Imaging Systems Coordinator

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first Heart

CARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Supports core functions of the organization’s enterprise Medical Imaging systems. Duties include designing, implementing, monitoring, support, and optimization of the Medical Imaging information systems. Provides support to physicians, technologists, and other medical staff in the acquisition and distribution of digital patient records. The position will have a thorough understanding of Epic modules, ancillary systems, and health system operations within the departments, as well as Information Technology.

This position independently addresses issues and design decisions of moderate to high complexity and delivers clear communication and documentation of complex concepts and issues related to applications, interfaces, data structures, and workflows across the organization.

• Minimum Education: Completion of PACS educational program
• Minimum Years of
  
  Experience:
  
  3 Years of experience in Radiology, PACS, or Information Technology.
• Substitutable
  
  Education & Experience:
  
  Completion of PACS educational program and 3 years of experience can be substituted for an Associate’s Degree in Radiology, PACS, or Information Technologies.
• Required Certifications/Licensure: Certified Imaging Informatics Professional - CIIP (or certification must obtain within 1 year of hire into position)
• Required Training: Knowledge of Imaging operations and workflow, RIS workflow and technology integration with an Enterprise Imaging system and modalities;
• Strong information technology background with an emphasis on system administration, integration, interfacing and networking in Microsoft Windows and UNIX environments. Knowledge of IP addressing, HL7, DICOM;

• Supports organization wide Medical Imaging systems and Oncology systems, including but not limited to PACS, CPACS, EKG, Enterprise Image Storage, EEG, Mammo PACS, 3D and post processing systems, Oncology EHR and treatment support systems, Epic Radiant, and their integration with other systems.
• System administration of Windows and UNIX server environments. Tasks include planning, maintenance, backup, disaster recovery, upgrades, performance monitoring, and decommissioning.
• Support of Medical Imaging systems, departmental and modality workflow, and clinical use of images. Tasks include training and workflow assessment, as well as implementation.
• Responsible for the design, development, coordination, and delivery of value added services that support and enhance solutions that are utilized to retrieve, analyze, enhance, and exchange digitized medical images (radiology, cardiology, Oncology, surgery, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, and EEG) throughout the Enterprise.
• Guides the development and execution of test scripts, integrated testing, and testing methodology for all areas of Medical Imaging.
• Investigates, identifies, and prepares proposals to solve specific operational problems within all clinical operational areas, working closely with Department Directors, Managers, Supervisors, and Lead technologists as well as involving the next level of administration as appropriate.
• Works closely with the Cardiology and…