Job Description
Application System Architect (Epic)
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
Work location: Arlington Corporate Office. This position is primarily remote, with occasional travel to THR facilities as needed for project work, support activities, and stakeholder engagement
Work hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Primary work hours are during the day shift; however, flexibility is required to support special projects, system upgrades, go-lives, maintenance activities, and other after-hours or weekend initiatives as needed.
Department highlights:
• Supports a broad portfolio of Epic clinical applications that enable patient care and clinical operations across Texas Health Resources.
• Provides expertise in clinical documentation, provider workflows, patient movement, emergency services, and other enterprise clinical technologies.
• Partners with operational, clinical, and physician leaders to design, implement, and optimize technology solutions that support high-quality patient care and efficient clinical operations.
• Collaborates across application, technical, and support teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions that support strategic initiatives and enhance the experience of patients, providers, and staff.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree computer science, information technology, business or related field required or 4 years relevant experience in lieu of a degree required
- 7 years relevant work experience designing, developing or supporting relevant applications required Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), with working knowledge of SharePoint and the ability to utilize Copilot AI tools.
- Epic certification or proficiency – any module(s) upon hire required
- Epic certification or proficiency – specific module(s) based on area(s) supported within 6 months of hire required
- Current Epic certifications in relevant modules including Clinical and/or Business operations - multiple certifications is strongly preferred
What You Will Do
The Application Architect/EHR is responsible for end to end systems application design and development to best support the strategic needs of the organization and ensure elegant integration with existing and future applications. This role serves as a leader and mentor to other team ASAs on projects, initiatives and diagnosis of failure when needed.
• Develops design solutions that cleanly integrate with existing products and provide an easy path for future enhancements.
• Communicates with customer, project team, and vendors in in the analysis and design of business and requirements for new and optimized application and system workflows, as well as ensuring secure and stable architectures are in place.
• Consultant/SME in diagnosis, resolution, and communication of failures encountered in application software and related technologies.
• Respond to customer issues in a timely manner.
• Communicates with customer, project team and vendors in a timely manner and escalates issues & risks appropriately.
• Consultant in the development of department strategies and tactics, planning, reviewing and monitoring activities that provide value to key customers.
• Develop and implement installation plans.
• Develop/update appropriate Service Desk documentation for each change.
• Maintains an awareness of vendor and industry developments/plans in area(s) of responsibility, communication, and documentation of all relevant items and activities. Performs other duties as assigned.
Additional perks of being a Texas Health Application System Architect (Epic)
Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org
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Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is proud to serve the growing areas of Rockwall County, Kaufman County, Hunt County, eastern Dallas County, southern Collin County and outlying areas. Our commitment is to provide not only safe, high quality care but to combine that with compassion, understanding and personal attention. This commitment has garnered us many local and national awards, including recognition as a CMS 5 Star hospital awarded to just 10% of those hospital surveyed nationally!
Located on 33 acres in Rockwall just south of interstate 30, Texas Health Rockwall offers 60 inpatient beds for acute medical and surgical needs. The hospital continues to grow and visiting campus today you will find a Women's Imaging and Breast Center, a bariatric clinic, an ambulatory surgery center and a variety of physician practices all dedicated to our evolving community health needs. You will see that our long awaited expansion is well underway! This expansion, focused on a healthy future in this high growth area of North Texas, will double the size of our hospital adding more patient beds, a Level 2 NICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and expanding other departments including Labor & Delivery, OR and the emergency room.
What makes us different? Simply put, it is how we approach caring for you. From the focus on safety to the personal attention we provide, our patients should feel right at home at Texas Health Rockwall. As Cindy Perrin, hospital president says, "The difference is found in the heart of our facility – our staff and physicians - and in the way we love, respect and care about our community and each other. We treat our hospital like our home, treat each other like family, and treat our patients like neighbors. It's just who we are!
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is a joint venture owned by Texas Health Resources and physicians dedicated to the community and meets the definition under federal law of physician-owned hospital.
