jobs : Cardiology Implementation Consultant, Alpharetta, GA, Contract

Cardiology Implementation Consultant, Alpharetta, GA, Contract

This Consultant can work remote from a U.S. Western region. Travel is 80% across North America. The Implementation Consultant is responsible for current workflow analysis and development; documenting, planning, and implementation of future state workflow and customer training.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct current state workflow analysis
• Design future state workflow (including System Workflow and Department Process Workflow)
• Determine application optimization within the Department and provide the customer with 'Best Practice' methodologies
• Analyze unique configurations of customer sites and customize processes and training accordingly
• Develop training plans and documentation
• Coordinate and provide Super User application training
• Ensure that course completion certificates are supplied to customer sites in a timely manner
• Ensure that all Super Users are able to train customer End Users and unders tand any unique customer site requirements
• Provide Application Training and support to other staff from other groups as required
• Identify 'File and Follow-up Product Features' and issue requests during implementation
• Proactively be involved in change management processes related to implementations

Job Challenges:

• Working under tight timelines and conflicting schedules
• Managing multiple projects at one time
• Adapting and meeting the expectations of challenging customers
• Frequent, often 'short-notice' travel
• Travel is required throughout North America (at least 80% or more)
• Keeping current in a continually changing environment and technology (internally/externally) across different product lines

Functions:

• Recommend Best Practices to Customer
• Recommend courses of action to resolve implementation issues
• Identify and implement improvements to Implementatio n Process
• Identify improvements to Product
• Identify opportunities for further Team education and growth
• Identification and awareness of the comp

Minimum Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience with a clinical/healthcare field, computer applications, or business analysis
• RCIS, RN, or RTR with 3+ years of Cath Lab experience
• Strong Hemodynamic background
• Sound understanding of cardiology department workflow
• Cardiac Echo and/or Nuclear Medicine experience will be a plus
• Familiarity of document/registry standards and credentialing such as JCAHO, NCDR, STS, ICAEL, ICAVL, And ICANL
• Knowledge of medical communication protocols is a plus (DICOM/HL7/XML)

Background:

• Strong background in Cardiovascular Health Care Services (Cath Lab, Echo sonography, and/or Nuclear Medicine)
• Experience with Medical Imaging
• Knowledge of databases
• Informatics and/o r Enterprise-class Information Systems will be a plus
• Intermediate IT skills
• Strong understanding of Clinical Environment and Health Care Operations

Critical Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate complex ideas in an understandable manner
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong Presentation and Training abilities to a wide variety of audiences
• Demonstrate the confidence in the ability to articulate recommendations to the customer
• Independent
• A self-starter
• A team player
• Strong Customer Service skills

Education:

• RCIS, RN, or RTR with 3+ years of Cath Lab experience are preferred
• A Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Informatics, Computer Science, and/or Health Sciences will be a plus

Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility req uirements for access to classified information.