Senior Programmer Analyst / Clinical Data Analyst

 

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Information Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Senior Programmer Analyst / Clinical Data Analyst.

Reporting to the EMR Manager, the Senior Programmer Analyst/Clinical Data Analyst will collect and aggregate data from various providers and be responsible for the translation and interpretation of operational requirements to support the development of clinical, financial and statistical reports, as well as enhance staff development for improvements in healthcare delivery. Incumbent will be responsible to identify data and reporting requirements to support healthcare delivery and to inform decision-making bodies of SUNY Downstate's leadership. Incumbent will provide support as part of on-call rotation as needed.

Responsibilities include the following:

• Facilitate design sessions, assist with the creation and execution of project plans, and contribute to remediation plans when requirements and/or timelines change
• Document workflows of existing practices, identify gaps, diagnose task/procedural change issues, and develops plan to transition to future State workflow
• Design and develop clinical based templates
• Assists in mapping and configuring clinical documentation data values
• Monitor project deliverables and timelines to ensure that implementation dates are realized
• Identifies test criteria, translates workflow strategies into training scripts, prepares and stages test data, and participates in system and integration testing.
• Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to the project team and to senior management.
• Plan, develop, and provide training and staff development programs, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, web-based modules, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences, reference guides/ job aides.
• Develop and organize training manuals, multimedia visual aids, and other educational materials.
• Evaluate training programs and use feedback to improve future classes; must be able to analyze and resolve training issues.
• Contribute to the build and maintenance of the training database.
• Ensure that project and training documents are current and complete, as well as appropriately managed and stored.
• Contribute to project post mortems and create Lessons Learned reports to identify Project elements that were both successful and unsuccessful.
• Assist in the identification of resources needed.
• Participates in end-user training and support.
• Perform all other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Medical Informatics or other related discipline.
• Experience with commercial EMR and clinical ancillary systems.
• 5+ years of experience in healthcare environment; including a minimum of 3 years participating in the planning, design, development/building, training, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of existing or new functionalities related to Clinical Information Systems.
• Knowledge of and experience with major process redesign initiatives, associated with major performance improvement engagements for healthcare delivery systems.
• Knowledge of software and tools required to support assigned Clinical Applications such as programming tools, application tools, operating system software, database software, reporting tools and other 3rd party products (industry coding, SOL, SAS or Microsoft Access programming, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, various database schemas to support the development of system reports).
• Proficiency of both theoretical and practical aspects of project management, including tools and techniques.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, communication skills; and strong analytical and organizational skills with creative approaches to information systems issues and problems.
• Ability to work with confidential information and maintain appropriate levels of confidentiality in utilizing and communicating such data is a must.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degr