Nemours is seeking an Application Developer to join our Nemours Children’s Health team in Wilmington, DE.
This position is responsible for the design, development, maintenance, and support of applications (software), which support the operations of the Department of Orthopedics and the Gait Laboratory. This position will work at several phases of the software development life-cycle and will be personally responsible for front-end application appearance and back-end functionality: requirements gathering/specification, designing interfaces, writing code, compliance testing, documentation, maintenance, and some user support. The successful candidate must demonstrate an understanding of research and technical requirements for each assigned project. The position is also responsible for upkeep and maintenance of the database servers/hardware where this software is based.
Essential Functions:
1. Design, develop, test, document, and maintain applications needed for bioinformatics and biomedical informatics using technologies that include but are not limited to HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, XML/RDF, JSON, PHP, Python, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL and R.
2. Ensure usability and accessibility across all projects - Coding to w3c standards for web-based applications and observing team-specified coding standards in all languages.
3. Provide support to the Department of Orthopedics’ staff. Write, design, and produce instructional material for use by end-users.
4. Test, troubleshoot, and analyze complex system problems and determine solutions.
5. Requirements Documentation & Project conception - Create documentation from initial job request through completion.
6. Assess and make recommendations regarding tools, languages, methodologies, and processes pertaining to the work of the Department of Orthopedics.
7. Keep up to date with a wide range of communications technologies (particularly those related to web-based applications), and operationalize those new technologies as they provide benefit to the work of the department.
8. Maintenance and function of database servers.
9. Achieve and maintain application specific certification in accordance with vendor requirements.
10. Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field.
Experience with Epic
Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.
Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.
Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.
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Nemours Children's Health is committed to improving the health of children. As a non-profit children’s health organization, we consider the health of every child to be a sacred trust.
Through family-centered care in our children’s hospitals and clinics in Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as world-changing research, education and advocacy, Nemours fulfills the promise of a healthier tomorrow for all children — even those who may never enter our doors.
Nemours began more than 80 years ago with the vision of Alfred I. duPont to improve the lives of children and to do whatever it takes to prevent and treat even the most disabling childhood conditions.
Today, through our children’s hospitals and health system, we directly care for 250,000 children annually in Delaware Valley and Florida, including families who travel from across the country and world to see our specialists — treating every child as we would our own.
We also reach beyond the walls of our hospitals and clinics to be a voice for children on a national and international level, and to lead the way in prevention, intervention, education, and research.
Nemours is growing to better serve the children and families in our care. We have 1.1 million square feet of space currently devoted to providing children’s healthcare or under construction, all designed with significant input and advice from our patients and families.
