Clinical Application Analyst

Location: Chicago, Illinois / Hybrid

Business Unit: Rush Medical Center

Hospital: Rush University Medical Center

Department: Inpatient Clinical IT Services

Work Type: Full Time (Total FTE between 0.9 and 1.0)

Shift: Shift 1

Work Schedule: 8 Hr (8:00:00 AM - 5:00:00 PM)

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Pay Range: $31.47 - $52.87 per hour
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Summary:

Join Rush as a Clinical Application Analyst and play a critical role in advancing healthcare technology that directly supports patient care. In this dynamic, hybrid position, you will design, configure, and optimize clinical applications that drive operational efficiency and enhance clinical workflows across the organization. A key focus of this role includes integrating and maintaining clinical device data across a wide range of systems, such as Philips Telemetry, Natus EEG, GE CPN Fetal Monitoring, Capsule, Rauland Nurse Call, Vocera, and middleware platforms like Connexall-ensuring seamless communication between devices and core clinical systems.


You'll collaborate closely with clinical informatics, IT teams, and operational stakeholders to translate complex clinical and business needs into effective technical solutions. From system implementations and upgrades to ongoing enhancements and troubleshooting, you'll be at the forefront of delivering reliable, high-performing healthcare IT systems. This role offers the opportunity to work on impactful, enterprise-wide initiatives while continuously building your expertise in clinical technologies and integrations.

Ideal candidates bring a strong foundation in clinical application support, a passion for problem-solving, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. If you're looking to make a meaningful impact in healthcare while working with cutting-edge systems and a mission-driven team, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your career at Rush.

Exemplifies the Rush mission, vision and values and acts in accordance with Rush policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Develops, maintains, and optimizes all assigned clinical software solutions.
• Builds, tests, and implements computer applications and other systems that support clinical initiatives.
• Serves as a liaison between project team members and other IS resources while providing exemplary customer service and application support and development for all assigned clinical healthcare IT systems.
• Performs modification of applications as needed to meet business and clinical requirements.
• Interacts with clinical informatics to understand new business requirements and enhancement requests.
• Documents issues with resolutions and share with team members to improve team productivity.
• Take initiative and drives to bring to logical conclusion; proactive approach, including continual improvement of knowledge of supported systems.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of clinical experience or designing, building and supporting clinical applications.
• An Associate degree and five (5) years of clinical experience or designing, building and supporting clinical applications will be accepted in lieu of a Bachelor's.
• Experience defining clinical and operating requirements, and translate requirements into clear, specific, actionable system configurations, and the ability to implement those configurations.
• Ability to test and audit personally developed system configurations, in order to assure functional accuracy.
• Knowledge of systems implementation which may include analysis, specification design, and implementation.
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills.
• Relationship, teamwork, and project management skills.
• Strong conceptual, process, and data analysis skills, an in-depth understanding of medical practice informatics, clinical, and operating data sets.
• PC proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word).

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.