Accountable for the system administration of the Information Systems & Applications used throughout the region w/in the Medical Center Health Information Management Services & integration w/ other KP-IT systems & departments. Expected to assist the business-operations utilize information systems to improve the efficiency, as well as determine & recommend improvements in current standards & implementation of system changes. Develops & maintains effective relationship w/ all system vendors.
Essential Functions:
- Leads contact person for all Information Systems & Applications utilized by the Health Information Management Services department.
- Serves as a direct liaison between IT, ancillary, business & clinical operations.
- Serves as project consultant to assist in the design & development of information system project plans.
- Collaborates w/ Operations Management Team to define project & operations requirements. Identifies applicable architectures, recommends solutions.
- Leads installation of new system & releases.
- Coordinates efforts to detect & correct system problems (application & server) w/ the IT department
- Builds & maintains application dictionaries
- Defines & monitors system definitions
- Monitors event logs & communication links
- Creates & modifies system generated forms
- Runs, & prints, management reports on demand or at pre-established times using the system timer
- In conjunction w/ Sr. Regional Operations Manager, coordinates efforts to detect & correct system problems (software & hardware) w/ KP-IT.
- Assists HIMS users w/ resolving HIMS related system issues reported via KPIT Helpdesk
- Develops HIMS system policies & procedures to support department operations
- Provides system training to HIMS users
- Provides back-up to the HIMS HealthConnect Application Coordinator
- Partners w/ all regional departments that access & utilize HIMS for reporting & data gathering purposes
- Performs other duties as directed.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in health care clinical areas required.
- 3 years w/ system implementation, maintenance, documentation & training w/ health information management or similar system required.
- 3 years of training experience in health care systems required.
- Certification of the EPIC HIMS application required or obtained w/in 12 months of hire.
- BS or BA Degree in Computer Science, Healthcare, Health Information Management &/or Business or equivalent years of comparable application experience required.
- Maintenance of certifications required.
- Ability to be on-call during Kaiser Permanente center hours of operations (includes after hours) required.
- Knowledge of clinical information systems & personal computer applications required to include word, excel, power point, project & Visio required.
- Knowledge of HL7 required.
- Strong written & oral communication skills required.
- Strong presentation skills required.
- Strong interpersonal skills required.
- Strong presentation skills required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Registered Health Information Technician or Registered Health Information Administration Certification preferred.
- Five years of relevant experience in health care systems preferred.
- Previous experience w/ release of information & document imaging scanning system preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Health Information Management department operations to include, patient & information flow, reporting policies & retention policy & procedures preferred.
- Project Management experience preferred.
- Strong computer skills to include knowledge of spreadsheets, word processing software & SQL preferred.
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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