Nationwide Children’s Hospital

IS Epic Database Administrator - Systems Administration

Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
  • 7 years of combined IT support experience or equivalent education required.
  • Minimum of 4 years project management experience required.
  • Experience in a healthcare environment is essential.
  • Strong knowledge of database systems, including Oracle and SQL, preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Conducts systems analysis and oversees planning for complex system implementation.
  • Schedules work of systems analysts, providing guidance and ensuring deadlines are met.
  • Documents system design, testing, and maintenance procedures for future reference.
  • Collaborates with professionals to define both functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Evaluates existing systems effectiveness and recommends modifications for performance improvements.
  • Collaborates with project managers to ensure goals are achieved.
  • Manages system testing and facilitates user acceptance testing and end-user training.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with complex systems in a healthcare environment.
  • Potential for career advancement with training and mentorship.
  • On-call support offering diverse and dynamic problem-solving opportunities.
  • Collaborative work with interdisciplinary teams to enhance system functionalities.
Full Job Description
Overview:

The Epic Database Administrator I supports, monitors, and maintains Epic's Cache, Clarity, and Caboodle databases to ensure availability, performance, and security. Duties include designing and implementing infrastructure, managing updates and backups, testing disaster recovery, resolving issues, and performing ETL processes. Provides customer service, technical troubleshooting, and on-call support to maintain reliable operations. Epic Clarity and Caboodle Administrator experience or certification strongly desired.

Job Description Summary:

Analyses business needs, defines requirements, implements systems, and manages installed applications in a complex architecture. Provides technical and advice and guidance to team members.

Job Description:

Essential Functions:
  • Carries out systems analysis and oversees the planning, design and implementation for large and complex systems ensuring business areas requirements are met.
  • Schedules the work of systems analysts providing technical guidance and mentoring and ensures that project deadlines are met.
  • Documents system design, testing, and maintenance procedures for future reference. Assures data integrity and system survivability by developing and maintaining Disaster Recovery plans for assigned systems.
  • Collaborates with other professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements for new software or applications.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of existing systems and applications and recommends modifications to improve system performance.
  • Collaborates with project managers and other team members to ensure project goals are met.
  • Oversees and coordinates system testing, user acceptance testing and end-user training.


Education Requirement:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, required.

Licensure Requirement:
(not specified)

Certifications:
(not specified)

Skills:
  • Strong problem solving ability to understand highly complex systems and articulate details both verbally and visually.
  • Quantitative and Qualitative requirements gathering, evaluate technical detail, and data validation.
  • Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills required to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and external contacts.
  • In depth working knowledge of Application functionality and integration between desktop clients and servers, including applications, databases, storage, and web services.
  • Basic understanding of hardware device and/or operating system capabilities.
  • Excellent understanding of ITIL processes with regard to build, enhancement, and maintenance of Application systems.
  • Advanced understanding of database systems, Oracle, SQL, Access Database structures, preferred.
  • Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft desktop and server platforms, OR Epic including but not limited to design, installation, configuration, optimization, and administration, preferred.


Experience:
  • 7 years of combined experience providing information technology support, or equivalent education, required.
  • Project Management Skills - Excellent project management skills required with a minimum of 4 years project management experience.
  • Experience in a healthcare environment, required.


Physical Requirements:
OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Squat/kneel, Standing, Walking

FREQUENTLY: Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Sitting

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Peripheral vision, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use, Seeing - Far/near

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:
Position requires the ability to interact effectively with customers and information systems personnel across the organization.

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision.

About Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Nationwide Children?s Hospital is a pediatric hospital located in Columbus, Ohio. It is one of the largest and most comprehensive pediatric hospitals and research institutes in the United States. The hospital provides care to children from all 50 states and more than 50 countries. Nationwide Children?s Hospital is also a teaching hospital, affiliated with The Ohio State University College of Medicine. The hospital has more than 1,200 medical staff members and over 13,000 employees. Nationwide Children?s Hospital is committed to providing the highest quality care to children and advancing pediatric research.
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