Senior Imaging Analyst (Local / Hybrid)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s HealthIT department is seeking a highly experienced Senior Imaging Analyst to join its Enterprise Imaging team. The position supports VUMC’s mission by providing and maintaining health information technology for clinical care, education, and research. The team supports an enterprise imaging repository containing two decades of imaging data and a medical center that performs more than 1.6 million imaging studies annually.

The Senior Imaging Analyst is the senior technical expert for enterprise imaging applications, responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, integration, support, and strategic advancement of Sectra PACS. The analyst supports complex clinical, operational, educational, and research workflows and partners with Radiology, Cardiology, IT Infrastructure, Clinical Engineering, Information Security, and clinical leadership to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient imaging services.

This role leads large-scale imaging initiatives, provides expert troubleshooting, and drives workflow improvements and adoption of emerging technologies. It manages system upgrades, patches, migrations, hardware refreshes, and application enhancements. As part of the Enterprise Imaging Team, the analyst helps ensure 24x7 stability and performance of Sectra PACS and associated applications, devices, and modalities. The role includes a 24x7 on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays, and responsibility for monitoring system performance, storage utilization, image lifecycle management, and overall platform health. Additional duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience.
• At least 5 years of direct Sectra PACS administrative imaging experience.
• Experience with imaging workflows and the ability to translate clinical requirements into IT deliverables.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Ability to provide application and product support, perform technical analysis, participate in optimization, and troubleshoot complex issues with minimal guidance.
• Ability to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays.

Nice To Haves

• Project management experience with Radiology or Cardiology projects, such as implementing a new application system or upgrading an existing application (highly preferred).
• Hands-on experience implementing, maintaining, and troubleshooting clinical and/or technical imaging workflows (preferred).
• Expertise with all aspects of the DICOM standard.
• CIIP certification.
• CVIS or RIS experience, such as Epic Cupid or Radiant.
• HIS/EHR experience, such as Epic.
• HL7 interfacing experience, including maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Voice dictation application experience, such as PowerScribe360 or PowerScribe One.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, optimize, integrate, support, and strategically advance Sectra PACS and enterprise imaging applications.
• Support complex clinical, operational, educational, and research imaging workflows.
• Partner with Radiology, Cardiology, IT Infrastructure, Clinical Engineering, Information Security, and clinical leadership to provide reliable, secure, and efficient imaging services.
• Lead large-scale imaging initiatives and provide expert-level troubleshooting.
• Drive continuous improvement through workflow optimization and emerging technologies.
• Manage system upgrades, patches, migrations, hardware refreshes, and application enhancements.
• Help ensure 24x7 stability and performance of Sectra PACS and integrated applications, devices, and modalities.
• Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays.
• Monitor system performance, storage utilization, image lifecycle management, and overall platform health.
• Remain current with industry imaging knowledge, particularly PACS and related trends.
• Translate clinical requirements into IT deliverables and support imaging workflows.
• Develop or execute testing, maintain appropriate test documentation, and support configuration planning and application maintenance.

Benefits

• The posting describes a comprehensive benefits package that may include health, disability, retirement, and/or wellness offerings.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior