Epic Cadence Senior Consultant

Huron helps its clients drive growth, enhance performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. We help healthcare organizations build innovation capabilities and accelerate key growth initiatives, enabling organizations to own the future, instead of being disrupted by it. Together, we empower clients to create sustainable growth, optimize internal processes and deliver better consumer outcomes.Health systems, hospitals and medical clinics are under immense pressure to improve clinical outcomes and reduce the cost of providing patient care. Investing in new partnerships, clinical services and technology is not enough to create meaningful and substantive change. To succeed long-term, healthcare organizations must empower leaders, clinicians, employees, affiliates and communities to build cultures that foster innovation to achieve the best outcomes for patients.Joining the Huron team means you’ll help our clients evolve and adapt to the rapidly changing healthcare environment and optimize existing business operations, improve clinical outcomes, create a more consumer-centric healthcare experience, and drive physician, patient and employee engagement across the enterprise.Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.Huron’s Healthcare Transformation Services (HDTx) team works with healthcare organizations to solve their most complex EHR challenges, so we are constantly searching for skilled technical consultants to help our clients maximize their technology investments. Our Senior Consultants come with a wide variety of experience leveraging their technical expertise to help our clients enhance their EHR platform to improve care delivery, patient outcomes and profitability.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, build, validate, maintain, and support Epic Cadence scheduling templates for providers and scheduling departments.Collaborate with operational leaders, market teams, and application stakeholders to gather requirements and validate schedule template builds.Analyze, prioritize, and implement scheduling-related build change requests.Troubleshoot scheduling issues and recommend workflow and template optimization solutions.Support appointment and case conversion activities in preparation for Epic go-live.Perform system testing, validation, and quality assurance activities related to Cadence build.Ensure scheduling templates align with organizational standards and operational workflows.Document build decisions, workflows, and configuration changes.Participate in project meetings, status updates, and stakeholder discussions.Provide go-live and post-go-live support as needed.RequirementsActive Epic Cadence Certification.3+ years of Epic Cadence build and support experience.Hands-on experience designing and maintaining provider scheduling templates.Experience supporting Epic implementations, upgrades, optimizations, or conversion projects.Strong understanding of patient scheduling, provider scheduling, and access workflows.Experience gathering business requirements and translating them into Epic build solutions.Ability to troubleshoot complex scheduling and template build issues.Experience supporting testing, validation, and go-live activities.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.Ability to work independently in a fast-paced consulting environment.Preferred QualificationsPrior healthcare consulting experience.Experience supporting large health system Epic implementations.Knowledge of patient access and revenue cycle workflows.Experience working with cross-functional Epic application teams.Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.Experience providing go-live support and stabilization assistance.The estimated base rate range for this job will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans, which include medical, dental and vision coverage, and other wellness programs. The rate range of information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future. Position LevelConsultantCountryUnited States of AmericaSummaryLocation: Chicago - 550 Van BurenType: Full time