet the needs of the Duke environment, as well as participate in design sessions and review of specifications for new features and enhancements in the Maestro Care Inpatient EHR. Their responsibilities will also include working with others on the Application Support team to manage user access to Maestro Care Inpatient EHR systems and track changes. 
The analyst may be expected to have Epic certification/proficiency/badge in any of the modules supported by the team as determined by the manager.

Level 1 Analyst will, at a minimum:
Obtain initial or additional Epic certification and proficiency as defined by management through a combination of classroom instruction at Epic (Madison, Wisconsin), self-directed learning, multiple project assignments and competency exams.
Interprets and analyzes systems, data, and information with supervision.
Implements applications, tools, processes and structures that assist end users with the management of data in their business unit.
Provides systems support, business and after hours, including troubleshooting and the configuration and testing of software. Escalates challenges and barriers apprioriately.
Ensures security of technology solutions with supervision.
Participates in planning and providing customer training sessions on system use or revisions.
Contributes to oral and written presentations as part of a project team, with supervision. 
Completes moderately complex tasks and portions of larger information system projects with direction.
Appropriately identifies internal resources to answer questions and assist with build or problem solving.
Adhere to organizational policies and procedures and follow all change control processes defined within Maestro Care. Ensure there are no policy breaches reported by Change Management.
Achieve assignment deliverables in support of improved Service Line functionality. Ensures deadlines are met and if needing to change outlines reasons appropriately. Completes within scope of request and escalates to manager when customer is requesting changes/build beyond initial request.
Perform basic analysis of end user department workflows, data collection, report details, and other technical issues associated with Epic software as they relate to system design and build decisions
Review, evaluate and complete NOVA assignments per established deadlines, including associated build as required, for monthly Sus, Upgrades and other system assigned updates(ie. IMO,FDB,CPT,SUO,etc).

Execute application specific testplans, documenting failures and escalating appropriately.

Recommends areas for process improvement. 

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

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