Lead Programmer Analyst - Lab IT

Stony Brook University•Stony Brook, NY

12d•$73,234 - $89,270

About The Position

At Stony Brook Medicine, the Lead Programmer Analyst is a valuable member of our Laboratory Information Technology team. The candidate will support the clinical applications, integrated systems, instrumentation, interfaces, and workflows used by the hospital’s clinical laboratories. The candidate will apply knowledge of clinical laboratory operations to effectively configure, maintain, and optimize laboratory information systems and related technologies. The candidate will work closely with laboratory leadership, laboratory personnel, Hospital IT teams, and vendors to ensure that laboratory applications and integrations meet the needs of the department and the hospital while conforming to applicable operational and regulatory requirements. The candidate will demonstrate superior communication, analytical, and organizational skills while adhering to our high standard of excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Medical Technology, Biological Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
Minimum of 2 years of information technology experience.
In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an A.A.S. degree with a minimum of 4 years of information technology experience.

Nice To Haves

Clinical laboratory experience, laboratory-related education, or relevant professional credentials, including NYS clinical laboratory licensure or ASCP certification.
Experience supporting, configuring, testing, or upgrading healthcare or laboratory information systems. Experience with Clinisys or Sunquest applications is desirable but not required.
Experience with clinical systems, integrations, or related technologies, including laboratory instrumentation, automation, electronic medical record systems, interfaces, voice recognition, or digital imaging.

Responsibilities

Provides technical and application support for laboratory information systems, integrated applications, instrumentation, desktop integrations, and associated interfaces.
Analyzes laboratory workflows and operational requirements and configures, develops, or implements application solutions that meet departmental specifications.
Supports system implementations, upgrades, enhancements, and production changes, including requirements gathering, planning, coordination, testing, deployment, and post-implementation validation.
Performs application, interface, integration, and regression testing to ensure that system changes function correctly across laboratory and downstream clinical systems.
Participates in Hospital IT projects and enterprise initiatives, including electronic medical record upgrades and the implementation of new functionality, while representing laboratory application, integration, workflow, and regulatory requirements.
Engages in issue tracking, troubleshooting, escalation, follow-up, and resolution in collaboration with laboratory personnel, internal technical teams, and vendors.
Provides application and workflow support to clinical department users, including system training and in-service education.
Develops and maintains technical documentation, application records, change documentation, and laboratory procedures in accordance with applicable operational and regulatory requirements.
Provides secondary support for laboratory computer hardware, connected devices, and peripheral equipment in coordination with the appropriate technical support teams.
Provides on-call support for Laboratory IT applications, integrations, instrumentation, and related technologies on a rotational basis.