LIS Analyst

Kansas Health System; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kansas Health System seeks an LIS Analyst at the Southlake Campus to maintain and improve Laboratory Information System infrastructure, enforce change management, and support reporting needs.

The role requires a Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years of LIS experience, plus Beaker Epic certification or demonstrated proficiency. Strong MS Office and regulatory knowledge are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required or 5+ years relevant experience.
• Experience with laboratory information systems preferred.
• Beaker Epic certification or proficiency must be achieved within 180 days.
• Strong MS Office skills and data reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Instruct and mentor users on LIS applications and systems.
• Participate in upgrades, enhancements, and new LIS acquisitions.
• Design, install, validate, test, train, document, and migrate LIS changes.
• Maintain regulatory and accreditation readiness and support inspections.
• Generate ad hoc reports via SQL for data collection and interfaces.
• Manage change control and on-call LIS support as needed.

Skills

SQL

Analytical thinking

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree

2+ years LIS experience

Tools

Beaker Epic Certification

Microsoft Word

Excel

Access

PowerPoint

Job description

Position Title

LIS Analyst

Southlake Campus

Position Summary / Career Interest:

The Laboratory Information System Analyst is responsible for the overall health through maintenance and change management, of the software operating and contributing to the Laboratory Information System infrastructure.

Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

• Instructs, orients and mentors students, employees, residents and physicians for information system applications.
• Must be able to demonstrate participation and involvement in the implementation of system upgrades, enhancements and new acquisitions of laboratory information systems.
• This includes but is not limited to design, installation, validation & regression testing, training, documentation and migration.
• Maintains industry knowledge for all regulations applicable to the laboratory information systems.
• Contributes to inspection readiness and participates in the preparations leading up to an inspection.
• Follows regulatory, accreditation, safety and hospital standards, policies and procedures.
• Assists in the management of billing, the reconciliation of billing issues, report generation, and billing interface viability.
• Utilizes SQL tools to develop and generate ad hoc reports for data collection, interfaces and other objectives to support day to day operations of the lab.
• Must be able to demonstrate participation and involvement in the implementation of new and updated database maintenance for the laboratory information systems.
• This includes but is not limited to the research, design, installation, testing, training, documentation, migration, and troubleshooting of all new and updated software LIS Change requests related to the laboratory information systems.
• This includes, but is not limited to application, billing, reference lab, instrument and other interfaces.
• Demonstrates the utilization of the organizational tracking system when conducting these events.
• Demonstrates the effective and efficient management of all projects to ensure projects are executed accurately, collaboratively and timely for all projects assigned.
• Participates in LIS on-call rotation and off hours support.
• Demonstrates the utilization of the organizational tracking system when conducting these events.
• Maintains the use of change management policies and procedures for the organization and department.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• These statements are intended to describe the essential functions of the job and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities. Skills and duties may vary dependent upon your department or unit. Other duties may be assigned as required.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree OR
• 5 or more years relevant experience

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree Information Systems, Medical Technology or related computer science
• 2 or more years of experience working with Laboratory Information Systems

Required Licensure and Certification

Beaker - Epic Systems Corporation certification, accreditation, or proficiency (with certification level score) in assigned Epic application or demonstrated learning of other assigned application. Certification, accreditation or proficiency must be obtained within 180 days of hire and maintained according to Epic's CEE program guidelines in order to be qualified for and maintain occupancy in this role.

Preferred Licensure and Certification

Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) - American Society for Clinical Pathology Board of Certification (ASCP)

Knowledge Requirements

• An understanding of clinical laboratory workflows and processes
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft: Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Time Type:

Full time

Job Requisition ID:

R-57930

Important information for you to know as you apply:

The health system is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally-protected status. See also Diversity, Equity & Inclusion .

The health system provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need to request reasonable accommodations for your disability as you navigate the recruitment process, please let our recruiters know by requesting an Accommodation Request form using this link [e-mail] .

Employment with the health system is contingent upon, among other things, agreeing to the health-system-dispute-resolution-program.pdf and signing the agreement to the DRP.