PACS Administrator

Position Title

Job Description

Purpose & Scope:

Responsible for planning, design, maintenance and support of all imaging systems throughout the enterprise to include radiology and cardiology systems used within and outside of the Radiology Department. Oversees all imaging systems applications to ensure that they support organizational requirements. Works closely with other hospital IS analysts and engineers to ensure effective integration between hospital and imaging systems. Responsible for overseeing relevant project implementations, training, maintenance, monitoring, support, and integration of systems to the imaging systems, for all imaging systems. Additionally, responsible to ensure the regulatory compliancy of imaging systems with HIPAA and other relevant state and federal regulations. PACS Administrator is also be responsible to coordinate and collaborate with other internal and external entities - to include vendors - to ensure efficiency and of the workflow and utility of the imaging applications/systems.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in information technology, radiological procedure, in a related field, or equivalent experience is required.

Completion of HL7 Interface Creation/Maintenance training is required.

Experience:

Five years of experience in healthcare imaging systems management is preferred.

Three years of experience in healthcare imaging systems workflow is required.

One year of experience in HL7 is preferred.

One year of experience in DICOM is required.

Experience in information security and project management is preferred.

Knowledge of medical terminology is required.

Certification/Licensure:

None.