Biomedical Informatics Specialist

All Applicants for the Biomedical Informatics Specialist Position
(send inquiries to jobs@niche-associates.com; note the position you are applying for in the subject line of your e-mail)

This position is in Salt Lake City, Utah

Job Summary

The successful candidate will be a key player in the design and development of major biomedical research activities.

Job Responsibilities

1. Stay current with external factors that might influence the research including legal and regulatory issues, informatics standards development and peer projects
2. Specify business requirements and collaborate on functional specifications
3. Collaborate with the design and usability team to develop screen mock-ups and functional prototypes
4. Participate in the research process whereby new ideas are generated and projects are executed that set the direction for future projects; such projects may include the development of prototypes and structures that demonstrate advanced clinical computing concepts
5. Perform research to evaluate the impact of clinical information systems; present and publish these findings as appropriate
6. Assist the research team with efforts to author scientific abstracts and poster presentations
7. Meet with customers, gather requirements, and document the process to facilitate development
8. Works on collaborative projects with centers and institutes at the University of Utah and its partner institutions.
9. Other operational functions as requested

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in medical informatics, epidemiology, or a related medical field
• Recent experience interacting with physicians or medical personnel in the development and support of medical applications
• Five years of related experience in a biomedical domain
• Demonstrated knowledge of medical coding standards. (SNOMED, ICD9, CPT, LOINC, HL7, etc.).
• Demonstrated SQL programming skills
• Experience working with a large scale data warehouse
• Ability to perform data management and data manipulation using standard database and statistical analysis tools such as SAS and relational database tools such as MS SQL Server, and Access
• Ability to perform ETL operations using tools such as MS SQL Server SSIS
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and understand epidemiological data
• Demonstrated expertise in epidemiologic algorithm development (BSI, MRSA, Cdiff)
• Knowledge of regulatory issues in medical IT (HIPAA, IRB, etc)
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Ability to interact effectively with management, users, and other programmers
• Excellent business analysis skills and demonstrated ability to work as part of a development team
• The ability to effectively manage your time and projects
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
• Honesty and reliability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and maintaining a large-scale data warehouse
• Four years of experience as a database programmer or manager working with MS SQL Server and SSIS or other database and ETL tools
• Recent experience with developing data dictionaries and other development products
• Experience defining user requirements and developing design documentation and user interfaces.

This position is a full time position. You must be able to work normal business hours, at either the Niche offices or a client site. You must be willing to occasionally work a flexible schedule; there will be instances when you are required to adjust your schedule in order to meet a deadline.

Compensation will be based on the candidate's skills and experience.

Niche Associates offers excellent benefits including paid medical and dental insurance, disability insurance, a 401k plan with a 50% employer match on up to 6% of salary, cafeteria plan, profit sharing, bonuses, paid personal time, paid holidays, and a pleasant work environment. Niche also pays additional compensation for all hours worked over 40 in any week.

If you are interested in applying for this position, please e-mail your resume (your resume must contain a detailed work history), the initial screening (download form), the qualifications survey (download form), and a reference check permission form (download form) to jobs@niche-associates.com.

Please do not phone or contact us, except by the provided e-mail address, unless we first contact you.

Niche Associates is an equal opportunity employer; we welcome applications from all qualified individuals.

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