Benefits available for eligible positions include: 100% tuition assistance, wellness initiatives, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligible employer, plus more. In addition to our many benefits and perks, UAB Medicine provides a variety of resources to support employees both personally and professionally. Job Highlights: A team of more than 400 professionals, Health System Information Services (HSIS) works to keep UAB Medicine's IT systems and infrastructure running smoothly to deliver quality care to our patients. Join our nationally ranked team at UAB Medicine, the No. 1 Best Large Employer in 2021 as ranked by Forbes magazine.
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Duties
To employ broad knowledge to guide application team members on strategy, innovation, and collaborative support of Epic. To lead efforts to analyze operational needs, utilizing industry guidelines and best practices, to establish requirements and technical standards to achieve enterprise goals. To serve within organizational teams and provides insight on technology configurations as well as process impacts.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
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Creates frameworks for planning, designing and documentation of system functionality and changes.
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Sets key standards and best practices to ensure that work quality meets customer needs.
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Fosters a collaborative approach for system changes and issues resolution by bringing together all stakeholders.
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Works to mitigate systemic risk through build processes, system analysis and monitoring of system performance.
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Assists with creation of roadmaps for system functionality and timelines for major projects.
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Leads projects across functional teams and business leaders to determine the most appropriate technical strategy.
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Serves as a technical expert within the organization on system development and maintenance, data management and system support.
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Maintains professional accountability to support quality and patient safety efforts and alignment with enterprise strategic priorities.
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Builds and maintains partnerships within the organization. Engages stakeholders to understand requirements, integrating business knowledge with technical solutions.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field required. Work experience may substitute for education requirement.
***Licenses / Certifications / Registrations***
Epic certification in area of support or certification obtained within 12 weeks of completing Epic training with no more than two (2) testing attempts required.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
Ability to be proactive
Attention to detail skills
Dedication to maintaining high standards in system support and security
Organizational skills
Analytical skills
Written and verbal communication skills
Interpersonal skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities
Strong project management skills
Ability to manage/resolve issues affecting healthcre systems
Position Specific Skills
Experience in creating documentation tools for specialty areas such as obstetrics, maternity, rehabilitation, or behavioral health. Understanding of integration of documentation with other clinical care processes. Knowledge of healthcare regulatory requirements that impact clinical documentation a plus.
Known for its innovative and interdisciplinary approach to education at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a part of the University of Alabama System, is an internationally renowned research university and academic medical center with more than $715 million in annual research funding and an economic impact on the state exceeding $12.1 billion a year. UAB is Alabama’s largest employer, with some 28,000 employees, and was named Forbes’ No. 1 Large Employer in the United States in 2021. UAB enrollment surpassed 21,500 for the fifth consecutive year in fall 2022. The university offers more than 180 degree programs in nine schools and one college. The pillars of UAB’s mission include education, research, innovation and economic development, community engagement and patient care. Learn more at www.uab.edu.
