Ancillary Application Analyst

Western Missouri Medical Center-posted 4 months ago

Warrensburg, MO

501-1,000 employees

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The Ancillary Application Analyst is responsible for application and integration of information technology in the healthcare setting. This position will serve as a liaison between the IT department and operations to align system design with operational processes. This includes data collection, workflow analysis, system configuration, testing, and support. Participates in application deployment and procedure documentation. This position supports ancillary services including but not limited to pharmacy, laboratory, and radiology information systems. This position performs analytical and reporting activities to support the clinical, regulatory, and business functions of a department or division. This position is accountable for generating and preparing reports, performing analysis, tracking, and submitting data, and related activities in a timely and accurate manner.

Create project and operational support documentation, which may include requirement documents, process and data flow diagrams, solution design specifications, implementation plans and testing scripts, and reporting of results.
Maintain database information for the facility and/or department personnel on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis.
Prepare and distribute weekly, monthly, and ad-hoc business object reports in accordance with established guidelines and procedures or as requested.
Assist department staff by performing project-related work, as needed or requested.
Review, analyze and evaluate user needs and documents findings and recommend changes to processes to increase system effectiveness for end users.
Perform all functions according to established policies, procedures, regulatory and accreditation requirements, as well as applicable professional standards.
Provide recognized knowledge of product features, functionality, and utilization of the application software.
Utilize system analysis techniques and procedures, including consulting with users to determine software application and/or system functional specifications.
Design, develop, analyze, test, and train modifications made to software applications based on user design specifications.
Manage stakeholder expectations by analyzing expectations and requirements.
Identify project issues and risks and resolve or escalate as appropriate.
Collaborate effectively with colleagues to complete tasks.
Lead or actively participate in meetings.
Monitor system effectiveness and/or performance to determine if there are any potential problems, report critical findings to peers and/or manager and resolve somewhat complex problems.
Develop and maintain test scripts to reflect proposed workflow solutions.
Review and test changes, interfaces, data conversion, enhancements, and each new release as assigned.
Participate in disaster recovery initiatives.
Support the training team by keeping trainers abreast of new functionality and system changes.
Provide assigned on-site support during go-lives and system upgrades.
Provide 24/7 support when scheduled.
Resolve or triage support calls as applicable.

High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing, information management, computer science, healthcare administration or equivalent.
Master’s degree or certification in health informatics preferred.
A background or a strong knowledge of these departments using the respective applications as well as the healthcare organization as a whole.
Two years’ Meditech Expanse experience preferred, not required.
Current knowledge of regulatory standards and the impact on business operations.
Obtain and maintain system certifications, if applicable.
Equivalent proven work experience and technical training and some college will be considered.
Experience in the information technology areas, such as personal software packages, generating reports and presenting information in a written or spreadsheet format.
SQL or equivalent report writing experience preferred.
Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field respective to the system functions.
Excellent oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with internal and external customers and department staff.
Must be self-motivated and have the ability to work within the established policies, procedures, and practices prescribed by the hospital/clinic.
English sufficient to provide and receive instructions/directions.
Ability to follow verbal directions and instructions to perform work.
Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage a variety of tasks and activities in a timely and effective manner.
Must possess strong research and data-gathering abilities, along with the capability to interpret data to develop and implement policies, procedures, or solutions within a healthcare setting.
Proficient with Microsoft Office.

Master’s degree or certification in health informatics.
Two years’ Meditech Expanse experience.

80% on-site work.
20% remote work.

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