Application System Analyst IV

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state's future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System's anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

• Leads highly complex analysis, design, development, testing and support services for assigned application applications.
• Responsible for and oversees day to day tracking and follow-up on issues and questions of daily operations. Validates testing results.
• Leads applications analysis and impact analysis of new or different applications, processes or changes.
• Provides highly complex application support and guidance to end users and provides technical guidance to less experienced personnel. Serves as point of contact for resolution of complex application problems. Able to quickly assess problems and identify resolutions.
• Leads development of application testing scripts and conversion plans. Participates in testing as assigned.
• Makes recommendations and provide alternatives with regards to various development and support initiatives.
• Prepares written documentation of various types; application documentation, analytical reports, functional specifications, training manuals, status reports, etc. Creates, evaluates and instructs/teaches other analysts.

• Bachelor's Degree in a health, science, or business field, or an equivalent level of professional experience required. Masters degree preferred. Additional certifications may be required.
• Seven years progressively responsible experience in information applications, including one year performing programming or applications analysis, or equivalent, such as business analysis, is required. Previous experience in leading a project and/or team preferred.
• Experience working in a healthcare environment is preferred.
• Certification in Service Management, Project Management, or Business Analysis desired.

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