Analyst, Business Systems Exempt

Work Environment and Travel Requirements:

The position is: Remote Based
Travel Requirements: Up to 25% travel to facilities and/or HSC (roughly one week per month)
Depending on schedule alignment and business support requirements, sequential weeks may occasionally be required.

The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those that an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job responsibilities.

For those working on-site, they will have a well-lit, ventilated and climate-controlled office environment with routine office equipment; some equipment has moving mechanical parts.  Noise level in the work environment is typical for an office and/or hospital environment

In hospital environment, the individual may be exposed to hazards and unusual elements, which may include but are not limited to bloodborne pathogens and / or contagious illnesses, toxic chemicals, and biohazardous materials which may require extensive safety precautions and the use of protective equipment.
 

Position Summary:

The Business Analyst plays a critical role in the success of the ITS Financial Systems team.  The right candidate will contribute to the team's success with their strong abilities to analyze, design, test, and support complex business solutions for Lifepoint's revenue cycle business teams.

The successful analyst will also exhibit strong interdepartmental relationship-building to foster teamwork between our team, other ITS teams, and the business units that we support.

Essential Functions:

• Understands Lifepoint's Information Systems strategy and how it supports the overall business strategy.
• Exhibits expert knowledge of the business areas being supported. 
• Plays a key role in advocating business and user requirements in support of Lifepoint's business goals.
• Uses Lifepoint's Information Systems standards to apply advanced technology and tools in the analysis, design, implementation, and support of ITS business solutions by successfully:
• Collaborating with business leadership to understand issues and analyze business needs.
• Designing solutions and fully documenting system requirements to meet business objectives.
• Working with Lifepoint infrastructure teams to implement and automate developed solutions.
• Supporting production applications (on-call problem resolution), as needed.
• Acts as an advisor to business teams in the design or selection of new application systems.
• Collaborates with external vendors as needed to understand the functionality of potential business solutions and to identify implementation requirements.  Works with vendors and business partners to test systems as appropriate.
• May be asked to train users on application functionality or provide on-site at-the-elbow support as needed.
• Approximately 70% of time should be spent performing systems analysis activities - eliciting, documenting and refining requirements, testing application updates, and working with implementation teams on software implementations or conversions. Remaining time should be spent on end user support activities.

Qualification, Education, Knowledge, Skills:

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years' experience required in business analysis, quality assurance or software implementation
• Minimum 3 years' experience in revenue cycle operations, preferably in the healthcare industry.
• Prefer a candidate with hands-on revenue cycle operations experience

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or other equivalent degree.  MBA is desirable.

Knowledge:  

• Business Analysis is a primary function for this role.  The successful candidate in this position is expected to be verifiably competent in understanding revenue cycle workflows, applications and tools. Applicant will be expected to understand the tools and processes used by the business unit, and be able to support and recommend process enhancements.  

Skills:

• Builds Strategic Working Relationships - Develops and uses collaborative relationships among team, departments, and lines of business to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Proven communications skills - Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Learns Quickly - Ability to "Learn on the Fly" when facing new problems.  Quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure.
• Productivity/Managing Work - Effectively manages time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Adaptability - Maintains effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment, adjusting effectively to work with new structures, processes, or requirements.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.