Imaging Systems Administrator

Job Description

In accordance with the Vision, Purpose, and Values, and strategic direction of Vancouver Island Health Authority (Island Health), patient and staff safety is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone; as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position.

Reporting to the Leader, MI Clinical Informatics, and working within a multi-site operation in Medical Imaging (MI), the Imaging Systems Administrator ensures and maintains PACS and RIS data accuracy and integrity, ensures that PACS projects are maintained on target with the regards to functionality, and timetable deliverables. Identifies, plans, evaluates, recommends, reviews, and implements workflows and technology upgrades, replacements and modifications to MI PACS systems, MI result creation and delivery systems, and other MI information systems, including but not limited to primary and secondary diagnostic workstations. Develops and creates educational materials, and coordinates and delivers in-service presentations, trainings, and educations.

The Imaging Systems Administrator works in collaboration with an integrated team, and delivers the day-to-day operations of Electronic images, (PACS), including the integration to the Radiology Information System (RadNet). Troubleshoots, analyzes, develops, implements, deploys, and maintains image acquisition, management, archive, display, result creation and delivery systems, and a fleet of primary and secondary diagnostic workstations.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education, Training And Experience

• Bachelor degree in a program such as, Health Information Science, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant discipline; and,
• Five (5) years recent related experience, including a minimum of three (3) years supporting and administering medical imaging and clinical information systems within a patient care environment. This experience includes the following:

• Technical experience in hardware/software medical imaging product development (PC and/or Unix); Network; Network methodologies; as well as application installation and maintenance in a networked environment;
• Experience with Security policy and technology, and privacy policies;
• Computer networking/systems integration experience with familiarity of databases;
• Experience with PACS, RIS, DICOM/HL7 integrations, modality workflows, and enterprise imaging systems, Result creation, distribution and delivery system architectures and designs;
• Experience in providing computer training and application end user support;
• Previous project management experience;

An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered.

Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of Medical Imaging services, principles, procedures, and workflow.
• Demonstrated communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrated ability to manage meetings.
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with medical, technical, operational, and vendor staff.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-functional team.
• Knowledge of, and practice in, effective problem solving techniques.
• Ability to organize workload and priorities.
• Ability to utilize Imaging systems analysis and design procedures and techniques.
• Ability to utilize Imaging systems technology methodologies, analysis, and design techniques.
• Ability to utilize Business process analysis and re-engineering techniques.
• Ability to utilize Data modeling/entity modeling and process/event modeling.
• Physical ability to perform the job.
• Ability to operate a vehicle.

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