HIM Lead Application Analyst

HIM Lead Application Analyst

Position Overview:

• 6-month temporary back-fill leadership assignment supporting Health Information Management (HIM) applications.
• Serves as a subject matter expert for HIM systems and workflows.
• Supports operational continuity, system stability, and ongoing enhancement initiatives.
• Works closely with HIM leadership, clinical teams, operational stakeholders, and IT staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, mentoring, and technical oversight to application analysts.
• Coordinate and prioritize team workload to meet service expectations and deadlines.
• Act as escalation point for complex integrated system issues.
• Gather requirements and identify workflow and system solutions with operational stakeholders.
• Conduct fit/gap analysis and document current and future-state workflows.
• Design, test, validate, and implement system enhancements.
• Lead or support small- to medium-scale projects and initiatives.
• Participate in integration testing and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Review, triage, and assign incidents and change requests.
• Participate in a second-level 24x7 on-call rotation.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• 6–10+ years supporting healthcare applications or clinical systems.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to explain technical concepts in user-friendly language.
• Comfortable in fast-paced healthcare IT environments.
• Willingness to obtain application-specific certification within 90 days if required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Healthcare, Business, or related field.
• Experience working in hospitals, health systems, or medical practices.
• Experience supporting Epic HIM modules.
• Experience supporting OnBase workflows.
• Epic Gallery project experience preferred, including implementation, optimization, or upgrades.

Opportunity Highlights:

• Short-term leadership opportunity with strong visibility and responsibility.
• Exposure to complex healthcare IT operations and initiatives.
• Collaborative environment with HIM, clinical, and IT teams.
• Strong fit for experienced healthcare IT professionals seeking leadership experience or project-based work.