At Vitalant, the impact you make doing work that is purposeful, meaningful, and worthwhile is vital. As a member of our non-profit organization, you can be impact-inspired to provide vital clinical services to communities nationwide, vital products to those in need of a donor's generosity, or vital scientific research that advances blood safety worldwide.
Work Shift (if applicable):
Shift 1 (United States of America)Job Description:
Vitalant is seeking a Clinical Systems Analyst dedicated to making a positive difference. If you are results-driven and impact-inspired to help others, and making a difference is vital for you, you'll experience a career built on purpose, an organization created to care, and a team committed to lead – together.
Your impact as a Clinical Systems Analyst is vital. Support Vitalant's life-saving mission by serving as the technical subject matter expert for laboratory and clinical information systems, supporting the design, implementation, integration, and optimization of applications that support patient care and testing operations. This position partners with clinical, laboratory, and technology stakeholders to analyze business needs, develop system solutions, manage healthcare data interfaces, and ensure the accurate, secure, and efficient exchange of information across connected systems
Salary: $72,592.00 - $95,825.60
Schedule: Days
Location : Hemophilia Center of Western PA, Oakland PA
Our comprehensive total rewards support you, your family, and your future with:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401K + 5% company match
- Tuition assistance up to $5k per year
- Free basic life and AD&D insurance
- Free short-and-long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off
- Employee Resource Groups
- Recognition and perks
As a Clinical Systems Analyst, you'll get to:
- Serves as a system administrator for assigned laboratory and clinical applications, including installation, configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring, maintenance, upgrades, and vendor coordination.
- Manages assigned projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, including planning, requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, validation, documentation, training, and post-implementation support.
- Analyzes current clinical and laboratory workflows, electronic processes, and system functionality to identify opportunities for efficiency, quality improvement, regulatory compliance, automation, and operational effectiveness.
- Designs, develops, configures, tests, validates, implements, and supports HL7 interfaces and related clinical system integrations to ensure secure, accurate, and timely exchange of clinical and laboratory data.
- Collaborates with business stakeholders, vendors, laboratory personnel, clinical teams, and information technology staff to define system requirements, map data elements, troubleshoot interface issues, and optimize system performance.
- Partners with laboratory leadership to design, configure, validate, and implement new testing workflows, instrument integrations, system enhancements, and operational improvements within laboratory and clinical information systems.
- Coordinates and performs system testing, validation activities, change management processes, and documentation to ensure compliance with organizational, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.
REQUIREMENTS:
KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION
- High school diploma or equivalent is required.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Clinical Laboratory Science, Healthcare Informatics, Life Sciences, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Additional coursework or training in healthcare information systems, clinical applications, or system integration technologies preferred.
LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS
- Healthcare, laboratory, informatics, or information technology certifications are preferred.
EXPERIENCE
- Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in related technical field required.
- Experience administering and supporting Laboratory Information Systems (LIS), Electronic Health Records (EHR), clinical applications, or other healthcare information systems preferred.
- Experience designing, implementing, supporting, or troubleshooting HL7 interfaces and system integrations preferred.
- Experience managing application lifecycles, upgrades, implementations, and change management activities.
- Experience with software validation, testing, documentation, and regulated environments.
- Experience collaborating with vendors, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
- Experience training and supporting end users.
Location:
201 North Craig Street Suite 500 Pittsburgh, PA 15213Job Category:
Lab ServicesContact Information: [email protected]
If you are impact-inspired to help others, and making a difference is vital for you, you'll experience a career built on purpose, a company created to care, and a team committed to lead - together.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Clinical Laboratory Science, Healthcare Informatics, Life Sciences, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
- Three to five years of experience in a related technical field
- Experience administering and supporting laboratory information systems, electronic health records, clinical applications, or healthcare information systems
- Experience designing, implementing, supporting, or troubleshooting HL7 interfaces and system integrations
- Experience managing application lifecycles, upgrades, implementations, and change management activities
- Experience with software validation, testing, documentation, and regulated environments
- Experience collaborating with vendors, technical teams, and business stakeholders
- Experience training and supporting end users
- Healthcare, laboratory, informatics, or information technology certifications
- Additional coursework or training in healthcare information systems, clinical applications, or system integration technologies
What We Do
Vitalant exists to help people realize their life-transforming potential by offering convenient blood donation opportunities and sharing our expertise in transfusion medicine. Founded in 1943, Vitalant is one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit transfusion medicine organizations. We comprise a network of about 120 donation centers across the U.S., each with its own rich history and legacy. Vitalant is an internationally known and respected leader that continues to push the boundaries to advance the experience, practice and application of transfusion medicine. With our national footprint, deep community roots and specialized services, we are the thread that connects people and resources together to fuel progress in transfusion medicine. Our shared mission to save and improve the lives of others is our greatest strength. Vitalant provides blood and special services to patients in about 900 hospitals across the U.S. Millions of people in communities throughout these states depend on generous volunteer blood donors and our dedicated team to make sure lifesaving blood is available when and where it is needed. Vitalant is a founding member of AABB (a professional organization that provides standards development and accreditation for blood centers) and was a driving force in the creation of America's Blood Centers (a consortium of independent community blood centers throughout the U.S. and Canada, including Vitalant). Both organizations play a major role in communicating advances in transfusion medicine nationwide.
