Job Description

ECU Health

About ECU Health

ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 locations.

The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for the implementation, enhancement, and support of software applications following industry standards and best practice. The analyst will be required to define requirements, system design, analysis, build/configuration, testing, implementation, documentation, and support the applications that meet the specifications of a project or service request.

Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:
Takes initiative to meet with end users for ongoing review of workflows associated with upcoming enhancements or system changes.
Performs the evaluation, testing, and implementation of defect patches, system upgrades and releases according to the Information Services support model and change control procedures.
Evaluates and recommends business process and technology driven enhancement opportunities based on application system upgrades, releases and patches.
Ability to effectively analyze and resolve simple to moderate issues
Provides well-written and effective professional and technical documentation.
Independently manage individual work effort, including developing, executing, and monitoring of a work plan in addition to assisting work efforts of others.
Stays informed on current market trends and emerging technology developments that impact their application.
Determines solutions with minimal assistance and makes effective decisions within scope of authority.

Adheres to change management standards and established Service Level Agreements (SLA) for incidents and requests.
Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication.
Promotes cooperation and commitment within the team by assisting and working collaboratively with others.
Holds self personally accountable to meet or exceed team expectations.

This position is required to rotate on-call responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Ability to learn new skills quickly; Keen attention to detail; and Adept at multi-tasking such as concurrently managing multiple incidents, project tasks, or keep lights on maintenance activities.

Investigates, defines and resolves complex incidents. Identifies root cause.  Updates or creates needed test plans.

Performs the evaluation, testing, and implementation of defect patches, system upgrades and releases according to the Information Services support model and change control procedures.

Coordinates all testing activities and assists users in the testing of all new systems and modifications completely before implementation into the production environment.

Work includes a broad range of complex technical or professional activities, in a variety of contexts. Possesses clear understanding of technology interdependency from a business or clinical operations and IT system perspective on simple to moderate level.

Evaluates how own work may impact other teams.

Contribute to improving the quality of our data by recording, tracking and resolving known data quality issues.

Understands and enforces security practices and controls for technology. Ability to assesses and evaluates risk regarding new and existing technology moves through change management.

Help to remediate known security vulnerabilities within area of responsibility.
Assist other team members.

Follows methodology and procedures set by IS Project Management Office (PMO) and completes assigned tasks related to projects.

Contributes to ideas and solutions.

Demonstrates information sharing and collaboration across teams and business partners and seeking to learn from others.

Demonstrates ability and willingness to assume greater responsibilities. Sets an example for others.
Contributes to the development of team goals and understands other team goals.

Active participation in all forums. Create learning opportunities through development of knowledge base articles for end users and department peers.

Sought out by team members for functional area subject matter expertise.
Contributes to the development of team goals and understands other team goals.

Active participation in all forums. Create learning opportunities through development of knowledge base articles for end users and department peers.

Sought out by team members for functional area subject matter expertise.
Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Does not make excuses for errors.

Acknowledges and corrects own mistakes, following the Just Culture Model. Understands the risks and consequences that errors in work could have on patient care and/or organizational finances.

Moderate knowledge of ITIL service management practices including Service Value System and demonstrates ability to apply ITIL service management practices to enable them to work effectively and efficiently.

Collaborates across teams to ensure that governance processes are shared and followed.
Aware of how processes and systems affect the organization, what is or is not working as they perform work and deliver services.

Gathers and analyzes data and metrics to truly define the problem. Determines solutions with minimal assistance and makes effective decisions within scope of authority.

Reviews data to understand trends and proposes proactive action to prevent issues from occurring in the future.
Interacts with team members and customers in a courteous, respectful and reciprocal manner.

Understands and adapts to different personal styles to achieve results.

Can identify and manage difficult situations with minimal support.
Exhibits clear and concise language during informal and formal presentations to generate understanding in group settings (i.e. team meetings, project meetings). Matches communication style to the audience members.
Respects team processes and holds self personally accountable.

Facilitates collaboration across teams and supporting cross-team decision making to improve team and department performance. 

Influences business partners and peers. Builds appropriate and effective business relationships. Collaborates throughout all stages of work.

Acknowledges and celebrates the achievements of team and team members.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Healthcare related field or relevant work experience required
2+ years of progressive experience in IT dealing with vendor application implementations or clinically trained with demonstrated knowledege of roles within a clincal scope of practice and workflows within a clincal setting and support or equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

EPIC
Experience in testing software application
Ability to effectively support applications
Works independently with quantifiable and qualitative results
Ability to conduct analysis, document findings, draft plans, execute, monitor and follow up
Independently motivated to seek knowledge through self-education, mentoring, etc. in areas pertaining to their current position
Recognized as a source of knowledge on primary applications both functional and technical operations
Obtains and maintains current certification from the vendor and continued education/learning to understand the functionality of applications(s) supported as applicable to the job role.

Applies clinical knowledge to develop solutions
Ability to communicate clinical concepts to technical team and system design concepts to end users.
Understands application and clinical workflow

Preferred Requirements
Experience in system analysis with special emphasis on system methodologies, project management and business process reengineering related to information systems preferred.
Experience in health care setting preferred

General Statement

It is the goal of ECU Health and its entities to employ the most qualified individual who best matches the requirements for the vacant position.

Offers of employment are subject to successful completion of all pre-employment screenings, which may include an occupational health screening, criminal record check, education, reference, and licensure verification.

We value diversity and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Decisions of employment are made based on business needs, job requirements and applicant’s qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other status protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint.

Contact Information

For additional information, please contact:

Tara Gray, Talent Acquisition Manager

ECU Health Talent Acquisition

Email: [email protected]