EPIC Grand Central (GC) Consultant
- Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3+ years of experience implementing or supporting EPIC Grand Central.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
EPIC Grand Central (GC) Consultant
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced EPIC Grand Central (GC) Consultant to support the implementation, optimization, maintenance, and enhancement of the EPIC Grand Central application. The ideal candidate will collaborate with perioperative, inpatient, and clinical operations teams to configure patient movement, bed planning, transport, and hospital logistics workflows while ensuring seamless integration with other EPIC applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, configure, build, and maintain the EPIC Grand Central application.
- Analyze hospital operations and patient flow workflows, including admissions, transfers, discharges (ADT), bed management, and patient transport.
- Gather business requirements and translate them into effective EPIC Grand Central solutions.
- Collaborate with clinical, operational, and technical teams to optimize patient throughput and resource utilization.
- Configure application settings, security, rules, and workflows according to organizational requirements.
- Perform unit, integration, regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide ongoing application support.
- Support system upgrades, optimization initiatives, and new feature implementations.
- Develop and maintain build documentation, workflow diagrams, and training materials.
- Coordinate with integrated EPIC applications such as Prelude, Cadence, ClinDoc, Orders, ASAP, Radiant, and Cogito.
- Participate in go-live planning, deployment, stabilization, and post-production support.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and healthcare regulatory standards.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 3+ years of experience implementing or supporting EPIC Grand Central.
- Active EPIC Grand Central Certification.
- Experience with hospital operations, patient flow, ADT, bed planning, and transport workflows.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- Experience with full-cycle EPIC implementations.
- Knowledge of HL7 interfaces and healthcare interoperability.
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum environments.
- Familiarity with Cogito, Reporting Workbench, and Radar reporting tools.
- Experience supporting multi-hospital healthcare systems.
- EPIC Grand Central Build & Configuration
- Patient Flow & Bed Management
- ADT (Admission, Discharge, Transfer) Workflows
- Patient Transport Management
- Clinical Workflow Analysis
- Application Configuration & Optimization
- Testing (Unit, Integration, Regression, UAT)
- Incident & Production Support
- Change & Release Management
- Workflow Documentation
- Stakeholder Communication
- EPIC Prelude
- EPIC Cadence
- EPIC ClinDoc
- EPIC Orders
- EPIC ASAP
- EPIC Radiant
- Cogito Reporting
- SQL
- HL7
- Interface Engines (Cloverleaf, Rhapsody, Mirth Connect)
- Active EPIC Grand Central Certification (Required)
- Additional EPIC Certifications are a plus.
3-8+ Years
More about this job
Responsibilities
Configure, maintain, and optimize EPIC Grand Central workflows for admissions, transfers, discharges, bed management, patient transport, and hospital logistics. Collaborate with clinical, operational, and technical teams on testing, production support, upgrades, documentation, integrations, and go-live activities while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor's degree in a related field, at least three years of EPIC Grand Central implementation or support experience, and active EPIC Grand Central certification. Candidates should understand hospital operations and patient-flow workflows and bring strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Skills
- EPIC Grand Central Build And Configuration
- Patient Flow And Bed Management
- ADT Workflows
- Patient Transport Management
- Clinical Workflow Analysis
- Application Configuration And Optimization
- Unit, Integration, Regression, And UAT Testing
- Incident And Production Support
- Change And Release Management
- Workflow Documentation
- Stakeholder Communication
- HL7 Interoperability
- Cogito Reporting
- SQL
- Hospital Operations
- Troubleshooting
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Categories
- Healthcare
- Technology
- Consulting
- Data & Analytics
Keywords
- EPIC Grand Central
- EPIC Certification
- Patient Flow
- Bed Management
- ADT
- Patient Transport
- Hospital Operations
- Prelude
- Cadence
- ClinDoc
- EPIC Orders
- ASAP
- Radiant
- Cogito
- Reporting Workbench
- Radar
- SQL
- HL7
- Cloverleaf
- Rhapsody
- Mirth Connect
- HIPAA
- UAT
- Agile
- Scrum
- Application Configuration
- Workflow Optimization
- Production Support
- Healthcare Interoperability
- Go-Live Support