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Mercy Cedar Rapids · 2 months ago

Application Developer III

Cedar Rapids, IA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Mercy Medical Center is an independent, community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years. The Application Developer III is responsible for identifying, planning, implementing, and supporting information system solutions to optimize technological systems for patient care.

Health CareMedical

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Identifies, plans, implements and supports information system solutions

Supports and resolves incidents with assigned applications and works with advanced vendor support teams to resolve complex application issues adhering to defined change management process

Maintains, prioritizes, communicates status, and completes customer requests. Ensures monitoring, maintenance, and follows the defined change management processes

Documents business requirements, application functional specifications and maps business requirements to technical specifications to ensure all requirements are being met

Writes test scripts and coordinates/conducts software testing, recommends and implements process improvements

Documents data elements, data movement, interfacing applications and shared data elements. Develops process controls, implements security processes for supported applications. Documents the application recovery requirements and tests on an iterative basis to recommend and implement process improvements

Consistently leads projects of all sizes including both IS and operations staff, team/workgroup meetings, and process improvement efforts based on business needs

Demonstrated business analysis and technical expertise to support to define, build and test both application and enterprise level custom reporting

Demonstrated ability to perform application build and configure all components of the analyst’s certified or proficient applications

Installs and configures software components to manage software licensing of support applications

Applies concepts of database connectivity for design or architectural efforts

Reviews security user and admin accounts and reports completion status to necessary parties

Demonstrates the ability to make both business process and system recommendations based on business problems and organizational requirements

Demonstrates an understanding of all integrated applications’ workflows including registration and scheduling impacts, patient movement, documentation, and charging/billing

Applies broad knowledge of concepts and principles of complex software with technical expertise

Leads efforts to implement complex software residing on multiple infrastructure platforms

Demonstrated knowledge and utilization of core Lean/Six Sigma Green Belt process improvement methodologies

Consistently demonstrates leadership skills; mentors employees across teams

Performs difficult assignments requiring a great deal of originality and problem solving. Oversees analysis of new software/tools and creates management recommendations. Provides management guidance on technical directions. Demonstrates the ability to provide guidance to other developers/analysts on complex issues. Has latitude for many decisions, or changes to procedures; provides updates to manager

Leads implementation of new optimization projects for multiple departments. Demonstrates leadership across multiple applications to ensure the solution is properly implemented across multiple applications and departments

Follows Mercy's safety guidelines, carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities, and promptly reports any unsafe conditions, situations, incidents and injuries

Qualification

Epic certificationTechnical problem resolutionProject management methodsSoftware testingBusiness analysisProcess improvement methodologiesInterpersonal relationsCommunication skillsCritical thinkingAdaptability

Required

Seven years of technical software support for clinical or business applications or equivalent clinical or operational experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent clinical or operational work experience

Core Epic certification and two additional certifications or proficiencies upon hire or transfer and that those certifications/proficiencies be maintained for the duration of their employment

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Strong technical management and technical problem resolution skills

Knowledge and skills in project management methods with an ability to demonstrate methods when needed to lead projects

Respect for privileged information

Adaptability in working with professional and non-professional staff in a team-oriented environment

Outstanding critical thinking and problem solving skills while demonstrating a high degree of objectivity, diplomacy and tact

Ability to manage interpersonal relations

Some knowledge of health care trends, policy, regulatory and compliance issues

The ability to work productively in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment

Preferred

Experience with Epic and health care organization information services processes

Company

Mercy Cedar Rapids

Mercy Cedar Rapids is to care for the sick and enhance the health of the communities we serve, guided by the spirit of the Sisters of Mercy.

Founded in 1900

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.mercycare.org/

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