Laboratory Information Systems Analyst HRA-816
Role Overview
Supports maintenance, configuration, optimization, testing, validation, and ongoing support of laboratory information systems and related applications.
Serves as a technical resource for laboratory systems, interfaces, reporting, and workflow optimization.
Collaborates with laboratory leadership and staff, IT, vendors, and hospital departments; the position has no supervisory responsibility for laboratory personnel.
Key Skills for This Role
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Position summary
Supports maintenance, configuration, optimization, testing, validation, and ongoing support of laboratory information systems and related applications.
Serves as a technical resource for laboratory systems, interfaces, reporting, and workflow optimization.
Collaborates with laboratory leadership and staff, IT, vendors, and hospital departments; the position has no supervisory responsibility for laboratory personnel.
System support and configuration
- Support LIS operation, maintenance, configuration, and continuous improvement under the supervisor’s direction.
- Maintain system tables, files, dictionaries, test definitions, reference ranges, result codes, comments, rules, and other parameters.
- Troubleshoot and optimize systems with IT and support laboratory and hospital users.
- Investigate system, workflow, connectivity, and interface issues affecting laboratory operations.
Interfaces, testing, and implementation
- Support interfaces among the LIS, hospital information system or EHR, instruments, middleware, reference laboratories, and other connected systems.
- Develop and execute test plans for system, interface, software, form, format, and rule modifications.
- Test and validate changes, upgrades, patches, functionality, and instrument or system interfaces.
- Support implementation of updates, upgrades, enhancements, and new interfaces.
Data, controls, and continuity
- Document configuration, testing, validation, change control, troubleshooting, and implementation.
- Monitor system performance and identify workflow, data quality, efficiency, standardization, and automation improvements.
- Retrieve and analyze laboratory data and assist with reports, metrics, data extracts, reports, and data tools.
- Support user access, security controls, downtime procedures, recovery, and business continuity.
Training and compliance
- Coordinate technical issues with IT, LIS and instrument vendors, reference laboratories, and other resources.
- Advise laboratory personnel on system functionality and workflows and assist with training when systems or workflows change.
- Support quality assurance, regulatory compliance, accreditation readiness, and surveys related to LIS functions and documentation.
- Maintain awareness of TJC, CLIA, and California requirements as they apply to assigned LIS functions.
- Escalate significant issues, workflow concerns, risks, and requested changes; take on related special projects as assigned.
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology, Clinical Laboratory Science, Biology, Information Systems, Healthcare Informatics, or a related field is required.
- Experience in a clinical laboratory, healthcare information systems environment, or laboratory informatics role is required.
Salary
- The source lists compensation of USD 52–79 per hour.
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