Systems Architect at Munson Healthcare in Traverse City, MI

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More Than Just Care, It’s Community
Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.
If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.
Invested in You
Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.
Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.
Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.
Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings
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A Day in the Life
The Systems Architect provides advanced technical leadership for the design, integration, support, and optimization of complex healthcare information systems. Working independently and in collaboration with clinical, operational, and technical stakeholders, this role analyzes business needs, designs scalable solutions, and drives system improvements that enhance patient care and operational efficiency.
As part of the Cerner Applications team, the Systems Architect supports, builds, and maintains critical workflows within the Cerner Millennium electronic health record (EHR). Responsibilities include system configuration, integration, testing, troubleshooting, optimization, and ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational requirements across inpatient and ambulatory settings. This role also serves as a technical mentor, providing guidance to team members and leading large-scale projects and system initiatives.
qualifications
What’s Required
Bachelor's degree and 2 years relevant experience (IS/Business or healthcare) OR
Associate's degree and 4 years relevant experience (IS/Business or healthcare) OR
6 years relevant experience (IS/Business or healthcare)
Key Areas of Responsibility
Core Application & Security Build
Configure and maintain organizational, facility, location, and position builds within Cerner
Manage role-based access, security privileges, and preferences to ensure appropriate user access
Build and maintain MPage components, message center pools, referral management, and event set hierarchies
Support new user account creation, inactivation, and access troubleshooting
Maintain system code sets and resolve taxonomy, NPI, and place-of-service issues
Clinical Documentation & Clinical Systems Support
Build and support PowerForms, iView, DocSets, Smart Templates, and AutoText used for clinical documentation
Configure and maintain clinical rules such as admission rules, documentation rules, and clinical event rules
Support specialized clinical solutions including:
FirstNet and ED LaunchPoint
SurgiNet and Anesthesia
Women’s Health (PowerChart Maternity)
Behavioral Health
Support clinical profiles and documentation structures such as allergies, problems, diagnoses, medication reconciliation, growth charts, discharge workflows, and patient education
Orders, Tasks, and Care Workflow Support
Build and maintain orders, order sentences, order entry formats, CareSets, PowerPlans, and related rules
Support task lists, order-to-task linking, and documentation workflows
Maintain clinical and operational tools such as Quick Visits, Folder structures, CareCompass, and Care Management workflows
Support medication administration, specimen collection scanning, immunizations, inventory management, and 340B workflows
Partner with ancillary systems (PharmNet, PathNet, RadNet) and support order routing to scheduling
Assist with investigation and resolution of charge-related and downstream workflow issues
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Are you Munson Material? Apply today!
Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.