Director-Level Senior Consultant – Epic & Critical Access Hospital Assessment (Contract)

Classification: Contract (W2)
Duration: 6+ Months
Compensation: $90.00 per hour
Location: Remote with periodic on-site travel to client facility

Position Charge (Role Mandate)

The Director-Level Senior Consultant is charged with leading a comprehensive operational, financial, and technology assessment for a Critical Access Hospital (CAH) client. This role operates with executive authority to evaluate current-state performance, identify gaps, and design strategic, system, and workflow improvements that strengthen patient access, revenue integrity, and operational sustainability.

Serving as the senior-most Epic and healthcare operations advisor, this consultant partners directly with hospital leadership to assess Epic utilization, optimize workflows, and implement actionable solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

This role is accountable for strategic insight, independent judgment, and enterprise-level recommendations — not task-based system support.

Scope of Authority & Accountability

This role is charged with:

• Leading full-scale organizational and Epic system assessments

• Evaluating clinical, patient access, and revenue cycle workflows

• Identifying operational risks, inefficiencies, and compliance gaps

• Advising executive stakeholders on strategy, optimization, and prioritization

• Developing actionable roadmaps and improvement plans

• Recommending Epic configuration and workflow enhancements

• Driving measurable improvements in access, reimbursement, and operational performance

• Representing Wilshire as a senior trusted advisor

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Assessment & Advisory Leadership

• Conduct enterprise-level current-state assessment across hospital operations and Epic systems

• Evaluate workflows including scheduling, registration, clinical documentation, revenue cycle, and patient engagement

• Analyze performance metrics, financial trends, and operational bottlenecks

• Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement

• Develop executive-ready reports with prioritized recommendations

Epic System Optimization

• Assess Epic utilization, configuration, and governance

• Identify underused or misaligned functionality

• Recommend system design improvements aligned to best practices

• Support strategic upgrades and enhancement initiatives

• Guide workflow redesign tied to Epic capabilities

Operational & Financial Improvement

• Improve patient access, throughput, and experience

• Strengthen front-end revenue capture and collections

• Reduce denials, registration errors, and billing leakage

• Support sustainable staffing and resource allocation

• Align operations with Critical Access Hospital regulations and reimbursement structures

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate leadership interviews, workshops, and discovery sessions

• Present findings and recommendations to executives and board-level stakeholders

• Build consensus and drive change management

• Serve as primary point of contact for Wilshire

Implementation & Execution Support

• Develop improvement roadmaps and phased plans

• Prioritize initiatives based on impact and feasibility

• Support oversight of implementation efforts

• Mentor internal teams and ensure knowledge transfer

Decision-Making Authority

This role has authority to:

• Define assessment scope and priorities

• Recommend operational, staffing, and system changes

• Lead design and workflow strategy decisions

• Advise on Epic configuration and governance

• Engage directly with executive leadership

• Escalate only contractual or enterprise risk decisions

Performance Expectations

Success in this role is measured by:

• Completion of comprehensive assessment and actionable roadmap

• Demonstrated operational efficiencies

• Improved patient access and workflow performance

• Revenue cycle and reimbursement improvements

• Optimized Epic utilization and adoption

• Client satisfaction and executive trust

• Clear, data-driven recommendations and documentation

Required Qualifications (Must Have)

Experience

• 5+ years progressive healthcare leadership, consulting, or Epic systems experience

• Experience leading hospital or health system assessments or transformations

• Experience working with Critical Access Hospitals or rural health systems

• Demonstrated success improving operational and financial performance

Epic Expertise

• Hands-on Epic system experience in implementation, optimization, or advisory roles

• Strong understanding of Epic workflows across patient access and/or revenue cycle

• Ability to evaluate configuration and recommend best practices

Professional Skills

• Director-level executive presence and communication

• Strategic planning and operational analysis

• Data-driven decision making

• Independent project leadership

• Stakeholder facilitation and influence

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Epic certification(s)

• Multiple Epic modules (Access, Revenue Cycle, Clinical, or Reporting)

• Healthcare IT or consulting background

• Experience with hospital financial performance improvement

• Experience presenting to C-suite or board leadership

Core Competencies

• Strategic thinking

• Executive judgment

• Systems optimization

• Change leadership

• Financial and operational acumen

• Client partnership

• Accountability and autonomy

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