Description
JOB SUMMARY
This IT Business Analyst understands business needs and defines technology and services requirements to maximize value under occasional guidance. The IT Business Analyst uses analysis techniques to lead change activities. Implements small projects or components of large projects.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provides leadership, expertise, and guidance on strategic business change projects.
- Provides business analysis on projects including engagement and stakeholder management.
- Leads business change and defines business requirements and processes on projects.
- The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.
TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
BUSINESS ANALYSIS (NOVICE):
- Takes basic business concepts and turns them into meaningful requirements. Participates in reengineering of processes. Communicates with customers and users to determine what their requirements are. Develops and specifies requirements in enough detail to allow them to be successfully implemented by a project team. Designs screens and reports for basic business systems.
BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE (NOVICE):
- Understands customers' business operations beyond single issues driving a project. Demonstrates the ability to apply functional business knowledge to successfully meet work objectives. Has worked closely with knowledgeable users and customers in meeting their business needs. Demonstrates a good sense of the business when dealing with others. Critically evaluates the customer implications of technological advances. Knows and monitors the competition. Able to interpret business data.
BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION (NOVICE):
- Possesses sufficient fundamental proficiency to successfully demonstrate knowledge of Business Requirements Definition in practical applications of moderate difficulty. Able to identify potential problems through basic analysis and develop appropriate test cases to assure effective testing of the application. Can analyze a Business Requirements Definition to determine processing flow, testing scenarios and user requirements. Familiar with the steps necessary to complete a Business Requirements Definition for more advanced systems.
FEASIBILITY/COST/BENEFITS ANALYSIS (NOVICE):
- Has written an entire feasibility study for a small system or has written several descriptive sections of studies for a large system, such as the statement of the business problem and business function description. Has participated in detailed analysis through meeting with users. Has an understanding of how to formulate cost of an operation.
About the Department:
The Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research (VICTR) is Vanderbilt's virtual home for clinical and translational research. Supported by Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Office of Research and the NIH-sponsored Clinical and Translational Service Award (CTSA), the mission of the institute is to transform the way ideas and research discoveries make their way from origin to patient care. VICTR functions to help researchers and clinicians do their jobs better by providing tools and support to improve the quality of research, publications, grant writing, and training for future doctors and researchers. For more information, please visit https://victr.vumc.org/ .
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Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:
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VUMC Recent Accomplishments
Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:
- US News & World Report: #1 Adult Hospital in Tennessee and metropolitan Nashville, named to the Best Hospitals Honor Roll of the top 20 adult hospitals, 10 nationally ranked adult specialty programs, with 3 specialties rated in the top 10 nationally, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt named as one of the Best Children's Hospital in the nation, with 10 out of 10 pediatric specialties nationally ranked.
- Healthcare's Most Wired: Among the nation's 100 "most-wired" hospitals and health systems for its efforts in innovative medical technology.
- Becker's Hospital Review: named as one of the "100 Great Hospitals in America", in the roster of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Oncology Programs and to its list of the 100 Hospitals with Great Heart Programs.
- The Leapfrog Group: One of only 10 children's hospitals in the to be named at Leapfrog Top Hospital.
- American Association for the Advancement of Science: The School of Medicine has 112 elected fellows
- Magnet Recognition Program: Received our third consecutive Magnet designations.
- National Academy of Medicine: 22 members, elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding achievement
- Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index: 6 th year in a row that Vanderbilt University Medical Center was a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality.