Associate Application Developer

Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, VUMC is a community of diverse individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning, and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Organization:
Biomedical Informatics

Job Summary:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is the world leader in clinical informatics research and practice, conducting ground-breaking and innovative research.

The Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC) leads these efforts at VUMC, with a focus on making electronic health record (EHRs) safer, smarter, and more effective by using cutting edge software design and artificial intelligence approaches to learn from the vast amount of data collected in EHRs, among other methods. We are seeking an associate application developer to develop support our research and operational initiatives. VCLIC coordinates clinical informatics activities across Vanderbilt University Medical Center and is working to "pave the road" for clinical informatics researchers and practitioners, ensuring that faculty, students, and staff throughout Vanderbilt find it easy to access data, test innovations, and evaluate results. VCLIC also offers lectures, trainings, competitions, and funding opportunities for Vanderbilt clinical informaticians.

The associate application developer will conduct full-stack development for both prototype and production applications. The developer will be a key participant in the research team, helping with design, architecture and development of software applications, under supervision of the center director.

Candidates for the associate application developer role will have an interest in healthcare and technology, and a strong desire to be part of a thriving team and Center that is working to bring high quality research and service to the Vanderbilt community.

Because of the diversity of our projects and the relatively small size of our team, the Associate Application Developer will be able to take ownership of the technology stack and program using a range of different technologies and approaches including SQL, various back-end technologies and front-end technologies and frameworks (especially for web programming) such as Angular, Laravel, Express, React or Next.js. The software the candidate develops will be used to improve patient care and advance research at VUMC, and the developer will collaborate directly with clinicians, research and health system leaders.

Through the VUMC Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) and the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC), the associate application developer will have numerous opportunities for training and career development, including direct exposure to research and clinical care. DBMI and VCLIC, along with clinical partners, hold regular seminars and journal clubs and offer trainings on clinical informatics skills, research skills, data management, machine learning, and clinical medicine, among other topics.

Job Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops or modifies software.

• Ensures appropriate documentation for all development and modification.

• Ensures integrity and security of institutional data.

• The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties

may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

• Applications Development Standards and Procedures (Fundamental Awareness): Has received training and/or has a solid understanding of the standards and procedures required regarding applications development such as basic security considerations, coding, development and design guidelines and methodologies, etc. Adheres to the established standards, procedures, guidelines and methodologies within the work area.

• Applications System Design (Fundamental Awareness): Has knowledge of and exposure to basic systems design tasks such as designing system architecture and flow, preparing functional design and file specifications, designing new documents, screens and reports, preparing program requirements and specifications, and preparing implementation and testing plans. Worked with transaction, object oriented, graphical user interface and other concepts and architectures.

• Application Development (Novice): Demonstrates the ability to conduct programming to build or enhance programs. Has conducted the phases of programming including program design, coding , testing , debugging, and documentation. Awareness of the importance of proper formatting of source code for its readability and to facilitate maintenance. Effectively incorporates utilities where needed. Experience with full-stack development, including SQL, back-end technologies and front-end technologies and frameworks (especially for web programming) such as Angular, Laravel, Express, React or Next.js.

Our professional administrative functions include critical supporting roles in information technology and informatics, finance, administration, legal and community affairs, human resources, communications and marketing, development, facilities, and many more.

At our growing health system, we support each other and encourage excellence among all who are part of our workforce. High-achieving employees stay at Vanderbilt Health for professional growth, appreciation of benefits, and a sense of community and purpose.

Core Accountabilities:

Organizational Impact: Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work: Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement. Breadth of Knowledge: Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements. Team Interaction: Individually contributes to project/ work teams.

Core Capabilities :

Supporting Colleagues: - Develops Self and Others: Continuously improves own skills by identifying development opportunities.- Builds and Maintains Relationships: Seeks to understand colleagues priorities, working styles and develops relationships across areas. - Communicates Effectively: Openly shares information with others and communicates in a clear and courteous manner. Delivering Excellent Services: - Serves Others with Compassion: Invests time to understand the problems, needs of others and how to provide excellent service. - Solves Complex Problems: Seeks to understand issues, solves routine problems, and raises proper concerns to supervisors in a timely manner. - Offers Meaningful Advice and Support: Listens carefully to understand the issues and provides accurate information and support. Ensuring High Quality: - Performs Excellent Work: Checks work quality before delivery and asks relevant questions to meet quality standards.- Ensures Continuous Improvement: Shows eagerness to learn new knowledge, technologies, tools or systems and displays willingness to go above and beyond. - Fulfills Safety and Regulatory Requirements: Demonstrates basic knowledge of conditions that affect safety and reports unsafe conditions to the appropriate person or department. Managing Resources Effectively :- Demonstrates Accountability: Takes responsibility for completing assigned activities and thinks beyond standard approaches to provide high-quality work/service. - Stewards Organizational Resources: Displays understanding of how personal actions will impact departmental resources. - Makes Data Driven Decisions: Uses accurate information and good decision making to consistently achieve results on time and without error. Fostering Innovation: - Generates New Ideas: Willingly proposes/accepts ideas or initiatives that will impact day-to-day operations by offering suggestions to enhance them.- Applies Technology: Absorbs new technology quickly; understands when to utilize the appropriate tools and procedures to ensure proper course of action. - Adapts to Change: Embraces changes by keeping an open mind to changing plans and incorporates change instructions into own area of work.

Position Qualifications:

Responsibilities:

Certifications:

Work Experience:
Relevant Work Experience

Experience Level:
Less than 1 year

Education:
Bachelor's

Vanderbilt Health recognizes that diversity is essential for excellence and innovation. We are committed to an inclusive environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and to the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action. EOE/AA/Women/Minority/Vets/Disabled

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