Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Employment Type: Full-Time
Department: Health Applications / IT
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About the Role
We are seeking a Project Manager – Laboratory Applications to manage the implementation, enhancement, support, and optimization of laboratory information systems. The role will focus on Oracle Health/Cerner PathNet applications and will work closely with laboratory, clinical, IT, and vendor teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage implementation, enhancement, testing, upgrade, and maintenance activities for PathNet and laboratory applications.
- Lead clinical process redesign, requirements gathering, planning, testing, and go-live activities.
- Coordinate laboratory users, clinical teams, IT teams, vendors, steering committees, and super-user groups.
- Support system configuration, application security, user access, and performance monitoring.
- Manage software patches, releases, upgrades, and change-control activities.
- Identify application-design issues and recommend practical solutions.
- Support interfaces between EMR systems, third-party platforms, and laboratory medical devices.
- Develop reports, dashboards, extracts, training materials, and standard operating procedures.
- Ensure compliance with healthcare policies, confidentiality, quality, safety, and regulatory standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Laboratory Science, IT, Computer Science, Health Informatics, or related field.
- Minimum 4–6 years of relevant experience in laboratory systems, healthcare IT, or clinical applications.
- Experience with Oracle Health/Cerner PathNet or equivalent Laboratory Information Systems is preferred.
- Strong knowledge of laboratory workflows, clinical systems implementation, testing, and application support.
- Experience managing interfaces with EMR systems, third-party applications, or medical devices.
- ITIL, CPHIMS, PMP, or PRINCE2 certification is preferred.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, planning, and problem-solving skills.
- Arabic language capability and experience in a large healthcare environment are advantageous.
