Senior PACS Administrator

Sr. Pacs Administrator

6 month contract, Sr. PACS Administrator (day on-call), remote/work from home. Onsite training at the client site for the first 2 weeks of the contract.

General Responsibilities:

• Day call shift is 8am - 5pm CST
• Develops, designs, installs and maintains clinical documentation, imaging and reporting systems across the organization.
• As a primary point person for specific function(s), resolves all support and maintenance activities within the assigned area. Serves as a direct liaison with users, operations personnel and trainers.
• Responsibilities are driven by Imaging Informatics mission and can range from hardware support to clinical applications maintenance to QC activities related to data integrity as assigned.
• This position represents a level of achievement within the field where the individual takes on responsibility as a clinical application administrator for one or more areas.

Key

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the primary support and maintenance for one or more key clinical applications.
• Designs, builds, and tests data workflows within medical imaging systems.
• Identifies and implements changes to optimize user workflows, increase efficiency, and ensure integrity of medical records.
• Participates in design sessions with users to develop novel solutions to address needs in clinical and research space.
• Mentor and train team members on systems administration as needed. Configure and test changes directed by enterprise and external entities.
• Participates in upgrade and strategic projects as assigned.
• Assists with coordination of project resources as needed.
• Performs key user education, training, and documentation preparation.
• Tests and installs new client software as needed.
• Monitors PACS worklists as assigned.
• Monitors HL7 error queues as assigned.
• Resolves image generation issues with technologists.
• Resolves physician interpretation issues.
• Corrects and resubmits interface messages.
• Reviews current practices to develop improved efficiency and reduction of errors in system operation.
• Provides around-the-clock call coverage on a scheduled rotation with team.
• Provides systems support for clinical information systems to resolve issues with orders, results, dictation, interfaces, and other areas as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, and PACS administration experience.
• Prior experience should include database management, project coordination and general administration.
• Work experience and proof of related continuing education/training courses/technical seminars may substitute for education requirement.
• Experience as a technical administrator for EMR, PACS, and dictation systems in a clinical setting preferred.
• Experience with data reconciliation, applications testing and end user training preferred