PACS Administrator - Temp/Contract

Responsible for monitoring, troubleshooting and training radiology staff on the PACS/ Radiology Information Systems (RIS), and voice recognition dictation system. Establishes and maintains a collaborative working relationship with physicians, vendors and staff.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Ensure timely and complete capture of DICOM digital image data into the PAC.
2. Coordinates with Systems Services the monitoring of data integrity for radiology studies.
3. Repairs broken exams/studies and ensure the integrity of the data in the system.
4. Coordinates with appropriate staff to develop and document operating procedures (such as downtime procedures, workstations maintenance) and workflow processes, and helping to ensure those processes are effective and followed.
5. Provides training on new or changed applications, implementation requirements, procedure modifications and troubleshooting of problems.
6. Serves as liaison among internal groups, and between McLaren Health Care and vendors regarding all digital imaging initiatives including implementation, upgrades and ongoing support.

Qualifications:
Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. (Equivalency is Associates degree plus 5 years' experience with medium to large scale PACS and Radiology Information Systems (RIS) in the capacity of PACS administrator.)

• 3 years' radiology or clinical experience in a healthcare environment (8 years without a Bachelor's degree)
• 1 year experience with business process re-engineering and workflow analysis
• 1 year experience supporting desktop applications and hardware.

Preferred:

• 3 years working with the HL7 interface