Sr. Epic Cogito Business Analyst - Inpatient

Job Summary: The Senior Epic Cogito Business Analyst provides analysis, programming, testing, troubleshooting, modifying, and implementing reporting and visualization tools using industry standard and vendor supplied programming languages. This role interprets request specifications and customer needs to create, modify, or change data analytics solutions; maintaining report content with system upgrades and solves production problems with supported reporting configurations. Documenting and communicating programs and projects with project leadership, supported teams, and the operations team, this role also mentors team members to find and implement the best solutions for the reporting needs of the organization and works directly with project leadership to meet identified project milestones, develop key performance indicators, and adhere to identified timelines and priorities.

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field.

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: Certification in Epic Cogito and Epic Clarity and Epic Caboodle and one applicable Data Model certification.

Work Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics, data management, software development, or information technology in a healthcare environment including experience with data visualization development tools.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Detailed knowledge of healthcare and hospital business operations. Expert knowledge of Epic’s reporting suite of analytical tools. Working knowledge of Epic’s reporting suite of application tools. Strong programming, analytical, and computational skills. Significant skills with data quality, data profiling, metadata management and reporting. Exceptional time management skills and attention to detail. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, specifically with an ability to communicate effectively across multiple management levels. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities with competing deadlines. Ability to synthesize and integrate information.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: Serves as a subject matter expert at an advanced level and partners with departmental and business team members to solve high- priority organizational analytical concerns. Visualizes data in a meaningful way to effectively communicate the meaning and the necessary action to be taken. Develops data visualization design and follows institutional standards for data visualization and leads deployment of data visualization tools at an enterprise level. Gathers, documents, and builds complex business logic of metrics into a dataset for ad hoc use to improve self-sufficiency in data access. Leads and collaborates with training team to develop job aids and other training documents that offer solutions to issues that arise. Works with data stewards and data architects to populate, automate, and maintain metadata tables, columns, metrics, reports, and dashboards which allows the Enterprise Data Warehouse easier to navigate and facilitates good data governance. Builds and leverages Epic’s reporting suite of tools to meet reporting requests. Assists leading small to medium complex new software installations and enhancement requests, developing and adjusting data visualization solutions including coding, testing, debugging, designing and implementation. Collaborates with departmental members on environment upgrades, system and functional release notes, and maintenance of reporting functions within the software. Implements changes using established procedures that are consistent with the department's policies and procedures. Researches and plans analytic solutions for existing and new issues within the organization.

Decision Making: Independent judgment in making decisions involving non-routine problems under general supervision.

Working Relationships: Coordinates activities of others (does not supervise). Leads others in same work performed (does not supervise). Works with internal and/or external customers via telephone or face to face interaction. Works with other healthcare professionals and staff. Works frequently with individuals at Director level or above.

Supplemental Information: This document generally describes the essential functions of the job and the physical demands required to perform the job. This compilation of essential functions and physical demands is not all inclusive nor does it prohibit the assignment of additional duties.

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