Assistant Director, Clinical Information Systems
Job Summary
Under general direction, the IT Director, Assistant, Clinical Information Systems has duties of instructing, directing and checking the work of other systems analysis personnel. Formulates and define system scope and objectives based on user defined needs. Devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time and form of desired results. Prepares detailed specifications from which programs will be written. Analyzes and revises existing system logic difficulties and documentation as necessary. Responsible for quality assurance review. Acts as project leader for projects with small budgets and limited duration.
General tasks and responsibilities will include:
- Interview users, stakeholders and sponsors to assess departmental needs to create Business, functional and technical requirements documents.
- Analyze and document client's business requirements and processes; communicate requirements to technical personnel by constructing basic conceptual data and process models, including process flowcharts and technical specifications.
- Decompose information gathered into details including sources of data, data types, users, user types, interface components, interface navigation needs, reporting needs, and administrative system needs.
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs.
- Leads training, development, and implementation of process improvements for the entire team and ensures that quality standards comply with internal policies and industry standards.
- Assists business users, project managers and IT leadership in optimizing the scope, benefits and risks of proposed projects; helps manage expectations of users and management.
- Provide Project Management with identified risks, concerns, and ambiguities discovered during requirements gathering and work with the Project Manager to complete requirements documentation on schedule.
- Perform root cause analysis, document and use the results for process improvement and should be comfortable asking challenging questions.
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and provide analysis, propose change strategies, and communicate proposed strategies appropriately.
- Expected to take a consultative approach with stakeholders while presenting information that is both presentable and organized.
- Plan, coordinate and support UAT and subsequent deployments in integration with other team leaders.
- Ensure software development team accounts for all defined requirements during development and coordinate with QA team for maximum application coverage.
- Lead and coordinate documentation of Software Test Plans, Technical Documentation, Release Notes, User Guides, and Training and other materials as necessary.
Participate in special projects as needed and performs other duties as assigned.