LIS Specialist
LIS Specialist
Location: Tri-City area of Nebraska , Grand Island, Kearney, Lincoln
General Description
Establish test builds, laboratory information system (LIS) and electronic medical record (EMR) interfacing, and customer support for the hospital clinical laboratory; identify problems, and initiate immediate follow-up as necessary to ensure accurate, timely laboratory services and billing by using critical thinking skills and decisive judgment. Provide LIS training to laboratory staff and aid in implementation of LIS per laboratory workflow. Experience in Information Technology, Clinical Informatics Specialist, Clinical Laboratory MLT, MLS or MT highly preferred.
Detailed Job Description
§ Establish LIS bi-directional interface with hospital EMR, middleware software, reference laboratory and outreach clinical service
§ Actively involved in interdepartmental lab interfacing and reporting to providers, clinical staff, infection control and outside reporting agencies
§ Provide laboratory leadership internal and external reports in the LIS test environment for approval prior to publishing to live environment. Follow all policies and procedures and LIS test validations per CLIA and Laboratory Director requirements
§ Production, Development, Certification validation of thorough testing of new software, instrument interfaces, and orderable procedure detail
§ Be responsible for the operation of the Laboratory Information System (LIS).
§ When appropriate, consults with the Medical Director(s), section leader or designee regarding Laboratory Information System (LIS) issues.
§ Assists in continued instrument Interface and Laboratory Information System (LIS) troubleshooting as needed
§ Performs review of pertinent information and initiates immediate follow-up as appropriate. Reports issues and problems to the Informatics Coordinator and Laboratory leadership.
§ New orderable procedure detail is developed, designed and tested and current order detail is revised as needed.
§ Changes made by Information Technology are validated appropriately and in a timely manner.
§ Regular participation in task force, process design, and planning meetings.
§ Communicates process/procedural changes in a timely manner and educates staff on the need for the change in partnership with laboratory leadership.
§ Complies with all CLIA requirements and regulations.
§ Assists with the completion of Quality Assurance activities.
§ Creates and Distributes Laboratory Information System (LIS) Competency test to staff annually.
§ Coordinate system down-time and recovery to ensure continued quality laboratory service by leading and assisting in the process.
§ Leads downtime by being a central contact for a system down-time between the lab and Information Technology. Assists in recovery of the Laboratory Information System (LIS) to ensure medical devise interfaces and Laboratory Information System (LIS) applications are functioning accurately and efficiently.
§ Participates in mandatory in-services and/or CE programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by management.
§ Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Work Experience Requirements
§ Demonstrated ability to understand LIS and laboratory operations through 1-2 years relevant employment experience or training program.
§ Understanding of CLIA laboratory regulations pertaining to a clinical laboratory
Educational Requirements
§ Associates Degree required. Bachelor's preferred.
§ Medical Technologist (MT-ASCP), Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS-ASCP) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS-ASCP) strongly preferred but not required.
§ Specialty Certification in computer informatics is preferred.
If iterested, please sne resume to :
Sean Cobley
Director, Talent Acquisition
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