"Clinical Application Professional 3 - Beaker - IS Epic - FT - Day - Hybrid"

Position Summary: Incumbent builds, implements and maintains the LIS system within the Epic electronic health record. Manages complex Information System projects/products in order to provide solutions that meet UCI Health System's business needs using the Epic solution. The incumbent provides support for all computer and information systems activities of the Laboratory Department. Maintains Epic applications by facilitating updates, new releases and system enhancements along with issue troubleshooting and resolution. Communicates project and team status to internal and external audiences and participates in system technical and application reviews to determine feasibility, cost and evaluate usefulness for UCI Health System. Assists in recruitment, development and training of existing and new employees.

What It Takes to be Successful

Total Compensation

We offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.

Required Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of operations, systems and functions, including planning, design, development, implementation, user support and training, maintenance, quality assurance, and system testing and evaluation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Recent and in-depth knowledge of LIS function and usage
• Must possess the skill, knowledge and ability essential to the successful performance of assigned duties
• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Must be willing to participate in 24 hour on-call rotations as a system duty officer
• General knowledge and familiarity with theory and practice of laboratory medicine
• Excellent organizational and planning skills and ability to manage multiple activities and varied deadlines at one time
• Demonstrated skill to work independently and to prioritize and manage a relative number of simultaneous requests and to work on tasks which may not be clearly defined
• Bachelor's degree in health care information technology, computer science, or related area, and or equivalent combination of experience/training.
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across the Health System
• Ability to apply logical troubleshooting and analysis techniques for the purpose of problem resolution
• 3-5 years relevant work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of University and Medical Center organizations, policies, procedures and forms
• Knowledge of LIS maintenance, including new test builds
• Experience with EMR/LIS HL7, Instruments, Middleware, and Point of care interfaces
• Experience in digital pathology implementation
• Beaker AP/CP Certification