Do you have compassion and a passion to help others? Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve your life's best work.(sm)
The position works closely with business stakeholders and other IT teams and resources to design, analyze, develop, test and document in support of the integration of electronic medical record data. It will leverage key development, database, reporting and analytic skills across a diverse and multi-faceted application landscape. The position will work on multiple projects simultaneously and perform on-going research to explore new offerings and technologies to improve workload productivity. This position will effectively communicate within our IT technical teams, vendors and business stakeholders.
If you are located in Central Time Zone, you will have the flexibility to work remotely* as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Evaluates business needs and objectives
• Creates and documents functional and technical specifications
• Understands data structures and common methods to transform data for further analysis
• Develops and implements SQL to extract, transform and load data
• Utilizes knowledge of tables and normalization to determine where data should reside
• Understands data integrations and their impact on standard PM/EMR systems
• Understands quality assurance principles to ensure data accuracy and integrity
• Responsible for troubleshooting data migration issues through to success in partnership with the data team
• Collaborates with relevant business stakeholders to achieve business outcomes
• Experience with interpreting data trends, conducting complex data analysis, and reporting results
• Performs all other related duties as assigned

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, Information Technology or related field required or 4+ years of comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor's degree
• 2+ years of experience with Microsoft SSIS, SQL, and developing efficient, well performing queries, parsing experience, and transforming file data
• Proficient analytical and problem solving capabilities with special attention to accuracy and detail
• Functional understanding of SQL Server (Version 2012 or higher), Visual Studio (Version 2012 or higher), SQL Server Management Studio

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Electronic Medical Records and/or Practice Management Systems
• Experience with MySql
• Experience with Perl
• Experience with Data Definition Language to add, remove or modify tables within a database
• Experience with development and testing related to the SDLC
• Experience with ODBC, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio

Physical & Mental Requirements:

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
• Ability to sit for extended periods of time
• Ability to use fine motor skills to operate office equipment and/or machinery
• Ability to receive and comprehend instructions verbally and/or in writing
• Ability to use logical reasoning for simple and complex problem solving

Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick become well and to help patients understand and control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
WellMed was founded in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led company that could change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors. Through the WellMed Care Model, we specialize in helping our patients stay healthy by providing the care they need from doctors who care about them. We partner with multiple Medicare Advantage health plans in Texas and Florida and look forward to continuing growth.
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.