EPIC - TEAM LEAD - HIM - 8571

Company: Montefiore Health System
Location: Yonkers
Posted on: November 19, 2021

Job Description:

Montefiore Information Technology is a wholly owned subsidiary of Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Montefiore is one of healthcare's most wired hospitals, widely recognized by the Hospitals & Health Networks' 15th annual Most Wired Survey for our adoption of technology to support clinical care and patient safety & privacy, infrastructure, business and administrative management, and the continuum of care. Our experts deploy new technologies, identify, and define business process improvements and provide stakeholders across the institution with the resources needed to meet their most difficult challenges. As a Montefiore IT employee, you will have ample opportunities to transform patient care, improve health outcomes and gain insight into the technical workings of one of the nation's top academic medical centers. Join us in our mission to improve the quality of healthcare through advanced IT solutions! Montefiore Health System employs over 40,000 associates, including our IT division of 1000 people. Montefiore IT is in Yonkers, NY.
-- Montefiore Medical Center has redefined healthcare. Through our multidisciplinary approach, we provide access to a wide variety of medical specialties for a full range of clinical services, ensuring seamless coordinated care for our patients. This unique team approach infuses camaraderie among physicians, nurses, and other specialty care providers. Our EMR platform, Epic, supports our collaborative team-oriented environment and contributes to our becoming one of the nation's premier healthcare systems. The HIM Team Lead works in a hands-on role in addition to providing guidance to a team. The Team Lead stays abreast of technological or business trends in the industry and provides business and technical expertise to team members. The Team Lead works closely with the manager to provide guidance to a team and may also function as a Project Manager. The Team Lead provides outstanding client service and contributes to the organization's mission of utilizing information technology to improve patient care * This position requires Epic Certification in HIM JOB RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• The HIM Team Lead will participate in day-to-day execution of advanced level technical activities.
• In conjunction with the manager, provide direction to a small team.
  • Oversee assignments and the work of team members.
  • Participate in planning the work, delegating effectively and following up with staff, to provide support and guidance.
  • Participate in the evaluation of team members' level of performance, to provide performance management.
  • Participate in identifying training needs for team members.
  • Participate in staffing decisions and promotion of team members.
  • Assist Project Manager or Manager with project planning.
    • Participate in developing program priorities, resource requirements, project scope, and objectives.
    • Identify, analyze, and communicate risks and issues to project management.
    • Provide high-level customer support and service. Mitigate escalations of client incidents and issues.
      • Resolve issues through analysis and troubleshooting, vendor consultation, and utilizing other technical teams.
      • Provides timely, effective, and professional customer and project support on a 24x7 rotating basis.
      • Identify highly complex, non-routine issues and recommends corrective action. Develop solutions for new system requirements. Provide expertise on design and planning, and ensure that appropriate technical designs are implemented.
        • Provide design review and/or code review, for efficiency and adherence to standards.
        • Assess issues and provide enhancements to existing systems. Proactively analyze systems to identify potential issues and identify solutions
        • Maintain a high level of technical expertise and business knowledge.
        • Supply technical expertise and business systems guidance to manager and team.
          • Assist in defining problems and objectives, describing the requirements, determining costs and benefits. Define technical issues as they relate to the business and the operational feasibility of the system.
          • Ensure that requirements are benchmarked against vendor offerings to facilitate solutions to business or operational problems.
          • Performs other related duties as required.
          • Advanced level technical experience in Health Information Management (HIM)
          • Knowledge of Hospital Coding and Simple Visit Coding (SVC)
          • Leading and mentoring others Experience with Epic Roll-outs and implementations. EDUCATION:
            • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
            • Certified in Epic Hospital Coding, Deficiency Tracking, Release of Information, Identity Department: Montefiore Information Technology Bargaining Unit:--Non Union--Campus:--YONKERS Employment Status:--Regular Full-Time--Address:--3 Odell Plaza, Yonkers
              Shift:--Day--Scheduled Hours:--8:30 AM-5 PM--Req ID:--163641 Montefiore is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of--disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status,--or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.-- Mission:
              To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. Vision:
              To be a premier academic medical center that transforms health and enriches lives. Values
              Define our philosophy of care, they shape our actions and motivate and inspire us to pursue excellence and achieve the goals we have set forth for the future.--Our values include:

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