MANAGER, EPIC INPATIENT CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT OCHIN

OCHIN is a rapidly growing national nonprofit health IT organization with two decades of experience transforming health care delivery to drive health equity. We are hiring for a number of new positions to meet increasing demand. When you choose to join OCHIN, you have the opportunity to continuously grow your skills and do meaningful work to help fulfill our mission.

OCHIN provides leading-edge technology, data analytics, research, and support services to nearly 1,000 community health care sites, reaching nearly 6 million patients nationally. We believe that every individual, no matter their race, ethnicity, background, or zip code, should have fair opportunity to achieve their full health potential. Our work addresses differences in health that are systemic, avoidable, and unjust. We partner, learn, innovate, and advocate, in order to close the gap in health for individuals and communities negatively impacted by racism or other structural inequities. 

At OCHIN, we value the unique perspectives and experiences of every individual and work hard to maintain a culture of belonging.

Founded in Oregon in 2000, OCHIN employs a growing virtual workforce of more than 800 diverse professionals, working remotely across 46 states. We offer a generous compensation package and are committed to supporting our employees’ entire well-being by fostering a healthy work-life balance and equitable opportunity for professional advancement. We are curious, collaborative learners who strive to live our values everyday: leadership, collaboration, excellence, innovation, inclusion, and stewardship. OCHIN is excited to support our continued national expansion and the increasing demand for our innovative tools and services by welcoming new talent to our growing team. 

Position Overview

The Manager, Epic Inpatient Clinical Applications oversees the business and project aspects of applications and modules related to Inpatient platform within the OCHIN collaborative. This work entails managing projects to a budget, managing issues and risks, ensuring high-quality deployment, stabilization following install. The Manager of Epic Inpatient Clinical Applications directly manages the implementation, optimization and support of Epic clinical applications and will continually assess and make improvements to the system and to the processes to improve efficiency while judiciously managing the resources of OCHIN and our Members (Service Areas) to continually improve the quality of processes, the information system, and outcomes to our members.

Essential Duties

• Ensure that new staff are on-boarded in a methodical, measured manner that prepares them for success
• Assess and develop skills and Individual Development Plans (IDPs) of staff
• Track and measure department, project, and individual performance goals
• Identify potential opportunities for process and quality improvement within OCHIN
• Ensure that team processes are represented on the OCHIN System Map
• Review ticket metrics and ensure team is delivering on SLAs and staying current with assignments
• Intervene and resolve escalations with members as needed
• Lead, motivate, develop, and define positive outcomes for a team of analysts to ensure the Epic Inpatient Clinical Application is appropriately maintained, meeting both organizational and member needs
• Provide leadership, coordination and management of processes and functions for Inpatient Clinical Maintenance
• Manage the clinical wing of the Inpatient team and improve overall support of members through coordination with other Managers, ensuring that all sides of support are aligned and providing the best service
• Maintain and reinforce communication and linkages between the Epic Inpatient Clinical Applications Team and other relevant OCHIN Departments.
• Other duties as assigned. 

• An Epic certification in at least one to two of the applications are required, as is previous Epic application experience: 
• Epic Certification(s): Bugsy, Stork, ASAP, OpTime, Anesthesia, Willow - Inpatient, Willow Ambulatory, EpicCare Inpatient Clinical Documentation
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in similar or relevant role. 8 years of applicable experience desired.
• A keen sense of excellent customer service and how to deliver it effectively in all situations, including those most challenging 
• Strong leadership skills, in support of the organization’s needs 
• Strong communication skills 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word; Access is a plus

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

To keep our colleagues, members, and communities safe, OCHIN requires all employees—including remote employees, contractors, interns, and new hires—to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine, as supported by state and federal public health officials, as a condition of employment. All new hires are required to provide proof of full vaccination or receive approval for a medical or religious exemption before their hire date.

Work Location and Travel Requirements -

OCHIN is 100% remote organization.? Work from home requirements are:  

• Ability to work independently and efficiently from a home office environment 
•  Less than 25% of travel for this role
• High Speed Internet Service 
• It is a requirement that employees work in a distraction free workplace 
• Travel may be required to support our member organizations on-site based on business requirements for OCHIN 
• We offer a comprehensive range of benefits. See our website for details: https://ochin.org/employment-openings 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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Base Pay Overview

OCHIN uses broadened pay ranges to support equitable and market-aligned compensation practices. The final offer will be based on a variety of factors, including relevant skills, certifications, education, experience, training, responsibilities, internal equity, and market data.