SeniorProgrammer Analyst 

Full-Time, Day Shift

Covenant Health Overview:

Covenant Health is East Tennessee’s top-performing healthcare network with 10 hospitals and over 85 outpatient and specialty services, and Covenant Medical Group, our area’s fastest-growing physician practice division. Headquartered in Knoxville, Covenant Health is a community-owned, not-for-profit healthcare system and the area’s largest employer with over 11,000 employees.

Covenant Health is the only healthcare system in East Tennessee to be named six times by Forbes as a Best Employer. 

Position Summary:

Under general direction, responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned programming projects and provides a single point of contact for those projects. Ensures that technical and functional aspects of applications are operating correctly and available for all users. 

Recruiter: Kathleen Rice || kkarnes@covhlth.com || 865-374-5391

• Takes programming projects from original concept through final implementation. Defines project scope and objectives and conducts project meetings. Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Interfaces with all areas affected by the project including end users, computer services, and client services. Provides analytical guidance to project team.
• Ensures adherence to quality standards and reviews project deliverables.
• Manages the integration of vendor tasks, reviews vendor deliverables and evaluates vendor proposals for purchases of hardware, software, and technical services to assure adherence to technical specifications.
• Analyzes proposed and actual projects in terms of the feasibility of using information systems.
• Prepares long- and short-range plans for application selection, software systems development, systems maintenance, production activities, and for necessary support resources.
• Plans and recommends changes to the capacity of the operating system and its configuration.
• Prepares cost estimates for current and proposed projects, reflecting the equipment.
• Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results.
• Prepares detailed specifications from which programs will be written.

Minimum Education: BS in information systems, computer science or a related field or equivalent work experience in functional area with training/emphasis on programming.     

Minimum Experience: Minimum of six (6) years of related work experience required; experience in healthcare environment preferred.  Has solid understanding for business or function for which application is designed.  Able to work under general direction.  Has IT project management experience.

Licensure Requirement: None