Community Health Systems · 4 weeks ago
Interoperability and Integration Specialist (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expCommunity Health Systems is seeking an Application Systems Programming Specialist to join its Integration Services team. This advanced technical role is responsible for leading the analysis, design, development, and support of complex system interfaces within a healthcare environment.
Health CareHospital
Responsibilities
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 Disaster Recovery/High Availability (DR/HA) documentation and validation
Collaborate with platform specialists to ensure high availability and platform integrity
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., Google Cloud Platform) 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, Continuity of Care Document (CCD), and Clinical Document Architecture (CDA)
Contribute to roadmap planning for advanced Health Information Exchange (HIE) participation, API adoption, and care coordination use cases
Develop and maintain documentation including design specifications, test cases, support runbooks, and DR plans
Communicate effectively with hospital IT teams, vendors (Cerner, Medhost, Athena), and state agencies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Technology
8+ years of hands-on integration engine experience in a healthcare integration environment
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 years 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 a 24x7 on-call rotation
Preferred
Experience with cloud-based integration (Google Cloud Platform preferred)
Familiarity with Carequality/CommonWell networks, immunization registries, and HIE frameworks
Understanding of HIPAA, HITECH, and healthcare compliance
Company
Community Health Systems
Community Health Systems is one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.67B2025-07-28Post Ipo Debt· $1.79B
2024-05-21Post Ipo Debt· $1.12B
2023-12-11Post Ipo Debt· $750M
Leadership Team
Jason Johnson
SVP, Chief Accounting Officer
Hunter Phillips
Director Strategic Consumer Engagement
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