Information Systems Architect Nextgen EHR, PM and EDR - REMOTE

Enterprise Health Systems Architect [Must have Nextgen EHR]

Location: Columbia, SC 29201 / 100% Remote

Contract Length: 12 months (Possible extension)

Work Hours: Flexible within 40 hours per week, on-call and weekend work required. Main working hours 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

Travel: Must reside within the US and be willing to travel to SC as needed.

Interview: Conducted via Teams by SCEIS management team.

Plans, designs, develops, and implements architecture for systems, applications, security, or other highly specialized phases of IT architecture. Applies technology and designs system architectures to align with agency’s strategic business objectives for Health‑IT. Systems include Nextgen Healthcare’s EHR, PM, EDR, NGShare, NG Mobile, MIRTH, eZmar, and Symmetry.

Guidelines for Class Use/Distinguishing Characteristics:
This class is intended for use at the expert level.

Extensive knowledge/skills of the Health‑IT industry which includes multi‑tiered architectures, enterprise applications, evaluation of emerging technologies, networks, data management systems, enterprise security, and hardware systems as they relate to Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchanges and Electronic Medication Administration Records. Ability to plan, organize, direct, and review the work of technical personnel. Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with clients, technical staff, management, vendors, and others.

Extensive knowledge of the principles and techniques of planning programs and work activities in a technical environment.

• Leads planning and evolution of an agency’s Health IT Electronic Health Records system technology and architecture design.
• Works with executive leadership to create technology strategies that support the agency’s overall goals and strategic plans.
• Develops and maintains the technology strategic roadmap and the security architecture documents.
• Works with others to align the agency’s technology initiatives with state‑level standards and strategic directions, ensuring compliance with all applicable security standards.
• Effectively communicates technology and security topics to executive leadership.
• Works with team to compare, evaluate, and recommend products and vendors to fulfill technology objectives.
• Assists in the decision process to select technologies and coordinate the transition of responsibility for implementation to the appropriate groups.
• Develops policies, processes, and management control methods to ensure technology architectures and strategic direction are created, documented, understood, adhered to, and enforced.
• Creates documentation to record activities and decisions.
• Provides leadership in strategic planning, architecture planning, technology review committees, system development life cycle processes, change control boards, security compliance processes, and other relevant activities.
• Communicates external activities and directives to appropriate staff in a timely manner.
• Leads in the response to state‑level IT requirements and activities, and other technology governance and compliance activities.
• Follows and analyzes market trends.

• Assist with the implementation and continued operation of the agency's electronic health records system and related health care technologies.
• Assist in the EHR implementation process, including build, testing, training, and go live of the EHR system in conjunction with the vendor.
• Work with SCDC staff and vendors to implement interfaces between the EHR system and external systems such as the SCDC offender management system, lab information system, PACs, pharmacy, etc.
• Assist management in establishing reporting requirements and develop reports from the Nextgen database.
• Work with vendors and technical staff from regional health care providers to plan and implement SCDC participation in public and/or private health information exchanges.
• Work with medical and mental health care providers to evaluate current processes and implement technology solutions to reduce costs and improve staff efficiency and patient care.
• Evaluate and recommend equipment…