Application Analyst II (Laboratory Services)

At MedStar Health, we have a patient-first philosophy of care, compassion and clinical experience. As the largest healthcare system in the Baltimore/Washington region, our more than 25,000 employees and 5,000 affiliated physicians provide quality service that makes us the trusted healthcare leader we are today. We also take care of our employees, with an employee satisfaction rating that tops the national average for healthcare companies by five percent.

Join us as an Application Analyst II (Laboratory Services) in Columbia, MD!

Job Details:

• Responsible for design, implementation, and maintenance of administrative, financial, or clinical applications.
• Supports requirements definition, process and use documentation, product testing, product trouble shooting, product upgrades and report development.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent with emphasis on information systems, business administration, or healthcare related field
• Course work in systems analysis and development.

Experience:

• 4 years related experience in healthcare or business environment preferred.
• Experience in systems analysis/development, customer service, vendor interaction, and information systems.

Cert./Reg./License:

• Clinical analysts perform all continuing education (15 hrs.) and other activities to maintain professional licensure.

Skills:

• Analytical ability to solve problems.
• Competent in micro computing including desktop applications, project management and communication/emulation applications.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills to effectively interface with internal/external customers.
• Understanding of information systems and their impact to customers.

Physical Requirements:

• Visual acuity; manual dexterity and physical mobility; hear and orally communicate.
• Moderate physical effort (lift/carry up to 25 lbs). Mostly sedentary work.

Working Conditions:

• No patient care/contact. Mostly sedentary work in office type setting.
• Use of office equipment on a regular basis including computers, phones, etc.
• Potential for incidental exposure to patients, visitors and family members with a variety of physical and psychiatric/mental health conditions.
• Position may require flexible scheduling, off-shifts, weekend, holiday, on-call and overtime hours of work in accordance with department policy or procedure.
• Must be willing to carry a pager/cell phone and be available for 24x7 on-call support to include weekdays, evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Frequency of rotation will vary depending on need/size of department.

PathNet experience preferred.

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and life insurance, prescription drug coverage, flexible spending accounts, legal services plan, paid leave, tuition assistance, a retirement savings that includes company match and much more!

For more information or to apply, please visit: http://medstarhealth.org/pmbody.cfm?id=8

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