Instrument Interface Specialist

TechDigital Group; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Secaucus, NJ, seeks an Instrument Interface Specialist to act as a liaison between business and IT for instrumentation changes. The role requires over 5 years of experience in medical lab operations, IT functions, and instrument interface deployments, along with knowledge of various database systems and middleware. This position demands collaboration with cross-functional teams and an understanding of clinical healthcare environments. Flexible support hours may be necessary.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in medical lab operations and IT.
• Exposure to clinical healthcare environments.
• Ability to read/write basic commands in Cache/Iris.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and liaise between Business and IT for instrumentation changes.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Software Quality Assurance.

Skills

Experience in medical lab operations

IT functions

Instrument interface deployments

Understanding of operating systems

Knowledge of ASTM/HL7 standards

SQL

Cache/Iris commands

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Excel

Epic interfaces

Job description

This position is a facilitator and a liaison between Business and IT for Instrumentation changes and LIS changes related to instrumentation. This position requires a broad understanding of laboratory instrumentation, middleware utilized for instrumentation, business processes related to validating and processing orders/results, and requirements gathering/documenting concepts. An instrument interface specialist will collaborate with Product Management, Solution Architects, Business Partners, Application Development, and Software Quality Assurance.

Qualifications

Required Work Experience

• Required 5 years of experience in medical lab operations, IT functions, and instrument interface deployments, including direct involvement in clinical interface configuration/maintenance/support.
• Exposure to clinical healthcare environment.

Preferred Work Experience

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
• Availability to provide night/weekend support via on-call on a rotating basis.
• Experience with InterSystems based systems, databases, and code such as Cache/Iris

Knowledge

• General knowledge and understanding of operating systems, databases, application development tools, and data processing.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and Excel a plus.
• Experience with multiple instrument communication standards such as ASTM/HL7.
• Experience with other common data formats such as JSON and XML and SQL preferred.
• Experience with Web Services preferred.
• Experience interfacing instruments with Antrim based laboratory information systems is highly preferred.
• Ability to read/write basic commands in Cache/Iris based systems.
• Understanding of Cache/Iris based database systems and their global/class structures.
• Experience interfacing instruments via middleware with Epic based information systems is a plus.
• Familiarity with support/maintenance of intermediary devices used in instrument communication preferred (i.e., terminal servers, file transfer systems).