Sr. Cerner Application Developer

Description

Summary

The Cerner Application Developer, Senior is responsible for the leadership and management efforts involved in resolution of complex interrelated departmental applications and reporting issues associated with Cerner CCL customization and Reporting at Keck Medicine of Client. The strategic elements of this position require analytical skills to assist in defining business requirements and help the business develop and implement solutions. Incumbents provide a key role in defining and resolving day to day system performance, data and architecture issues as well as planning and participating in system installations.

Incumbents may provide training and work review to junior level staff. Additionally, will work with external vendors, system owners, community partners, contractors and Health Science Campus leadership to design, develop, implement and make operational departmental applications and reporting.

This incumbent will Identify and document information technology design specifications based on analysis/assessment of user needs and generate need-gap analyses. This person will use expert knowledge to generate and develop system scope and objective, analyze and evaluate existing or proposed systems and devise or modify procedures to solve problems using data processing. The Cerner Application Developer, Senior will work independently and lead complex system activities.

Minimum Education/Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in related field or combined experience/education required

5 years relevant experience required or 9 years of relevant experience required if no bachelor’s degree

3 years experience in an IS healthcare setting required

1 year relevant Cerner Data Modeling experience

CCL experience highly desired; familiarity with Discern/PowerInsight preferred

Experience in consulting or project management experience preferred

Good organizational skills with ability to prioritize multiple activities in a rapidly changing environment

Strong customer service focus

Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point)

Accountabilities:

Reports & Analytics: Ability to generate both standard and ad hoc reports. Ability to design and assist in developing non- standard/custom reports as required. Ability to create CCL reports and set up operation jobs/monitor delivery of reports ad hoc or at scheduled intervals with working knowledge of integrating data to enterprise analytics platform.

Technical Skills and Industry Knowledge: Works independently on complex system activities both project and operational support-related, understands application build, design, and technical infrastructure, maintains knowledge up-to-date, is a technical resource for others, follows technology practices and standards (i.e. ITIL). Knowledgeable of industry best practices, conventions and regulations as well as emerging and evolving technologies. In addition, responsible for familiarity with CCL, while becoming increasingly knowledgeable of Cerner data model, including ability to complete report writing for Discern/PowerInsight. Working knowledge of writing components for custom mPages; XR templates, adhoq CCL customization requests. Familiarity with security and provisioning of DA2 and PowerInsight.

Solution Design and Development: Analyse events, documentation, requirements and needs to design and develop solutions to solve problems and/or meet organization’s needs. Helps formulate scope and objectives. Utilizes critical analytical and problem solving skills to arrive at recommendations and proposes solutions.

Customer Service: Handles customer questions, complaints, enhancement requests, communicates with customers, handles services problems and tickets politely and efficiently, always available for customers, follows procedures, utilizes problem solving skills, maintains pleasant and professional image. Customers may include both internal department users, vendors, and peers within IS.

Performance Improvement/Transformation/Innovation: Demonstrates an ongoing understanding of and actively participates in performance improvement activities, identifies and proactively pursues business transformation, uses innovation to enhance/solve current system and business workflow problems. Searches for and identifies alternative and/or innovative solutions to technical problems. Act as a subject matter expert for department functions in relationship to implementing and Cerner reporting and CCL logic.

Team Work and Project Management: Helps team leader/manager/director to establish project goals, milestones and procedures, Works on projects throughout the organization, monitors and reports on project task progress, and involved in multiple projects. Manages own work efforts for projects and sub-team and project team to ensure project gets completed on time and on budget. May lead small/medium projects, including facilitate team and cross-functional meetings.

Training: Responsible for training new staff members on applicable systems/applications. Responsible for working with customer and/or vendors with training on new systems being implemented and rolled out for use in the departments.

Other Duties and On-Call: Ability to fulfill On-Call requirements and other duties as assigned.

Education: Bachelors Degree