EHR Associate Analyst

At Habitat Health, we envision a world where older adults experience an independent and joyful aging journey in the comfort of their homes, enabled by access to comprehensive health care. Habitat Health provides personalized, coordinated clinical and social care as well as health plan coverage through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”) in collaboration with our leading healthcare partners, including Kaiser Permanente. 

Habitat Health offers a fully integrated experience that brings more good days and a sense of belonging to participants and their caregivers. We build engaged, fulfilled care teams to deliver personalized care in our centers and in the home. And we support our partners with scalable solutions to meet the health care needs and costs of aging populations. 
 
Habitat Health is growing, and we’re looking for new team members who wish to join our mission of redefining aging in place. To learn more, visit https://www.habitathealth.com. 

Note: You must be able to travel to our centers for go-lives, department rounding and other support activities as needed. 

Role Scope: 

We are looking for an EHR Associate Analyst to assist in the development, support, functionality roll, and long-term support of the Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and other supporting IT systems. Optimizing workflow processes through building applications that are tailored to meet the needs. In this role, you will also be the subject matter expert for the EHR system capabilities and functional use. You will also assist in the implementation, testing, go-live, and long-term support. 

• Designs, configures, tests, debugs, documents, and maintains programs/applications. 

• Applies detailed knowledge of system functionality to the implementation of new applications and modules. Drives testing, training and other organizational needs around key IT systems. 

• Uses technical and analytical skills to determine best approaches to tailoring system to meet Habitat Health’s goals of standardization across the health system. 

• Builds and configures systems to meet requirements, using available application tools. 

• Creates documentation of business requirements, current and future state workflows, and any custom build as appropriate. 

• Manages small and medium sized projects with minimal managerial oversight. May take a key leadership role in larger projects. Develops key project management tools, including project plans, issues logs, testing plans, and go-live events. 

• Develops strong relationships with end user communities, customers, and business partners. 

• Responds to issues reported by users; conducts research and resolves issues in a timely fashion. 

• Manages Epic community connect vendor (OCHIN) to track issues, maintenance, enhancements and other changes to Epic system 

• Review release notes to stay on top of upcoming changes, working with internal stakeholders to prioritize and time implementation of new functionality  

 

Qualifications and Competencies 

• Previous healthcare IT or other relevant experience. 

• Epic certification in area of support or certification within 3 months of hire 

• Excellent analytical, technical, and organizational skills demonstrated through prior healthcare IT experience 

• Ability to learn new vendor applications quickly and utilize application tools to tailor system to meet user requirements 

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 

• Ability to work independently and as a team member across multiple teams 

• Ability to develop, document and ensure adherence to technical standards 

• Ability to independently research and perform analysis to resolve complex issues 

• Must be self-motivated, detail-oriented and able to manage one’s own work independently in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities 

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office tools 

• Must be a team player and demonstrate interest in a longer-term role 

 

Desired Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Clinical, Informatics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Computer Systems, or another related field. 

• Strong understanding of healthcare business process and technology 

• Basic understanding of clinical workflows and terminology 

• Healthcare IT experience in acute care or ambulatory care settings, PACE experience preferred 

• Working knowledge of IT solutions and interfacing 

Compensation:  

We take into account an individual’s qualifications, skillset, and experience in determining final salary. This role is eligible for medical/dental/vision insurance, short and long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) savings, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The expected salary range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000 and is a bonus eligible position. The actual offer will be at the company’s sole discretion and determined by relevant business considerations, including the final candidate’s qualifications, years of experience, skillset, and geographic location. 

Vaccination Policy, including COVID-19 

At Habitat Health, we aim to provide safe and high-quality care to our participants. To achieve this, please note that we have vaccination policies to keep both our team members and participants safe. For covid and flu, we require either proof of vaccination or declination form and required masking while in participant locations as a safe as an essential requirement of this role.  Requests for reasonable accommodations due to an applicant’s disability or sincerely held religious beliefs will be considered and may be granted based upon review. We also require that team members adhere to all infection control, PPE standards and vaccination requirements related to specific roles and locations as a condition of employment.  

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: 

Habitat Health is an Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Habitat Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information or characteristics (or those of a family member), or other status protected by applicable law. 

 

Habitat Health is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Habitat Health will take steps to provide people with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs with reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.  Accordingly, if you require a reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us at careers@habitathealth.com. 

Beware of Scams and Fraud 

Please ensure your application is being submitted through a Habitat Health sponsored site only. Our emails will come from @habitathealth.com email addresses. If you feel that you have been the victim of a scam such as this, please report the incident to the Federal Trade Commission by selecting the ‘Rip-offs and Imposter Scams’ option: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/.