Application Specialist, Laboratory Information Management System (NSPHL)

University of Nevada Reno • Reno, NV

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About The Position

The Nevada State Public Health Laboratory (NSPHL), which includes clinical, newborn screening, food, and environmental testing laboratories, is seeking a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Application Specialist. The specialist will be responsible for administering, configuring and maintaining the Laboratory Web Portal (LWP), a cloud-based platform that supports secure and efficient exchange of laboratory data between the NSPHL and its statewide public health partners. The position develops and optimizes workflows, forms, reports, and data integrations to ensure accuracy, interoperability, and compliance with established data and quality standards. The LIMS Application Specialist also manages system security, documentation, and user access, while providing technical support, troubleshooting, and training to internal and external users. Working closely with Server Administrators vendors, and public health partners, this role ensures the LWP remains reliable, compliant, and responsive to evolving laboratory and data sharing needs across Nevada’s public health system. The ideal candidate will demonstrate competency in system administration and configuration, both for the purposes of the user interface to accommodate orders as well as ensuring configurations meet standards for compliance and accreditation requirements. The ideal candidate will excel in communicating complex information to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical literacy, including data reporting, resolving user questions, and training staff and external partners. Understanding the operations and compliance requirements of a regulated clinical diagnostic laboratory, utilizing sound judgment and prioritization to ensure both, will position the incumbent for success.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and four years of related professional work experience OR Master's Degree and two years of related professional work experience
• Progressively responsible experience administering or supporting an enterprise or laboratory information system (i.e. LIMS, LIS, HER, public health reporting platform, or other mission-critical business application), including configuring workflows, forms or reports; OR
• Hands-on experience with data exchange/interoperability between systems, including monitoring and troubleshooting HL7, XML, ELR/ETOR, HIE or similar health data interfaces
• Occasional in-state and out-of-state travel
• Provide after-hours IT support as needed

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a high-volume, regulated clinical laboratory

Responsibilities

• Administering, configuring and maintaining the Laboratory Web Portal (LWP)
• Develops and optimizes workflows, forms, reports, and data integrations
• Manages system security, documentation, and user access
• Providing technical support, troubleshooting, and training to internal and external users
• Ensuring the LWP remains reliable, compliant, and responsive to evolving laboratory and data sharing needs across Nevada’s public health system

Benefits

• Health insurance options including dental and vision
• Generous annual and sick leave and life insurance
• Outstanding retirement benefit - your 19.25% contribution is matched 100%!
• Public employees are social security tax exempt.
• E. L. Wiegand Fitness Center offers annual or semester memberships and spouse/domestic partner membership options.
• EAP supports employees (and eligible dependents) through life's difficult moments.
• Grants-in-Aid for Faculty Employees
• Reduced-rate tuition benefit to faculty and qualified dependents
• Dual Career Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level