Principal Systems Administrator, Health Systems - Epic Beaker CP

Kaiser Permanente

Dublin, CA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Analysis Skills, Business Analysis, Business Operations, Business Strategy, Clinical Data Collection, Clinical Information Systems, Clinical Pathology, Contingency Plans, Cross-Functional, Documentation, Environmental Impact, Epic Beaker (Laboratory), Epic Systems, Establish Priorities, Health Informatics, Healthcare Administration, Healthcare Software, Information Technology Software, Leadership, Needs Assessment, Network Integration, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Policy Development, Problem Solving Skills, Procedure Development, Product Management, Production Support, Production Systems, Risk Management, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Administration, System Integration (SI), System Test, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Analysis, Systems Engineering, Systems Maintenance, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Analysis, Technical Leadership, Testing, Validation Testing

LOCATION

Dublin, CA

POSTED

1 day ago

The Principal Beaker CP role is a senior technical leadership position responsible for driving the end-to-end design, build, integration, and overall success of the Epic Beaker Clinical Pathology (CP) implementation within KPHC. This individual serves as the primary technical authority bridging Beaker CP across related third-party systems and other KPHC modules, ensuring seamless workflow integration across clinical and operational systems. They partner closely with the Principal Product Manager for the program to define and deliver cohesive, enterprise-aligned solutions. The role also plays a critical part in establishing internal support capabilities alongside external consultants, while mitigating program risk tied to KPWA (initial focus, expanding to KP Enterprise) Beaker CP delivery and broader instance consolidation efforts. Job Summary: In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position is responsible for serving as a lead expert in configuring complex system builds, testing, validation, and ongoing production 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 provide consultation on the in depth and precise investigation and documentation of future- state operational specifications and application functionality by leading the analysis of application capabilities, workflows, data collection, report details, and other clinical and/or technical issues associated with Epic software. This position is also responsible for designing, 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 also drives the development and documentation of internal procedures, the preparation of specifications for system enhancements, and the analysis and testing of new release functionality. 3-5 Essential Responsibilities: Drives the execution of multiple work streams by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and updating new procedures and policies; gaining cross-functional support for objectives and priorities; translating business strategy into actionable business requirements; obtaining and distributing resources; setting standards and measuring progress; removing obstacles that impact performance; guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly; solving highly complex issues; and influencing the completion of project tasks by others. Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership; influencing, mentoring, and coaching team members; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; evaluating and responding to the strengths and weaknesses of self and unit members; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback. Collaborates with technical and project team leaders to resolve complex system problems and application-specific issues, and provides consultation on the design and architecture of technology environments across the enterprise. Escalates unresolved or critical issues, risks or problems to system engineers and management. Plans and performs complex system configuration by performing proactive and predictive analysis of environment configurations, and resolving system and network integration issues. Plans the maintenance, modification, and documentation of applications; recommending system or integration changes based on the cost/benefit of available solutions. Creates complex documentation of new and existing system configuration and procedural information, and supports others in ensuring system configurations documentation is complete and accurate. Leads hardware and software changes for multiple IT production environments by performing impact analyses of system changes. Recommends and executes complex performance tuning and optimization activities. Evaluates existing technical resources to determine coverage of the necessary skills and knowledge required to meet ongoing business demands. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum five (5) years experience working with EPIC or comparable health system software OR Minimum five (5) years scripting or programming experience.5c143e31-5e48-4549-b638-05792d185386

About the Company

Kaiser Permanente

At Kaiser Permanente, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Driven by our mission to provide the highest quality preventive medicine, we are committed to eliminating health care disparities, and to making lives better through innovation, technology, and research. Our desire to deliver the best possible care inspires us to promote wellness among our members, communities, and each other. It also fuels our belief that everyone — regardless of circumstance — deserves access to affordable care, which further drives our motivation to expand our reach. Founded nearly 80 years ago, our unique business model sets us apart — positioning us to drive improvements across the industry and around the world.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Healthcare Services

FOUNDED

1945

WEBSITE

http://www.kp.org/careers

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