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The Mount Sinai Health System LIS Applications Analyst II - Digital and Technology Partners - Hybrid/Onsite in New York, New York
JOB DESCRIPTION
LIS Application Analyst II - Digital and Technology Partners - Hybrid/Onsite, Req#3018700
The Applications Analyst II designs and specifies information systems solutions to address business needs and the methods for installing them. Application Analyst II has overall responsibility for monitoring and maintaining laboratory systems, software and hardware, recommending and implementing systems enhancements and upgrades. Supports lab database in preparing lab-specific ad hoc reports, maintain all files, accumulating workload statistics, providing training related to the LIS and interacting with vendors for the selection and upgrade of software.
*This is specifically for laboratory information systems. The position schedule is a remote/onsite combination, must live in tri-state area (NY, NJ or CT). Must be able to come onsite for upgrades, system updates, and other necessary responsibilities and onsite rotation & on call with other LIS Analysts. *
RESPONSIBILITIES
Testing with Hospital Information system, external interfaces during system changes as well as version upgrades.
Analyzing HL7 messages to identify and fix any issues between interfaces and the Laboratory Information system application.
Maintaining up-to-date documentation and necessary paperwork for all testing activities as well as change requests.
Creating and updating documents to ensure knowledge transfer from seniors to juniors and new comers
Implementing change management requests in LIS
Maintaining Inbound / Outbound HIS Interfaces to ensure uninterrupted communication between several interfaces and Laboratory Information System
Instrument Interface technical support. Working with Application vendor, instrument vendors and laboratory to interface new instruments to Laboratory Information System.
Creating Reports, Ad-hoc data / statistics extraction as required using the application and / or database and SQL queries
Creation and maintenance of Support PCs / VPN tunnels for the vendor and remote consultants.
Managing Offshore resources to ensure round-the-clock system stability
Assisting the Laboratory Information System Managers to co-ordinate projects and resource management, supervise junior team members
Perform Laboratory Information System related Hardware maintenance like label printers, report printers, creation of print queues, etc.
Coordinating regular Server restarts and routine maintenance activities with the Laboratory, Laboratory Information System and the server support teams.
End-user troubleshooting to make sure expedited resolution of any issues in the production environment.
Provide Off hours and Weekend support and help co-ordinate upgrade and Go-Live events.
Working with the IT, Network, End user support services to ensure laboratory Information system team requests for various services are catered to.
Resolving internal tickets, Helpdesk tickets created by users and maintaining updates on the vendor ticketing system.
Works with client management to identify and specify complex business requirements and processes (e.g., diverse development platforms, software, hardware, technologies and tools, etc.).
Formulates logical statements of business, scientific and/or engineering requirements.
Researches and evaluates alternative solutions and recommends the most efficient and cost effective solution for the systems design considering existing systems, available technology, the capacity and limitations of equipment, operating time and form of desired results.
Works with development, operations, technical support and other IT areas as appropriate throughout the development and installation processes.
Designs a detailed systems testing plan to ensure an accurate and effective product.
May give some direction and guidance to other Application Analysts.
Prepares charts, tables and diagrams to assist in analyzing problems, utilizing, if necessary, various business, scientific and/or engineering mathematical techniques.
Analyzes existing system logic difficulties and revises the logic and procedures involved as necessary.
May assist in the supervision and preparation of logic flow charting.
May act as a project leader.
Performs related duties as assigned or requested.
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
Four years of solid, diverse work experience in IT
Medical Laboratory Technologist Licensure preferred
2-3 years of Laboratory system experience required .
Knowledge of Soft SCC or Sunquest LIS system preferred .
Requires at least one year of experience in laboratory information experience in database changes and instrument interfaces.
Non-Bargaining Unit, 286 - DTP Applications and Service Delivery - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital
REQUIRED SKILLS
Microsoft Office Suite
ABOUT US
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
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“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
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Requisition ID : 3018700