Instrument Interface Specialist

Job Details:
Performs and facilitates research and testing, provides overall project leadership to ensure instrument interfaces conform to vendor and Quest specifications/requirements.
• Responsible for multiple implementations or conversion projects.
• Participates in information gathering for interface requirements.
• Educates and directly interacts with stakeholders to help them understand the benefits and limitations of their specific Instrument Interface during implementation.
• Collaborates with the PMO, Product Management, Solution Architects, Business Partners, Application Development, and Software Quality Assurance Teams to understand scope, solutions, constraints, and risks.
• Designs and oversees interface implementation project plan.
• Responsible for providing project status updates.
• Will provide communications such as go-live notices, support documentation and operational checklists to our internal organization relative to any new or change to existing client interface. 
• Implementation of communication scripts and protocols to include dialup, VPN and frame and web services. 
• Provides 3rd-tier support (as defined in the Support SOP) to EMR/LIS-Interface related problems.
• Coordinate user-group sessions with EMR/LIS-Interfaced clients and internal staff to provide a forum for an exchange of ideas to improve the overall delivery of our services. 
Qualifications:
Required Work Experience: 
• Required 5 years of experience in medical lab operations, IT functions, and instrument interface deployments, including direct involvement in clinical interface configuration/maintenance/support.
• Exposure to clinical healthcare environment.
Knowledge: 
• General knowledge and understanding of operating systems, databases, application development tools, and data processing.
• Experience using Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, and Excel a plus.
• Experience with multiple instrument communication standards such as ASTM/HL7
• Experience with other common data formats such as JSON and XML and SQL preferred.
• Experience with Web Services preferred.
• Experience interfacing instruments with Antrim based laboratory information systems is highly preferred.
• Ability to read/write basic commands in Cache/Iris based systems.
• Understanding of Cache/Iris based database systems and their global/class structures.