Systems Administrator IV, Health Systems, (ASAP/OpTime/Anesthesia) (Greensboro, NC)
Kaiser Permanente
- Location
- Greensboro, NC, Flexible, Regular, Full-time, Day shift, 40 hours
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
About this role
Tech Summary The Systems Administrator IV, Health Systems supports the Clinical Care and Patient Engagement Technologies organization by serving as a senior technical resource responsible for the configuration, implementation, optimization, and support of enterprise clinical applications. The role collaborates with clinical, operational, and technical stakeholders to evaluate business needs, support system improvements, and deliver technology solutions that enhance operational effectiveness and the end-user experience. Working across cross-functional teams, this position contributes to application implementation, maintenance, testing, optimization, and support activities while helping ensure reliable and effective technology solutions that support organizational objectives and patient care delivery.
Job Summary
In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for system build, testing, validation, and ongoing support of assigned applications. This position will possess clinical or IT systems knowledge and experience to develop and support safe and high quality care using the electronic health record. This position will perform in depth and precise investigation and documentation of future- state operational specifications and application functionality. Performing analysis of application capabilities, workflows, data collection, report details, and other clinical and/or technical issues associated with Epic software. This position is responsible for developing and documenting the internal procedures that will be used in conjunction with Epic applications. Some of the unique challenges this position will face include analyzing clinical and business operations and investigating user preferences; prioritizing & implementing requested system changes & updates; serving as a liaison between end users, third parties, and Epic implementation staff. This position develops and documents internal procedures, collects information and prepares specifications of system enhancements, analyzes functionality in new releases and tests each new release. This position will also provide supervisory support of the system administration team Essential Responsibilities: Completes work assignments and supports business-specific projects by applying expertise in subject area; supporting the development of work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; ensuring team follows all procedures and policies; coordinating and assigning resources to accomplish priorities and deadlines; collaborating cross-functionally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating high priority issues or risks, as appropriate; and recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities. Practices self-development and promotes learning in others by proactively providing information, resources, advice, and expertise with coworkers and customers; building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; influencing others through technical explanations and examples; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; providing feedback to others and managers; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; supporting team collaboration; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Meets timelines to drive the delivery of appropriate, sustainable, and prompt solutions. Assists technical and project team members to resolve system problems and application-specific issues. Supports the stability, availability, and performance of enterprise systems (e.g., systems, applications, network, databases, storage, security) by performing complex systems analysis to identify problems, trends, and opportunities for improvement. Provides first and second level support for enterprise systems and systems in one or more additional IT domains by diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving complex