Business Analyst

CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: Three years of documented experience performing business analysis on an Agile software development team.Three years of documented experience facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with groups of application end-users.Three years of documented experience eliciting, gathering, and documenting User Requirements.Three years of documented experience performing the software testing function that includes executing software tests, documentation of defects and writing test cases and scripts.Three years of documented experience producing business or technical documentation related to technical specifications, requirements traceability matrices, application interface design, business process analysis and data flow diagrams. Three years of documented experience performing application development, preferably on a Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) product.Three years of documented experience implementing messaging according to HL7 standards including ADT and C-CDA.Three years of experience with database structures and design, creating and maintaining databases, and generating ad-hoc reports using SQL queries.CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITIES:Facilitate business requirements gathering sessions with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). SMEs may be end-users, IT technical staff, HMS practice management team members and HMS clinical team members. Ensure a defined agenda is communicated to participants, ensure a common understanding of terms and definitions, synthesize ideas, track discussions, and provide clear summaries of the discussion and decisions in oral and written form using Microsoft Office tools.Perform validation of documented business requirements against business processes as assigned by the customer to ensure that business requirements accurately represent the needs of business stakeholders. Business stakeholders may be end-users of the Health Management System, customer staff involved in the processes automated by the software or other customer staff who are consumers of the data collected within the software.Perform verification of developed software against business requirements and technical specifications as assigned by the customer through User Acceptance Testing (UAT). UAT is the systematic execution of business processes represented in the application to ensure adherence to documented business requirements and documentation of identified variances as software defects utilizing the customer's change and configuration management system.Identify and document opportunities for improving the efficiency of workflows represented within the software as assigned by the customer. Identification is a result of evaluating current system design through testing and end user feedback. Identified opportunities must be documented using Microsoft Office and the change and configuration management system.Prepare end user documentation using Microsoft Office software as for training and assistance including release documentation, process flows, and help screens.Review development team performance to determine progress towards meeting goals and report status and recommendations regarding the efficiency and productivity of resources to Project Manager and Bureau Management.Provide subject matter expertise to Business Analysts and development team daily. Performing in the role of SME includes providing accurate answers to questions regarding intended software functionality. These answers are based on specific knowledge within a functional area or gathered through written and oral consultation with additional SMEs. SMEs may be end-users of the Health Management System, staff involved in the processes automated by the software or other staff who are consumers of the data collected within the software.Facilitate Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions with development teams to represent the interests of business stakeholders. Ensure a defined agenda is communicated to participants, ensure a common understanding of terms and definitions, synthesize ideas, track discussions, and provide clear summaries of the discussion and decisions in oral and written form. Business stakeholders may be end-users of the Health Management System, staff involved in the processes automated by the software or other staff who are consumers of the data collected within the software.Prepare documentation of application change requests utilizing Microsoft Office tools and the change and configuration management system.Define and document functional specifications and software test plans. Specifications and test plans should be documented utilizing Microsoft Office tools and the change and configuration management system and templates provided.Coordinate UAT using the change and configuration management system. Coordination requires the efficient assignment of available resources to the established testing backlog. Efficiency is demonstrated by making assignments such that all resources are utilized on assignments that coincide with their demonstrated skill level. UAT is the systematic execution of business processes represented in the application to ensure adherence to documented business requirements and documentation of identified variances as software defects utilizing change management software.Complete job required trainingg. Completion verification may include certificates, sign-in sheets and verification via the Learning Management System.Required Skills : EHR,Agile Methodology,Business AnalysisAdditional Skills : EHR Analyst,Business AnalystThis is a high PRIORITY requisition. This is a PROACTIVE requisition