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Application Analyst, ClinDoc Certified

Northwestern Medicine · Chicago, IL · Full time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

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About your past

This is in Chicago. How does that fit your life?

What they are checking: Honest fit with the location the posting states.

What would you do

A clinician reports a problem you cannot reproduce. How do you handle it?

What they are checking: The commonest support problem and dismissing it is the wrong answer.

How do you gather requirements from nurses who want different things?

What they are checking: ClinDoc sits between users and the system and reconciling them is the work.

A change you made is causing a problem on the units. What do you do?

What they are checking: The moment an application analyst's work becomes urgent clinical work.

Where would you want to use AI or automation in clinical documentation, and where would you not?

What they are checking: The posting names leveraging AI and automation in its strategy.

About the work

Tell me about your Epic ClinDoc work.

What they are checking: The posting requires ClinDoc certification specifically.

Walk me through building or changing clinical documentation in a way that does not break something else.

What they are checking: ClinDoc changes reach every nurse in the system at once.

How do you work a production issue queue against a service level agreement?

What they are checking: The posting names monitoring the production issue queue and maintaining customer SLAs.

How do you test a change before it goes live to the whole system?

What they are checking: A documentation error is systemic rather than individual and testing contains it.

How do you plan an upgrade so it does not interrupt care?

What they are checking: The posting names working with the team to monitor, analyze and plan upgrades.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The Application Analyst , reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. Northwestern Medicine Information Services drives innovative, high-value solutions to transform health care. We are committed to supporting the relentless pursuit of better medicine by providing exceptional service to our patients and guests as well as internal clients across the organization. To ensure excellence, our team goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that our systems work together seamlessly. Northwestern Medicine understands that technology plays an integral role in shaping the future of health care. Information Services strategically supports the organization by: • Leveraging AI, automation and rollout of advanced cyber controls that support digital transformation strategies • Implementing advanced technologies in clinical and administrative areas • Furthering development of the end user support model to help enhance modern infrastructure Responsibilities: • Support and maintain assigned services and systems • Works with team to monitor, analyze and plan upgrades • Monitors the production issue queue and resolves issues while maintaining our Customer Service Level Agreements. • Executes project tasks as assigned • Adheres to and enhances quality assurance standards, systems development and delivery methodologies. • Contributes to ongoing process to integrate end users requests with software functionality. • Analyzes and provides recommendations relating to application build and functionality of systems to ensure reliability for current and / or future use. • Demonstrates diagnostic skills and expertise to assist with problem determination and solution across the assigned NMHC distributed system IS environment. • Participates in on call rotation • Contributes to the maintenance of application/technical documentation and architecture diagrams Required: • 2-5 years of experience in core discipline Preferred: • Bachelor's degree Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.