Lead Applications Analyst

Company: Caritas Christi Healthcare System
Facility: SHC - Corporate - Westwood at Westwood
Department: Information Services

DESCRIPTION:
Perform a wide variety of duties including but not limited to project management, analysis, design, testing, documentation, training, report writing and daily user support. Ability to interpret and develop project plans, functional/operational specifications, flowcharts, input and output specifications (including file structures and record layouts). Determine and accommodate the impact of various system changes on users, automated or manual, troubleshoot various problems and respond to user department needs. Interact with all level of users throughout the organization to clarify and verify requirements at all stages of analysis, design, and implementation.

REQUIREMENTS:
Extensive knowledge of clinical operations
Comprehensive knowledge of healthcare information systems
Strong verbal and interpersonal skills
Must demonstrate strong analytical, organizational, verbal and written communication skills.
Must demonstrate project management experience.
Excellent inter-personal and organizational skills
Ability to prioritize and simultaneously work on multiple tasks and projects
Strong analytical, problem-solving skills
Must possess strong teaching skills
Ability to cooperatively and effectively work with people from all organizational levels and build consensus through negotiation and diplomacy and CCHC goals
Ability to manage a project, its dependencies, team members, other resources and timeline; and to prioritize and delegate accordingly
Bachelor s degree in health-related field or Information Systems. Strong preference for a candidate with an RN degree.
Ten years relevant Information Systems work experience. Significant experience working in a complex health care organization and deploying systems to support business needs. Must demonstrate project management experience.
Must have a working knowledge of relational databases and client server concepts
Superior knowledge of MEDITECH technology strategy, direction, products, services, and customers.
Knowledge of PC applications (for example, Microsoft Office Suite, Project, PowerPoint) preferred. Full-time Day shift Bachelors degree is required Meditech Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience