Application Developer B (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

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Posted Job Title

Application Developer B (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

Job Profile Title

Application Developer B

Job Description Summary

This position will support the information technology needs of the Pathology Core facilities. The primary assignment will be the maintenance of a complex database that currently facilitates all aspects of the Cores’ responsibilities, including tracking clients and their data, enabling billing and collections, managing workflows, recording research publications developed with Core assistance, and planning for new Core services. This position will be a key member of PBR IT team in the development/maintenance of tools needed by core facility directors and technical directors for reporting functions, as well as tools for day-to-day business management. An important secondary function will be to troubleshoot incidental problems as they arise. This position requires extensive knowledge of the LAMP stack with an emphasis on PHP and MySQL, as well as Javascript and basic HTML/CSS. A general understanding of accounting as well as of medical research laboratories is also helpful.

Job Description

This position will support the information technology needs of the Pathology Core facilities.  The primary assignment will be the maintenance of a complex database that currently facilitates all aspects of the Cores’ responsibilities, including tracking clients and their data, enabling billing and collections, managing workflows, recording research publications developed with Core assistance, and planning for new Core services. This position will be a key member of PBR IT team in the development/maintenance of tools needed by core facility directors and technical directors for reporting functions, as well as tools for day-to-day business management.  An important secondary function will be to troubleshoot incidental problems as they arise. This position requires extensive knowledge of the LAMP stack with an emphasis on PHP and My