LIS/Beaker Applications Analyst - Associate

Join one of the nation’s most comprehensive academic medical centers, UChicago Medicine, as an LIS/Beaker Applications Analyst - Associate for the IT Clinical Applications department. This is a remote, work from home opportunity and you may be based outside of the greater Chicagoland area. 

The LIS/Beaker Applications Analyst – Associate formulates and defines systems scope and objectives through research and fact-finding combined with an understanding of applicable business applications and industry requirements. With this knowledge, develops, configures, or modifies moderately complex information applications. Includes analysis of business and user needs, documenting requirements, and revising existing logic as necessary. Guides and collaborates with other LIS/Beaker Application Analysts. Contributes to application analysis and considers the business implication of the application of technology to the current business environment. 

Essential Job Functions

• Evaluate most business implications of technology in the current business environment
• Analyze business and user needs and assist in formulating and defining systems scope and objectives
• Document Requirements in the BRD (Business Requirement Document)
• Revising existing (problematic) system logic or builds new application configurations
• Unit test configuration and other application set up

Required Qualifications

• General understanding of information systems concepts and terminology
• Ability and commitment to meet deadlines and to operate in a fast-paced environment
• Capable of working well in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team and successfully interacting with others at all levels of the organization, including remote teams
• Beginning skills in documenting and analyzing business processes
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills, and effective presentation skills
• Ability to plan and facilitate meetings with diverse participants
• Ability to maintain a professional attitude and demeanor in both normal and pressure situations
• Proven skills in problem solving
• High School degree or equivalent relevant certification in healthcare, business management or information systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Practical experience in a specific area of healthcare operations, Healthcare research or Healthcare teaching desired
• Associates degree or equivalent relevant certification in healthcare, business management or information systems

Position Details

• Job Type / FTE: Full - Time 
• Shift: Days
• Job Location: Remote
• Unit/Department: IT Clinical Applications
• CBA Code: Non-Union

We’ve been at the forefront of medicine since 1899. We provide superior healthcare with compassion, always mindful that each patient is a person, an individual. To accomplish this, we need employees with passion, talent and commitment… with patients and with each other. We’re in this together: working to advance medical innovation, serve the health needs of the community, and move our collective knowledge forward. If you’d like to add enriching human life to your profile, UChicago Medicine is for you. Here at the forefront, we’re doing work that really matters. Join us. Bring your passion.

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UChicago Medicine is an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, civil union status, parental status, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.

Must comply with UChicago Medicine’s COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a condition of employment. If you have already received the vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious exemptions will be considered consistent with applicable law. Lastly, a pre-employment physical, drug screening, and background check are also required for all employees prior to hire.