r/epicconsulting

FTE here nearing the end of my first large Epic implementation as a team lead. I’ve been an analyst about 6 years, mostly Ambulatory with a few specialty certs.

Honestly didn’t expect to enjoy implementation work this much, but I really like the pace and pressure compared to normal operational/support work. It got me wondering if people actually build long-term consulting careers mostly around new installs/go-lives and major implementations.

Couple questions for people already consulting:

Is implementation-focused consulting a realistic long-term path?

Does leading part of an implementation as an FTE actually help much when trying to break into consulting?

With my background, is $90–100/hr realistic these days or is that high without prior consulting experience?

Currently around $130k as an FTE team lead for context.

So I'm an IP analyst with 4 certs and 3 years experience. I was brought on as a contract analyst and hired on as a FTE once my contract was up. I have done 2 implementations and grown a LOT and legitimately feel like I am an asset and can work rather independently on issues and have a lot of collaborative experience.

My organization pays pretty well for the area as a FTE and I make about 90k a year but we are a small system with no defined team structure and only minimal pay raises. We also won't be having anymore roll outs in the foreseeable future just upgrades. The only benefits I utilize from my job are company match retirement contributions, and PTO, my wife carries all the health related stuff.

I feel like I'm at the point where I should either look for a better remote position that is a FTE position and a pay raise or do consulting work. I really like being really busy and feeling like I have a lot of things to do and right now it feels slow and I am like competing for tickets. I am having a hard time finding FTE fully remote positions it seems, I have applied to like 8 and interviewed for one and I am still waiting to hear back so who knows. But I get like 3 to 4 messages a day it seems on indeed and linkedin for consulting work.

Is this like a smoke screen and not really that many jobs out there? My biggest concern is having difficulty finding contracts and doing this long term. Seeing how hard it appears to find FTE remote work it seems like once you do consulting you will need to keep doing it and if you want to transition back to a slower pace FTE position be prepared to look for a while.

So it looks like i got a job offer from my current company to join their epic pB team. Im excited for the new challenge as well as nervous at the same time since I dont know what to expect. My backrooms is mainly HIM operations, Patient access IT and hl7 . Ill be pretty much jumping straight into a go live that we currently have at the organization so it will be straight chaos and hard to learn anything in the beginning. Not sure how useful I can be without the cert . The company will be sending me to Verona to get certified. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

I’ve been working with a large consulting firm going into my 5th year with them (3 large implement project) and am currently getting paid holidays, vacation days, bonuses and salary increases every year.
I’ve been offered a w2 job with a smaller firm with higher overall hourly (~$85/hr) with insurance but none of the other perks. While the salary with the smaller firm is higher I’m not sure what others peoples experience with smaller firms is. Do you think the overall benefits at the larger firm is worth $10 less an hour?

Any advice for first time consultants? Either for me or generally. Curious how everyone adjusted to their first gig.

Some prompts:
- First week priorities?
- Relationship advice.
- Stories of your first assignments.
- How to hide that you are learning
- Re-acclimating back to Epic.
- Things new people should consider that they probably are not.

I’m starting as a Tapestry consultant today. No prior consulting experience. I was a software developer on Tapestry a few years ago and was a software developer somewhere else until 3 days ago.

Hello, can anyone please help me with kind questions that can be asked in epic interview for cadance?

Has anyone moved to a different state with a higher COL and put in a request for a COL pay adjustment? I’m considering leaving Louisiana (which is one of the lowest paid states) and relocating to Tampa Bay Area. Thanks!

Was bored today so I started playing around with a spare laptop that has Linux Mint loaded. I Wanted to see if I could make it a reasonable backup laptop for consulting work. So far no real issues; Outlook, Teams, Citrix, ect all work and Hyperspace had no issue.

So I got to wondering; has anyone ever run into a health system that uses Linux rather than Windows for user desktops?

Both Epic shops and allows Sanford to break into the Minneapolis market which has been their wet dream for years. Both Robbinsdale and Maple Grove are set to be acquired with special focus on Maple Grove since it's the real money maker with rapid real estate expansion. North has been aggressively acquiring land to turn Maple Grove's hospital into a campus and they already have a solid reputation as a birthing destination.