Health Information Exchange Technical Lead

Job Category:Technical Support Specialist 7 Primary Location:USA-AZ: ARIZONA-PHOENIXSchedule:Full-time Job Type:Regular Employee Status:RegularJob Posting: 02/25/2008Description: Provide technical leadership for Health Information Exchange (HIE) development activity in Phoenix, AZ. Separate leads needed for infrastructure, testing, and development activities. Understanding of HIE/health ITis crucial. Oversees and implements activities for area of focus (e.g, infrastructure, testing, and/or development). Develops documents with appropriate standards and client requirements and needs. Ensures communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives. Acts as point of contact to project manager regarding lead activities. Performs ongoing review of activity status; identifies risks. Documents progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks, and successes to maintain project course. Assesses results and determines and implements risk mitigation solutions as appropriate. Maintains grade and quality of deliverables within defined and agreed upon program requirements. Identifies and resolves matters of significance impacting the productivity of the project. Oversees and implements changes and adjusts as appropriate. Interfaces with team members, stakeholders and management to anticipate and manage changes to projects, such as but not limited to, technical requirements, business requirements and schedule. Determines when additional resources are needed and implements same. Identifies or gathers information regarding possible solutions that may create additional, different or unique project objectives or results. Participates in discussions regarding project-related decisions and project direction and provides expert advice to advance the client's interests. Manages project team expectations for agreed upon project performance by meeting defined project metrics. Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience Bachelor's degree in business administration, information technology, engineering or related field preferred Other Qualifications Previous experience in health information exchange/health IT Strong analytical and problem solving skills Strong interpersonal, leadership and presentation skills for interacting with team members and clients Strong human relations skills to select, develop, mentor, discipline and reward employees Strong communication skills Personal computer and business solutions software skills Ability tohandle multiple tasks simultaneously and to switch between tasks quickly Ability to deal with ambiguity and change Ability to work in a team environment Willingness to travel Remote Work Location Authorized:No Relocation Assistance:Not AvailableClearance Level:None Create Success