Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Clinical Application Support Specialist (25307) in Dallas, TX

Dell Perot Systems is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions to a broad range of clients. We are currently looking for a Clinical Application Support Specialist to join our team in Dallas, TX .


Job Responsibilities:
This is an exciting opportunity to work for one of Dell Perot Systems healthcare clients. In this role you will sit onsite at the client facility in Dallas and engage with vendors, hospital management, and corporate leadership to drive support initiatives, implement process improvements, and act as the escalation endpoint for any of the Legacy Clinical Systems in use throughout the gamut of hospitals.


**The ideal candidate will possess the required skills, will live within a commutable distance to Dallas, Texas and will be able to travel up to 25% of the time.

Job Responsibilities:
This role will help oversee the support of the clinical applications at the various hospitals; provide both tactical and strategic planning for hospital based clinical systems; assist with budget creation and reviews; manage third party vendor relationships and contracts; and own all related escalations at the corporate/executive level.
Technical knowledge and expertise required for this position includes integration/interface knowledge, hardware integration issue management, software issue management and solution design related to third party applications. Candidate will be responsible for driving troubleshooting efforts for particular application issues which have serious high profile impact such as patient safety, regulatory or HIPAA concerns.
The qualified candidate will possess clinical applications knowledge combined with a strong understanding of hospital operations, and some level of familiarity with the different clinical vendor systems.
The work environment for this position is fast paced and requires the candidate to have excellent multi-tasking capabilities. The qualified candidate must have a track record of taking responsibility for tasks and seeing them to fruition with little direction and oversight.

Required Skills:
3+ years experience in Clinical Applications Support
Must have HL7 and interface Integration experience
General knowledge of IT infrastructure
3 years experience in managing vendor relationships
Strong customer relationship, interpersonal, and team building skills at a senior level
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Demonstrated leadership skills
Vendor Management experience
Strong organizational skills
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Healthcare experience
Must live within a commutable distance to Dallas, Texas
Must be able to travel up to 25% of the time
Must have HL7 and interface Integration experience
General knowledge of IT infrastructure

Desired Skills:
Hospital operations experience
Clinical implementation experience
ITIL certification
PMP certification
2+ years experience in contract management
2+ years experience in creating strategic roadmaps

Minimum Educational Requirements:
BA/BS in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Healthcare Administration/Management, or other related discipline preferred


**Will require on-call support on a rotational team basis

More about Dell Perot Systems

Dell Perot Systems is a unit of Dell Services, a new business organization formed by the acquisition of Perot Systems by Dell. Dell Services will develop and deliver a best-in-class suite of end-to-end IT services and business solutions that reduce IT complexity and lower costs for customers. The acquisition extends Dell Services into hosting, consulting, applications and business-process outsourcing, and expands Dell’s existing managed and modular services. Dell Services’ customers span global corporations, government agencies, healthcare and educational institutions, and small and medium enterprises.

Dell Services will be one of the world’s largest technology services organizations with more than 41,000 experienced and skilled technology and business services professionals and revenue of approximately $8 billion from enhanced services. Dell Services’ values are centered on acting with integrity at all times, exhibiting a passion for serving our customers and displaying a strong work ethic while working effectively as a team. Our employees are committed to winning and to our company’s success.

Dell Services is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. It is the policy of Dell Services to encourage and support equal employment opportunity for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran status.
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