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EHR Application Principal Trainer

Avera

Sioux Falls, SD · HybridFull-time$67–101K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$67–101K/yr
Location
Sioux Falls, SDHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The EHR Application Principal Trainer designs, develops, validates, maintains, and delivers role-based training for electronic health record and healthcare information system applications. The role partners with informatics analysts, operational leaders, subject matter experts, and learning teams to keep curriculum aligned with approved configurations, workflows, and releases. It supports training readiness and effective application use; the position is hybrid, with on-site work required but the majority remote.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Role-Based Training Design, nice to haveCurriculum Development, nice to haveWorkflow Scenario Development, nice to haveE-Learning Development, nice to haveApplication Change Control, nice to haveTraining Assignment Analysis, nice to haveTraining Environment Management, nice to haveInstructor-Led Training, nice to haveVirtual Training, nice to haveTraining Effectiveness Evaluation, nice to haveEpic, nice to haveElectronic Health Records, nice to haveHealthcare Information Systems, nice to haveClinical Informatics, nice to haveHealthcare Operations, nice to haveTechnical Training, nice to haveInstructional Design, nice to haveAdult Learning, nice to haveApplication Implementation, nice to haveApplication Optimization, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Related Area, nice to haveThree Years Related Experience, nice to haveEpic Principal Trainer Certification, nice to haveAdditional Epic Certification, nice to haveApplication-Specific Certification, nice to have

Benefits

Paid Time Off
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

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R-260030337

Location:

Avera Health

Worker Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Pay Range:

The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$67,080.00 - $100,880.00

Position Highlights:

Hybrid Positions! Will require on-site work, but majority will be remote.

If you have experience in the any of the following areas, we highly encourage you to apply! We have multiple openings!

Emergency Department Clinical/ASAP

Hospital Nursing/ClinDoc and Orders

Surgery/OpTime

Home Care Clinical/Dorothy Home Care

Ambulatory Clinical/EpicCare Ambulatory

Hospital Billing

Home Care Rev Cycle

Medical Records

Health Plans/Tapestry

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

A Brief Overview

The EHR Application Principal Trainer is an Information Technology role responsible for designing, developing, validating, maintaining, and delivering role-based application training for assigned electronic health record (EHR) and healthcare information system applications. This role partners with informatics analysts, operational leaders, subject matter experts, and the system-wide learning team as appropriate to ensure training curriculum, workflow scenarios, course assignments, and training environments accurately reflect approved system configuration, role-based access, operational workflows, and release changes. The position serves as the application training and curriculum subject matter expert, supporting safe, efficient, standardized, and optimized use of the electronic health record and related healthcare applications.

This role does not own system level learning strategy, leadership development, general employee development, onboarding, compliance education, or non-EHR education programs.

What you will do

  • Develop and maintain application curriculum:• Design, develop, maintain, and continuously improve role-based application training curriculum, lesson plans, workflow scenarios, tip sheets, job aids, exercises, eLearning content, and supporting materials for assigned EHR and healthcare information system applications.

  • Support application change control and release readiness :• Participate in application workgroups, change control discussions, upgrade planning, release reviews, testing activities, and optimization initiatives to identify training impacts and update curriculum prior to implementation.

  • Analyze roles and training assignments:• Analyze end-user roles, application access, workflows, and training requirements to maintain application-specific course catalogs and support appropriate training assignments.

  • Coordinate curriculum review and approval:• Facilitate curriculum review with subject matter experts, informatics application teams, and operational stakeholders to confirm workflow accuracy and obtain required approvals before implementation.

  • Build, test, and maintain training environments.:• Build, validate, test, maintain, and troubleshoot training environments, training patients, exercises, and scenario data in partnership with informatics analysts and environment support teams.

  • Deliver application training:• Deliver instructor-led, virtual, recorded, and targeted one-on-one application training for end users, super users, application training partners, and internal staff for assigned EHR and healthcare information systems applications.

  • Evaluate training effectiveness:• Review learner feedback, assessment results, help desk trends, workflow issues, and stakeholder input to identify training gaps and implement continuous improvements to curriculum, materials, and delivery methods.

  • Serve as the application training subject matter expert:• Provide application-specific guidance, workflow reinforcement, refresher training, and post-training support to learners, super users, application training partners, and stakeholders.• Escalate application build, configuration, access, or workflow issues to the appropriate IT teams.

  • Prepare training delivery readiness:• Prepare training materials, training records, classroom or virtual delivery tools, and required technology to support effective learning experiences.• Partner with system-wide learning resources when system-level learning platforms, templates, or reporting are required.

  • Manage training deliverables and documentation:• Manage multiple curriculum development, upgrade, optimization, and training readiness deliverables while meeting established timelines.• Maintain curriculum trackers, training environment checklists, course documentation, and related artifacts in accordance with IT, application vendor, and Avera standards.

Essential Qualifications

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Preferred Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:

  • Bachelor's in related area.

  • Three years of related experience in EHR training, application support, healthcare information systems, clinical informatics, healthcare operations, technical training or instructional design.

  • Experience developing role-based technical training materials, workflow scenarios, tip sheets, exercises, and adult-learning based application content.

  • Experience working with Epic, electronic health records, healthcare information systems, clinical/business workflows, or application implementation and optimization activities.

  • Epic Principal Trainer certification for assigned application may be required or willingness to obtain within established time frame. Additional Epic certification, training environment build experience, or application-specific certification.

Expectations and Standards

  • Commitment to the daily application of Avera’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve patients, their families, and our community.

  • Promote Avera’s values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.

  • Uphold Avera’s standards of Communication, Attitude, Responsiveness, and Engagement (CARE) with enthusiasm and sincerity.

  • Maintain confidentiality.

  • Work effectively in a team environment, coordinating work flow with other team members and ensuring a productive and efficient environment.

  • Comply with safety principles, laws, regulations, and standards associated with, but not limited to, CMS, The Joint Commission, DHHS, and OSHA if applicable.

Benefits You Need & Then Some:

Avera is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.

  • PTO available day 1 for eligible hires.

  • Up to 5% employer matching contribution for retirement

  • Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship

Avera is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, Veteran Status, or other categories protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-605-504-4444 or send an email to [email protected] .

Online Privacy Policy:

At Avera, we are committed to protecting your online privacy. For more information, please visit https://www.avera.org/legal-notices/online-privacy-policy/

At Avera , the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward.

At Avera , we are committed to protecting your online privacy. For more information, please visit https://www.avera.org/legal-notices/online-privacy-policy/

The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444.

Additional Notices:

For TTY, dial 711

Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

How this job compares

Set against the 498 open Clinical Informatics jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$67–101K/yr
  • US median$98–210K/yr409 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $84K, is 45% below the US median midpoint ($154K) — in the lowest quarter of Clinical Informatics salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 14 open Clinical Informatics jobs in South Dakota and 498 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Clinical Informatics postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 8 years (302 postings).
Education
186 of the 498 open Clinical Informatics jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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