Oracle Cerner Millennium Specialist with Certifications in Oracle Cerner/Millennium || Security Clearance & U.S.C Required
12+Months
Remote
Essential Qualifications:
- Minimum of three years of experience in a healthcare IT role directly supporting clinical, operational, or as an analyst, with a focus on laboratory workflows and operations.
- Direct application usage of Oracle Cerner Millennium systems, with an emphasis on PathNet and associated laboratory processes.
- Demonstrated involvement in Electronic Health Record/Laboratory Information System upgrade or transition projects, including phases such as requirement gathering, testing, go-live facilitation, and ongoing maintenance.
- Proficient in interface/connectivity issues and collaboration for resolution (e.g., understanding of Health Level 7 (HL7) standards and laboratory data exchange).
- Excellent communication skills with the capacity to engage effectively with medical professionals, laboratory staff, and IT specialists.
- Ability to create distinct, comprehensible deliverables including process diagrams, requirement specifications, test validations, policy briefs, and progress updates.
- Proven support capabilities within a Project Management Office (PMO) setup.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Insight into the processes guiding enhancements within governmental or extensive corporate health architectures (inclusive of multi-tiered stakeholder engagement and formal change management).
- Familiarity with third-party laboratory services connectivity and managerial negotiations (e.g., LabCorp/Quest engagements).
- Experience with Cerner PowerChart tools integral to clinical workflow management (such as mPages, PowerForms, Event Set Hierarchy).
- Credentials in Oracle Cerner/Millennium systems.
- Recognition in project leadership and management, such as PMP or Agile/Scrum certifications.
- Expertise in laboratory quality assurance and regulatory support activities (e.g., College of American Pathologists (CAP) standards, Standard Operating Procedures, audit processes).
- Knowledge of healthcare-specific regulatory standards (such as HIPAA and HITECH).
Core Responsibilities:
- Examine and refine comprehensive clinical and business laboratory procedures (inclusive of generalist lab functions, microbiology, transfusion services, and pathology where relevant).
- Participate as an integral team member in the design and validation stages of Oracle Cerner Millennium (PathNet) implementations, embracing activities from requirements definition to stakeholder engagement and presentation.
- Act as a conduit between EHR solution providers or system integrators and laboratory professionals, coordinating improvement discussions, tracking action points/decisions, and endorsing optimized workflows.
- Orchestrate comprehensive testing activities (both pre- and post-implementation), troubleshoot issues, and ensure conformance with safety standards and regulatory guidelines.
- Facilitate efficient transition strategies to newest LIS/EHR systems, conducting pre-implementation inspections and integrated procedure validations.
- Collaborate with teams responsible for interfacing and integration to enhance laboratory data interchange streams, manage HL7 concerns, and oversee data correction and synchronization steps.
- Aid in educational outreach (through material review and enhancement; direct user instruction; real-time support).
- Assist with regulatory and quality assurance tasks (such as in-house reviews, CAP evaluations, SOP harmonization).
- Provide coordination within the PMO framework (including tracking of risks and issues, schedule management, progress reporting, and meeting orchestration) while translating functional needs into actionable specifications.
Expected Work Products:
As defined by project-specific needs
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent professional experience) in a relevant field such as informatics, computer science, healthcare, biology, or laboratory sciences.