RNredhead

Thank for the advice!! I did accept the offer for Epic analyst/builder. I already have 3 trips scheduled to Wisconsin for training at Epic headquarters and I am so excited. Ultimately, I decided the Epic experience would be most rewarding in the long run with my career. So thankful for this opportunity!

I am getting an MSN in Nursing Informatics. I just accepted a job offer as Epic Clinical Analyst/Builder. The position required a BSN but not necessarily experience in informatics. Just basic computer skills and desire to move into the field. But, the MSN is what caught their eye and pushed me ahead of the many other applicants. I am a CCU nurse moving into this field, so this is my first informatics position. I feel so thankful to have a chance to get Epic training and certifications before I even graduate. So, you can get a job without prior informatics experience. And yes, a formal degree will boost your chances of being considered tremendously.

Thank you so much for your reply/advice. I looked at your website, and it seems you have lots of experience to help with this type situation. So, if you don't mind, I would like to ask another question. Today I found a job at another local hospital. It's a position for "Credentialed Epic Trainer for Ambulatory Application". The job description sounds more like a classroom teacher/staff educator position. It is different than my current offer as a Epic analyst/builder. I did apply for this Trainer position. That facility has a reputation for significant higher salaries than the one offering the analyst position. Is an Epic trainer position just as respectable as an Epic Analyst? Would it offer similar future benefits for career growth? Also, the company providing me the current offer (mediocre salary for Analyst I) wants an answer by Monday. That is only a total time of 4 days after my interview to make a decision. Would it be fair to ask them for more time to make a decision, in order to see if I am contacted about trainer position? The blue cross position describes an Enterprise software that I'm not familiar with. The small, rural hospital describes a Point of Care system that I'm not familiar with, no other name given other than Point of Care, abbreviated as POC. Thank you so much for providing your advice. I am nervous to take this position on Monday, and miss a better position. But also nervous to turn it down and still not get another job offer from my other potential employers that I'm dealing with.

My current facility offered me a job as Clinical Analyst Level I on an Epic Team. This position will allow me to quickly move to Level Ii and III analyst position. I graduate next year with my master's in nursing informatics. If I accept the job, soon I will go to Wisconsin to begin Epic training and can start working on certifications. Here is my dilemma: The salary is disappointing. Just under $47,000. It is exactly what I currently make as a CCU RN. Now, I have only been a nurse for 2 years. So it's still a great paying job. I have also done 2 phone interviews with blue cross for analyst position, but nothing related to Epic. Also have an interview next week in a small hospital for clinical system specialist. I anticipate the salary with both of those positions to be around $50,000. But again, it does not provide any Epic training or any affiliation with Epic. I know the Epic stamp on my resume/career is awesome. So I am excited about having that with this job offer I was given today. They do not want me to sign a contract. Is it worth taking a non-impressive salary in order to get this epic training, which could reap huge benefits later? Or should I turn it down, and wait for a better paying job, that may not have any Epic affiliation? Such a tough decision! thanks.