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Principal Trainer II

RWJBarnabas Health
vision insurance, paid time off, long term disability, tuition reimbursement
United States, New Jersey, West Orange
95 Old Short Hills Road (Show on map)
Sep 10, 2025
Principal Trainer II
Req #: 0000213491

Category: Information Systems and IT

Status: Full-Time

Shift: Day

Facility: RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services

Department: IT&S Training

Pay Range: $83,156.00 - $117,458.00 per year

Location:
95 Old Short Hills Road, West Orange, NJ 07052


Job Title: Principal Trainer II

Location: SBC Corporation

Department Name: IT&S Training

Req #: 0000213491

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $83,156.00 - $117,458.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:

The Principal Trainer II is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of IT Application Training programs, with a primary focus on Epic application-specific education. This includes developing classroom-based and web-based training content, building training data within the system environment, and executing the train-the-trainer program for credentialed trainers.

As needed, the Principal Trainer II will deliver in-classroom training sessions to support end-user education. They work collaboratively with Application resources and Managers to ensure training programs are accurate, effective, and aligned with organizational needs.

Beyond training, the Principal Trainer II leads the coordination of end-user support activities, partnering with Application Analysts to design workflows, troubleshoot issues, recommend mitigation strategies, and escalate complex challenges. This role requires a self-starter with strong communication skills, technical expertise, and the ability to guide both trainers and end-users toward successful application adoption and workflow optimization.

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Associate Degree
  • 2+ years Principal Trainer experience
  • Experience with building courses, curricula, and assessments in EPIC-EHR

Preferred:

  • Bachelor Degree
  • Operational experience in application area
  • Preference for knowledge of current workflows and processes within the hospital or ambulatory setting
  • Demonstrated interest in supporting the development and building of the application.

Licenses and Certifications:

  • Certification as an Epic Principal Trainer is required in at least one application
  • Has fulfilled requirements to have access to SUP environment (TED300)
  • The applicant is expected to maintain certification as current by completing New Version Training (NVT), as applicable.

Scheduling Requirements:

  • Full-Time, Day, Salaried

Key Competencies:

  • Adaptability/flexibility: demonstrating flexibility with respect to changing end-user business needs
  • Critical thinking: the ability and willingness to see things in an open-minded way and examine an idea or concept from as many angles as possible
  • Dependability: the ability and willingness to take ownership of work activities and ensure that they are completed in an accurate, efficient, and timely manner.
  • Must be detail-oriented with strong organizational skills and able to function effectively in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
  • Initiative: the ability and willingness to recognize assignments or tasks that need to be completed, to seek out additional assignments or tasks, and to help others
  • Interpersonal skills: the ability to communicate information clearly and concisely with project leadership and subject matter experts; the ability to gain trust and establish effective relationships with Epic counterparts
  • Learning: the ability and willingness to learn new software and systems
  • Listening: listening attentively to ensure that the intended message has been accurately received, holding responses until the person has finished making their point, and repeating information to ensure accuracy
  • Problem solving seeking, logically examining, and interpreting information from different sources to determine a problem's cause and developing a course of action to resolve the problem and to prevent its recurrence
  • Resilience: the ability to persevere in difficult situations, overcome obstacles, and reach high levels of performance when faced with stressful work situations and time pressures

Job Requirements

The Principal Trainer is the primary contact for the development of application-specific training, including training materials development and management. In addition to the duties discussed in the Role Description, the Principal Trainer is responsible for the following:

1) Workflow Analysis and Curriculum Design and Development:

  • Assisting in the identification of end-users (role and headcount) requiring training on applicable Epic application
  • Reviewing Epic's Training Wheels to gain an understanding of the lesson plan matrix development required
  • Reviewing the E-Learning tools that will be available to end-users
  • Identifying gaps in Training Wheels content or availability and what is required for RWJBH (RWJBarnabas Health) workflows/functionality
  • Developing training course catalog with descriptions by end-user role
  • Participation in at least one IT application other than Epic - research, curriculum development, implementation, and Train the Trainer
  • Shadowing the roles to be trained if not familiar with departmental role to develop an understanding of end-user job functions/workflows and to create "crosswalk" documents (illustrating the gap between the current and future states)
  • Developing role specific lesson plans that include workflow driven teaching scenarios and with sample "patient" data in the training environment to support the scenario
  • Developing and implementing an end-user curriculum, including facilitator's guides, playground practice exercises, participants' manuals/workbooks, E-Learning modules, quick start guides, tip sheets and workflow bulletins, F1 functionality (Epic's context-sensitive "help" function)
  • Designing and developing end-user competency exams
  • Developing and participating in curriculum review process that includes build analysts, Operational leaders, SMEs (Subject Matter Experts), and Epic AC/AMs
  • Completing the Training Environment build - create all users, patients, scenarios (orders, schedules, etc.) for each role trained
  • Utilizing the following additional tools from Epic for development of the training environment:
    • Auto Resulter - provide fake results in training patient charts in real time
    • Patient Duplicator/Mitosis - tools to duplicate master training patients
    • Patient Teleporter - tool to move patient information from one environment to another

2) Train the Trainer Program and Management:

  • Supporting schedule development for both application specific sessions and general administration (i.e., LMS (Learning Management System), etc.) sessions
  • Developing schedule for practice teach backs and paneling presentations
  • Assigning CTs to class schedule
  • Delivering super user training

3) Training Execution and End-User Support:

  • Managing and monitoring the execution of end-user training
    • Managing CT class assignments daily
    • Delivering end-user training (as needed)
  • Designing and developing the methodology for tracking and reporting end-user training statistics (e.g., attendance, competency, success rate, etc.)
  • In collaboration with Security Analysts and Application Leads, developing process for distribution of Epic User IDs based upon competency exam results
  • At Go-Live, Principal Trainers will be:
    • Providing one-on-one or remedial training for end-users as needed
    • Attending go-live "triage" meetings to solicit and facilitate end-user feedback on system
    • Developing just-in-time tip sheets
  • Being flexible in terms of work schedule management and accessibility during training delivery and Go-Live
  • Providing go-live support for users on new applications, including functionality
  • Providing on-call support for application through go-live and post go-live

Interested in learning more about our IT&S team? Check out this video from our leadership team:

https://vimeo.com/1038366426/2f1c2a76a5?ts=0&share=copy

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Perks:

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees' physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
  • Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Retirement Plans
  • Short & Long Term Disability
  • Life & Accidental Death Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Wellness Programs
  • Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
  • Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!

RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey-whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Equal Opportunity Employer



RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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