CHS Corporate
Interoperability and Integration Specialist
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Full Time
Key Responsibilities:
Mirth Connect (Primary Focus)
Mirth Connect (Primary Focus)
- Develop, maintain, and monitor HL7/FHIR interfaces using Mirth Connect
- Manage channels, transformations, filters, and communication protocols (TCP, SFTP, REST, etc.)
- Handle Mirth upgrades, performance tuning, and participate in DR/HA documentation and validation
- Collaborate with platform specialists to ensure high availability and platform integrity
- Provide end-to-end support for hospital-specific integrations, state reporting, PHR workflows, and EMR conversions
- Troubleshoot production issues and lead root cause analysis across a diverse ecosystem of clinical systems and vendors
- Coordinate with offshore/onshore teams for 24x7 support coverage
- Participate in the pilot deployment of HealthShare Health Connect
- Build and configure message routes, transformations, and business processes using HealthShare components (IRIS, Ensemble)
- Support platform consolidation planning across fragmented integration engines
- Assist in evaluating cloud-hosted options (e.g., GCP) for future-state deployment
- Work closely with the Technical Integration Manager and enterprise architecture team
- Implement and support workflows involving HL7 v2/v3, FHIR R4, X12, CCD, CDA
- Contribute to roadmap planning for advanced HIE participation, API adoption, and care coordination use cases
- Develop and maintain documentation including design specs, test cases, support runbooks, and DR plans
- Communicate with hospital IT teams, vendors (Cerner, Medhost, Athena), and state agencies
- 5+ years of hands-on Mirth Connect experience in a healthcare integration environment
- Strong working knowledge of HL7 v2.x, FHIR, CCD/CDA, and interfacing protocols
- At least 2 year of experience with InterSystems HealthShare (Health Connect or Ensemble)
- Experience supporting production interfaces in mission-critical hospital or HIE environments
- Familiarity with EMRs such as Cerner, Athena, Medhost, or Epic
- Basic scripting experience (JavaScript, XSLT, or Python preferred)
- Ability to contribute to 24x7 on-call rotation
- Experience with cloud-based integration (GCP preferred)
- Familiarity with Carequality/CommonWell networks, immunization registries, and HIE frameworks
- Understanding of HIPAA, HITECH, and healthcare compliance
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical mindset
- Clear verbal and written communication
- Team player with ability to work independently and under pressure
- Strong documentation and customer-facing collaboration skills