Epic Business Intelligence Developer

Job Details

Role description:

Business intelligence developers (BIDs) create analytics content for end users and third parties who require Epic data.

Job Description

Staffing strategy

A single BID can create content for several related smaller applications. Specific assignments will vary depending on your scope and application mix. Work with your Epic representatives to determine the best application grouping for business intelligence developers. Ideal BID candidates are well-versed in end-user workflows, as well as domain-specific operational concepts.

Responsibilities

• Configuring and testing Epic-released and Foundation System content for all applications, including:
  • Reporting Workbench
  • SlicerDicer
  • Radar
  • Cogito SQL
• Creating content to display Epic data from Chronicles, Clarity, and Caboodle
• Writing SQL and configuring Radar settings for custom SQL metrics
• Modifying existing reports, as necessary
• Distributing analytics content to data consumers 
• Reviewing peer reports for validity
• Working with subject matter experts to understand the needs of data consumers
• Maintaining the Analytics Catalog and associated metadata records
• Testing analytics build in a specified testing environment and volume testing in live environments
• Reviewing upgrade documentation related to Cogito features and determining how to implement the changes
• BIDs might also be responsible for building and maintaining:
  • Cubes
  • Extracts
  • SlicerDicer custom filters
  • Third-party BI tools
  • Epic data in Caboodle

Key competencies

• A degree in engineering, physics, computer sciences, math, information systems, or statistics
• Strong communication skills
• Critical thinking and an analytical mind
• User-focused design and data visualization skills
• Proficiency with SQL and relational database concepts
• Proficiency and demonstrated experience with analytics tools
• Familiarity with Epic applications and database structure, through training that occurs early in the implementation
• Ability to gain an in-depth understanding of the data model through data model classes geared toward content areas
• Ability to understand data structures that could benefit the entire data environment
• For financial reporting: Prior experience working with an AR system is desirable, but not required
• For clinical reporting: Prior experience working with an EMR system is desirable, but not required

Ideally, BIDs design and create analytics solutions based on an in-depth knowledge of operational system usage. This level of knowledge requires a deep understanding of system build, end user workflows, and patterns of use. The best BIDs have both the technical skills required to design and write reports and the operational knowledge to help them understand what report consumers need to see.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

1101 Market, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.