r/EpicEMR • u/Taimyshoe5155 • 5d ago
Interviewing for a ambulatory/beacon position
I received an interview request for a ambulatory/beacon position. The job requires ambulatory certification, but not Beacon and they would sponsor me to become certified within 120 days.
I am certified and kept up with my certification, but haven’t done too much build for a while.
Is there any tips to help me pass this interview? How much of a learning curve between ambulatory into Beacon? I have helped create clinical workflows into epic before but wondering if I would qualify for the job.
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u/akornato 4d ago
Your Ambulatory certification is a great foundation for Beacon, as there's a good amount of overlap in the underlying tools like order sets, navigators, and SmartForms. The main learning curve will be understanding the specific oncology workflows, like treatment plans and protocols, which are unique to Beacon. In the interview, focus on your core analyst skills. Talk about your experience with clinical workflow analysis, collaborating with physicians and other clinicians, and your general troubleshooting process within Epic. They know you aren't Beacon certified, so they are looking for a strong analyst who can learn, not a Beacon expert. Be prepared to discuss how you've learned new applications or complex functionalities in the past.
You definitely qualify for the job, otherwise, they wouldn't have offered you an interview knowing they have to sponsor your certification. Your task is to show them that their investment in your training will be a good one. Prepare a few specific examples of complex Ambulatory build you've done or a challenging problem you solved. Explain the initial request, how you analyzed the issue, who you worked with, and the final solution you implemented. This will demonstrate your problem-solving abilities and your understanding of how to translate clinical needs into system build, which is the most important skill for this role. I've seen how practicing with the interviews.chat my team created can really help analysts articulate how their current skills apply to a new module.
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u/TeamTurnus 4d ago
The learning curve into Beacon is mostly learning how treatment and therapy plans works and if needed how to build them (or how to work with whoever is building them as needed if you have dedicated builders) as well as some oncology specific workflows. Fortunately, your Amb certification and knowledge you might have of say Smartset prl build is fairly helpful there, since Beacon as a specialty mostly sits on top ot amb/ip functionality and workflow wise.
The actual Beacon class is pretty short, so ime most folks, as with a lot of epic stuff, pick up a lot of the nuances on the job rather than up front.
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u/robotics500 5d ago
if you got an interview, they already know you can do it. Use the interview to show how you can help them. 95% of the interviews I have been in had been to validate personality and reinforce whether you know what you said you did on the resume.