Clinical Business Analyst - Level 3

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan seeks a Clinical Business Analyst lead to design and implement system-wide clinical applications. You will translate data into business requirements, draft functional specs, and partner with users, PMs, developers and IT leadership to balance scope, benefits and risk.

You will also plan meetings, support testing and deployments, and mentor junior analysts. In this role you will supervise and guide project teams, develop training materials, and drive process

Qualifications

• Masters degree or advanced clinical degree with two years as a lead in requirements for software.
• Or a Baccalaureate degree with five years of relevant experience in clinical/health IT.
• May include specialty certifications applicable to the role.

Responsibilities

• Assess, design, develop and implement system-wide clinical systems.
• Collect and transform large data into meaningful business requirements.
• Create and modify requirements documentation for IT projects.
• Coordinate with users, project managers, programmers and IT leadership to optimize scope, benefits and risks.
• Plan and lead meetings, support testing and deployments, and train end users.

Skills

Business analysis

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Documentation

Education

Masters degree or advanced clinical degree

Bachelors degree + five years experience

Tools

SQL

Data modeling

UML

Visio/flowcharts

Job description

Marketing Statement NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is the community hospital of choice for residents of East Harlem, northern Manhattan, and neighboring communities. The hospital provides culturally-sensitive care in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. Metropolitan delivers high quality health services with compassion, dignity, and respect to all, without exception. Since its founding in 1875, the hospital has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. Metropolitan is a part of the NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.

Marketing Statement NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan is the community hospital of choice for residents of East Harlem, northern Manhattan, and neighboring communities. The hospital provides culturally-sensitive care in a welcoming and hospitable setting, emphasizing primary care medicine and utilizing the latest advances in medical science. Metropolitan delivers high quality health services with compassion, dignity, and respect to all, without exception. Since its founding in 1875, the hospital has been affiliated with New York Medical College, representing the oldest partnership between a hospital and a private medical school in the United States. Metropolitan is a part of the NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position: Under varying levels of direction and expertise, is responsible for the on-going assessment, design, development and implementation of system-wide clinical systems. Specifically, collect and transform large quantities of information into meaningful business requirements; develop and modify requirements documentation for the design and implementation of clinical information systems; critically evaluate information from various sources; distinguish user needs from actual business needs and partner with business users, project managers, programmers, consultants and IT leadership in optimizing the scope, benefits and risks of actual and proposed projects as well as assist in managing stakeholder expectations.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

At a higher level, performs the typical tasks of Assignment Level I:

At a higher level, performs the typical tasks of Assignment Level I:

• Analyze and document business requirements and processes; communicate requirements to technical personnel through the construction of basic conceptual data, process models and flowcharts, and technical specifications.
• Interview end users, stakeholders, and project sponsors in order to assess business and clinical needs; create business, functional, and technical requirements document based on captured data and, in accordance with departmental protocol/standards.
• Convert information gathered into specific details including data sources, data and user types, interface components, interface navigation needs, reporting needs and administrative system needs.
• Define external interfaces, constraints, quality issues and other non-functional requirements.
• Provide project management team with identified risks, concerns, and ambiguities discovered during the gathering of requirements; assist team in developing solutions.
• Partner with project managers to complete requirements documentation, in accordance with project schedule.
• Plan, organize, facilitate, and lead meetings and workgroups as well as oversee and execute follow-up activities.
• Ensure software development team accounts for all defined technical requirements, in coordination with quality assurance team. Ensure that all quality standards comply with internal policies and industry standards.
• Document changes to baseline requirements through standard change control process. Document software test plans, technical requirements, release notes, user and training guidelines and other materials.
• Plan, coordinate, and support unit acceptance testing and subsequent deployments, in coordination with other team leaders.
• Perform end user and application support functions including problem solving and resolution of application function defects. Provide systems and application training.
• Develop and execute project presentations.
• Participate in special projects, as required.
• Provide training to and serve as a mentor for junior clinical business analysts and/or other appropriate project team members; manage and evaluate work products for assigned team members.
• Participate in the development of various departmental training initiatives.
• Interview junior clinical business analysts and/or other appropriate project team members.

At a higher level, also performs the typical tasks of Assignment Level II:

• Identify opportunities for process improvements and provide analysis and propose change and communicate strategies.
• Provide supervision and guidance to junior clinical business analysts, clinical business analysts assigned at Level I, consultants, and/or other appropriate project team members.
• Interview junior clinical business analysts, clinical business analysts assigned at Level I, consultants, and/or other appropriate project team members.

In Addition To Performing The Typical Tasks Of Assignment Levels I And II At a Higher Level, As Described Above, Performs The Following

• Lead the training, development, and implementation of process improvements for all projects and applications.
• Provide supervision and direction to junior clinical business analysts, clinical business analysts assigned at Levels I and II, consultants, and/or other appropriate project team members.
• Interview junior clinical business analysts, clinical business analysts assigned at Levels I and II, consultants, and/or other appropriate project team members.

Minimum Qualifications

• A Masters Degree or advanced clinical degree from an accredited college or university and two years of experience serving as a lead in soliciting, defining, and managing requirements for internally and externally developed software in a clinical, allied health, non-allied health, behavioral health, information technology, information services, business, analytics or related area; or, one year of experience in a relevant clinical and/or healthcare administration role/function; or
• A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university and five years of experience as described above; or
• A satisfactory combination of education, training, and experience.
• Specialty certification(s) issued by a national commercially available program, state, professional society, academic or technical institution in an area(s) listed above, may be credited on a month-to-month basis toward the required work experience for a total of one year.

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