Boston Children's Hospital

Applications Development Specialist II (Pediatric Physicians' Org.)

Boston Children's Hospital  •  $83k - $133k/yr  •  Wellesley, MA (Hybrid)  •  3 months ago
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Job Description

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Information Technology

Job Posting Description


This Application Developer position with a primary focus on building, supporting, and maintaining healthcare system interfaces. Responsibilities include specifying and designing interface architecture; developing, testing, validating, documenting, and monitoring HL7 interfaces using an integration engine such as Corepoint; supporting web services (SOAP) interfaces; and working with XML, CCDA, IHE, TCP/IP, SFTP, FTP, SSH, and authentication and credentialing (security). The role supports and troubleshoots interfaces across healthcare systems, including Epic (Epic Bridges certification preferred), Meditech, Quest Diagnostics, Athena, eCW, AllScripts, and Cerner, while partnering with application teams and vendors, administering test plans and scripts, providing operational reporting, and supporting daily interface operations in a healthcare environment. This is a hybrid position with monthly and quarterly onsite responsibilities at our Wellesley location.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Researches and identifies the requirements of information system programmatic needs. Analyzes vendor and internally developed solutions to meet the integrated needs of the project.
  • Specifies and designs new solutions and handling all aspects of the interface architecture process.
  • Participates in interface projects by providing analytical and technical guidance to team members and project managers.
  • Creates all necessary documentation for system changes and maintains build documentation. Administers testing and completes validation of interfacing.
  • Develops and prepares reports for operations, senior management, and other departments.
  • Works with other application partners and vendors to resolve and troubleshoot interface related issues.
  • Monitors and maintains daily functions of interfaces, working with edits of each.
  • Answers support calls.

Minimum Qualifications
Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a closely related field required.

Experience:

  • 3 years’ work experience required. Experience creating and maintaining HL7 interfaces using an integration engine such as Corepoint preferred.
  • 2 years working in a healthcare organization as an interface analyst preferred.
  • Experience with healthcare systems such as Epic, Meditech, Quest Diagnostics, Athena, eCW, AllScripts, Cerner or similar preferred.
  • Knowledge of basic networking skills including TCP/IP, SFTP, FTP, SSH preferred.
  • Understanding of authentication and Credentialling (Security).
  • Epic Bridges Certification (or willing to complete) preferred.

Office/Site Location

Wellesley

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Part Remote/Hybrid

Pay Range

$83,242-$133,193 Annual

Boston Children's Hospital

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Boston Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. (Our services can begin interventions at 15 weeks gestation and in some situations we also treat adults.)

We have approximately 25,000 inpatient admissions each year and our 200+ specialized clinical programs schedule 557,000 visits annually. Last year, the hospital performed more than 26,500 surgical procedures and 214,000 radiological examinations.

Our team of physicians and nurses has been recognized by a number of independent organizations for overall excellence, and we're proud to share some notable examples with you here.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Year Founded
1869
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