Senior Application Developer

Role Description

This position will provide technical leadership, direction, and technical support for the development, configuration, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of software related to the Epic Grand Central applications, including:

• Admission Discharge Transfer (ADT)
• Bed Planning
• Transfer Center
• Patient Transport
• Environmental Services (EVS)
• BCAWeb Data Entry

This position includes working with Project Management groups, key stakeholders, vendors, contractors, and end users regularly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and related application development/support experience
• Experience in the development and/or support of applications used by non-technical customers to support and enhance workflow processes, preferably healthcare, typically 5-7 years of experience for a Senior Application Developer role
• Experience acting as the primary contact for the support, configuration, and development of at least one enterprise application or area of functionality, preferably healthcare related
• Experience working with application owners and/or vendors to define system requirements, integration requirements and understanding business needs
• Demonstrated experience working with end-users to define system requirements, understand business needs and convert business requirements into functional/technical specifications for complex integrated systems build
• Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with basic project management
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing with technical and non-technical staff
• Demonstrated job-related experience and/or work/academic environment

Requirements

• Completion of related Epic Certifications/accreditations or eligible to obtain and maintain relevant Epic certifications/accreditations specific to your role
• Guide development and maintenance of testing scripts for execution during implementations, special updates, and system upgrade cycles
• Resolve complex system problems through participation in 24 x 7 on-call rotations
• Proposal software maintenance procedures
• Evaluate system upgrades to identify new functionality
• Develop standards for documentation to ensure recovery capability, as well as satisfactory and stable performance of the platform(s) and all applications and processes
• Lead staff in development and maintenance downtime workflows and procedures
• Travel to customer sites as needed to support application implementation, upgrade, optimization and/or training/conferences

Benefits

• 24 days paid vacation per year to start
• Paid sick leave
• Complete information regarding the full benefits package may be viewed at University of Iowa Benefits

Company Description

The University of Iowa offers a generous benefits package.