This is an updated job description of what I used at NGHA Riyadh for a Systems Administrator for laboratory software. Such a person will have software privileges as agreed by the hospital information systems department. In our system there, there was a separate laboratory information systems section LIS:
Basic Function:
To analyze laboratory databases and prepare reports to optimize laboratory utilization and management
Principal Duties:
- Maintains and secures the laboratory information server (to be distinguished from the LIS hardware) and its associated databases
- Uses downloaded database files from laboratory computer system to prepare reports as deemed necessary by and as prioritized by the Pathology Chairman, Laboratory Operations Administrator, and/or Portfolio Head, LIS, which may include but is not limited to:
- Cost containment (implementation of CEO directives)
- Internal laboratory and external hospital committees (as requested by them)
- OVA statistical analysis
- Specimen referrals to outside laboratories
- Specimen referrals from other hospitals or hospital systems
- ER Stat Laboratory utilization reports
- Laboratory Utilization Committee, including STAT turn-around-time and critical values
- Quality Improvement-Accreditation Portfolio
- Test utilization metrics
- Any other reports requested/approved by the Portfolio, LIS, Laboratory Operations Administrator, and/or Chairman
- Assists in the management of the document control program for the laboratory
- Assists in the management of the intellectual property control program for the laboratory
- Performs any other assignments as directed by the Pathology Chairman, Laboratory Operation Administrator, and/or Portfolio Head, LIS
Essential & Preferred Education & Experience:
- B.S. degree or higher in computer science including coursework in networking, database structure, and management
- Experience (at least two years) in operating enterprise-level (e.g. Oracle, IBM DB2), business-level (Postgresql, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server) databases as well as Microsoft Access® desirable
- Fluency in English (high-level) essential, fluency in Arabic desirable
- Experience (at least one year) in working with databases in a variety of operating systems (Win32/64, Linux, UNIX) desirable
- Experience (at least one year) in working in a hospital laboratory environment desirable, not necessarily as a laboratory technologistLa
- Must be self-reliant and disciplined to operate independently and have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills to relate to a wide variety of laboratory and hospital personnel
Degree of Responsibility:
This is a middle-level management position within the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The analyst must be self-reliant and disciplined to operate independently, have excellent organizational and interpersonal skills to relate to a wide variety of laboratory and hospital personnel.
18/8/20