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Preferred Primary Physicians, Inc. recognizes that continual growth and success depends on an excellence that is a result of reliable talent working together in our offices. PPCP is constantly seeking to add qualified candidates to the staffs to bring an added value to the patients.

Current Job Openings (click to view details):

If you are seeking employment in any of the following positions, please forward your credentials to our human resource department.

  • Medical Assistant
  • Medical Receptionist
  • Medical Technologist

Preferred Primary Care Physicians
Attn: Human Resources
Manor Oak II
1910 Cochran Road, SUITE 490
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
Fax: (412) 429-9466
careers@ppcp.org

 

EMR ANALYST

Position Summary: Preferred Primary Care Physicians, an independently owned internal and family medicine group in Pittsburgh, PA, is now accepting applications for the position of The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Analyst. The EMR Analyst will be a key figure in implementing, maintaining and supporting GE Healthcare’s Centricity EMR. This person will work directly with information systems and quality improvement staff to improve training, usage and administration of the EMR. Clinic visitation is a key responsibility of this position. Observation and analysis of EMR usage will help facilitate improvements in workflow and system performance. Local travel 25%-50% with potential for regional travel in future. Relocation is required.

Position Responsibilities:
• Participate in the implementation of the electronic medical record in new practices as project manager, trainer, and on-site coordinator.
• Provide written status reports on practices before and after go-live
• Develops and maintains training documentation that will include information customized for each practice. Train new users and maintain ongoing training program for existing users.
• Work closely with physicians and office staff to analyze and document workflow, identify areas for improvement, and outline a plan to introduce these improvements.
• Write and run reports using the EMR report module and Crystal Reports.
• Work with EMR committee to develop and create clinical forms for use in the EMR using a standard enhancement process. Collect enhancement requests from users, advise committee on these requests, and see the enhancement through to implementation following the standard enhancement process.
• Apply monthly clinical updates as they are released and maintain clinical custom lists in the EMR following these updates
• Monitor and track electronic prescriptions and troubleshoot issues with clinic, e-Rx vendor, and pharmacies as necessary
• Work with Information Systems staff to outline a rollout plan for service pack applications and software upgrades that includes the installation in a test environment followed by installation in the production environment.
• Advise IS department on the potential effects that software changes, software updates, and hardware upgrades could have on the EMR.
• Participate in interface projects with outside facilities. Resolves interface errors.
• Keep up-to-date on third party applications and devices that integrate and communicate with the EMR
• Work with vendors for support or enhancements
• Maintain existing EMR policies and procedures. Develop and
implement new policies and procedures as needed.

Position Qualifications
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• Bachelor’s degree in Health Information Management, Information Systems or other relative to clinical informatics or equivalent experience in a healthcare setting.
• Minimum of three years of direct, hands-on experience with an ambulatory electronic medical record. Centricity EMR experience preferred but not required.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting – ambulatory clinic, hospital or health system – is required. Knowledge of clinical workflow and a basic understanding of clinical terminology also required.
• Minimum of two years of delivering formal, instructor-led training.
• Experience with software implementation and support, healthcare-related or other, is required.
• Project management experience is preferred
• Excellent oral and written skills are required. Must show demonstrated ability to interact successfully with clients in prior work experience.
• Experience writing and running reports preferred
• Experience with HL7 is a plus

Salary based on experience. Please email resume and salary requirements to careers@ppcp.org.

 

Office Manager

Office Manager, w/minimum of 2-5 yrs experience for busy 2-practitioner primary care office located in the Robinson area. Candidates must be experienced in front and back office procedures. Submit cover letter, resume and salary requirements to careers@ppcp.org or fax to 412-531-2396

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Preferred Primary Care Physicians Administrative Offices · Manor Oak 2 · 1910 Cochran Rd., Suite 490 · Pittsburgh, PA 15220 · (412) 531-2902