What are the responsibilities and job description for the PACS Administrator position at St. Joseph's Health?
Job Description
The PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) Administrator is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and support of the enterprise PACS environment, with a preference for experience managing INFINITT PACS. This position ensures reliable, secure, and high-performing imaging systems integrated across clinical departments. The PACS Administrator plays a key role in supporting radiologists, optimizing imaging workflows and ensuring interoperability with EHR, RIS, and modalities as well as addressing any radiologists immediate support issues. The PACS Administrator will also support technologists, and clinical users in their use of the PACS systems. At elbow support of the Radiologists at SJH facilities will be provided as needed. The systems to be supported include the Infinitt PACS/VNA, mModal, Vitrea, VIZ, AIDOC, Laurel Bridge, Teleradiology and VRAD. Primarily on-site. On call is required.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Radiologic Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience). Minimum 3 years of PACS administration experience in a healthcare setting. Hands-on experience with INFINITT PACS preferred. Strong understanding of DICOM, HL7, IHE, and PACS/RIS/EHR integration workflows. Familiarity with modality worklist, image routing, archiving, and retention policies. Strong communication, problem-solving, and customer service skills. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with INFINITT VNA, and other cloud-based image storage solutions. CIIP certification (Certified Imaging Informatics Professional) or equivalent. Proficient in Windows Server, networking, and storage systems. Experience in a multi-hospital or enterprise imaging environment. Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices for imaging systems.
About Us
St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.
Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)
About The Team
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.
The PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) Administrator is responsible for the configuration, maintenance, and support of the enterprise PACS environment, with a preference for experience managing INFINITT PACS. This position ensures reliable, secure, and high-performing imaging systems integrated across clinical departments. The PACS Administrator plays a key role in supporting radiologists, optimizing imaging workflows and ensuring interoperability with EHR, RIS, and modalities as well as addressing any radiologists immediate support issues. The PACS Administrator will also support technologists, and clinical users in their use of the PACS systems. At elbow support of the Radiologists at SJH facilities will be provided as needed. The systems to be supported include the Infinitt PACS/VNA, mModal, Vitrea, VIZ, AIDOC, Laurel Bridge, Teleradiology and VRAD. Primarily on-site. On call is required.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Health Informatics, Information Technology, Radiologic Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience). Minimum 3 years of PACS administration experience in a healthcare setting. Hands-on experience with INFINITT PACS preferred. Strong understanding of DICOM, HL7, IHE, and PACS/RIS/EHR integration workflows. Familiarity with modality worklist, image routing, archiving, and retention policies. Strong communication, problem-solving, and customer service skills. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with INFINITT VNA, and other cloud-based image storage solutions. CIIP certification (Certified Imaging Informatics Professional) or equivalent. Proficient in Windows Server, networking, and storage systems. Experience in a multi-hospital or enterprise imaging environment. Working knowledge of cybersecurity best practices for imaging systems.
About Us
St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.
Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)
- Competitive salary*
- Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
- 403b retirement plan options with company match**
- Health & Wellness*
- Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
- PTO, and paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- LTD : Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance Options
- Onsite Day care Program
- Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
- 403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
About The Team
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.
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