PACS Administrator

Mount Sinai Medical Center • Miami Beach, FL

5d

About The Position

The PACS Administrator maintains the dependencies of the PACS environment and implements and supports post-processing tools that integrate or interface with the PACS system. The role oversees PACS operations, system administration, interfaces, hardware, software, performance, backups, recovery, upgrades, vendor relationships, and PACS projects. The administrator coordinates with Radiology, Information Systems, Network and Operations teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to keep systems and data interfaces functioning and to deliver assigned projects.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of image archive and/or PACS experience.
• Solid understanding of clinical workflow within one or more clinical service lines and its relationship to Medical Imaging and PACS.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Project management skills.
• Applications training skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/Technology recommended.
• Experience with Hologic, Montage, TeraRecon, and Nuance PowerScribe360.
• CIIP or PARCA certification.

Responsibilities

• Oversee PACS operations and verify scheduled operations, backups, rebuilds, archives, and related processes.
• Monitor system interfaces, develop monitoring and downtime processes, and coordinate changes to keep interfaces synchronized and functional.
• Monitor hardware, software, performance, storage, archiving, backups, recovery, and event logs; proactively address issues.
• Isolate problems and take responsibility for resolution and escalation within Radiology and Information Systems.
• Coordinate system maintenance, fixes, updates, and releases, including testing and implementation.
• Administer the system, including maintaining system tables and sign-ons/passwords and granting user access.
• Work with Network and Operations teams to maintain network, server, and storage components.
• Implement, run, and monitor backup and recovery processes with vendors, ensuring backup integrity and recovery capability.
• Oversee PACS projects, including planning, scheduling, reporting, budgeting, tracking, issue management, and delivery.
• Manage vendors and coordinate reporting and escalation to ensure organizational issues and needs are addressed.
• Supervise project activity across Information Systems, Radiology, and other stakeholders.
• Perform project administration, including maintaining project plans, tracking, budget preparation, meeting planning, status reporting, and change management.
• Identify and suggest solutions to barriers to timely project completion, including technology, workflow, budget, and education issues.
• Foster teamwork and use team-building measures.
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies and their impact on the PACS environment.
• Coordinate PACS device moves with Information Systems to address network changes.

Benefits

• Health benefits
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Healthcare spending accounts
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off
• Pet insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• On-site housing for select positions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed