Laboratory Informatics Leader (LIS/HIS)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Federal pension

Federal health benefits

Job summary

This position is with the Syracuse VA Medical Center in the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service. It serves as the local expert for development, installation, and use of the laboratory information system (LIS) in conjunction with the healthcare system's HIS.

The incumbent leads policy development, software validation, interface management, and data mining while coordinating with laboratory and hospital teams to ensure accurate test results and compliant operations.

Responsibilities

• Develops and recommends policies and procedures related to laboratory information management, LIS and HIS adoption.
• Maintains laboratory files; reviews report formats and LIS calculations; codes and maps ordering, reporting, billing, and workload systems.
• Provides expert consultation on LIS; liaises with national software developers for testing and validation.
• Tests and maintains software in the lab network; handles hardware maintenance and security; performs data mining for quality monitoring.

Job description

This position is with the Syracuse VA Medical Center in the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service. It serves as the local expert for development, installation, and use of the laboratory information system (LIS) in conjunction with the healthcare system's HIS.

The incumbent leads policy development, software validation, interface management, and data mining while coordinating with laboratory and hospital teams to ensure accurate test results and compliant operations.