PACS & RIS Manager

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sefton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a PACS & RIS Manager to lead the design, operation and improvement of radiology and cardiology imaging systems across multiple sites.

The role requires strong IT knowledge of PACS/RIS, project delivery experience and the ability to coordinate with NHSE/I, NHS Digital and external suppliers.

Qualifications

• Degree in an IT-related subject, or equivalent experience of working with PACS & RIS systems.
• Post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience.
• PRINCE2 Foundation or ITIL Foundation

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, implementation, configuration and day-to-day management of radiology and cardiology PACS, RIS and associated imaging systems.
• Design and improve clinical imaging workflows, including electronic requesting, results reporting and image exchange across organisations.
• Manage complex projects, business cases, suppliers, risks, budgets and reporting to governance groups.
• Maintain reliable, secure and resilient services, including support arrangements, asset management and disaster recovery.
• Use DICOM, HL7 and related technologies to integrate modalities and systems and improve data quality.
• Develop data warehouse and reporting solutions for BI, performance, waiting-times compliance and mandatory reporting.
• Lead service redesign and change with clinical teams and partners.
• Line manage PACS/RIS administrators and oversee training and user support.
• Act as contact for external stakeholders including PACS/RIS providers, NHSE/I and NHS Digital.
• Lead national data collections and benchmarking and report on wider project work.
• Plan, allocate resources and monitor work of the PACS & RIS team against SLA targets.
• Maintain PACS & RIS plans underpinning IT strategy and capacity planning cost-effectively

Skills

PACS & RIS systems

Supervisory management

IT equipment & network infrastructure

HL7, DICOM & IHE

Data management & statistics

MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Education

Degree in IT-related subject

Post-graduate management qualification

PRINCE2 Foundation or ITIL Foundation

Job description

This PACS & RIS Manager post sits within the PACS & RIS team at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, covering radiology and cardiology imaging systems across several hospital sites. The postholder leads the design, running and continuous improvement of these systems and their clinical workflows, alongside project delivery and service change. The role is also the main link to external bodies, including system suppliers, NHSE/I and NHS Digital, and leads on national data collections and benchmarking. It suits an experienced manager with detailed radiology IT knowledge and supervisory experience.

What the job involves

• Lead planning, implementation, configuration and day-to-day management of radiology and cardiology PACS, RIS and associated imaging systems
• Design and improve clinical imaging workflows, including electronic requesting, results reporting and image exchange across organisations
• Manage complex projects, business cases, suppliers, risks, budgets, benefits and reporting to governance groups
• Maintain reliable, secure and resilient services, including support arrangements, asset management, access controls, backups, disaster recovery and contingency planning
• Use DICOM, HL7 and related technologies to integrate modalities and systems and improve data quality
• Develop data warehouse and reporting solutions for business intelligence, performance, waiting-times compliance and mandatory reporting
• Lead service redesign and change with clinical teams, digital colleagues, consortium partners and suppliers
• Line manage, mentor and develop PACS/RIS administrators, and oversee training, guidance and user support
• Act as contact for external stakeholders including PACS/RIS providers, NHSE/I and NHS Digital, and as main link for the regional network
• Lead national data collections and benchmarking, and report on wider project work
• Plan, allocate resources to and monitor the work of the PACS & RIS team, reporting progress and checking performance against SLA targets
• Maintain PACS & RIS plans that underpin IT strategy, matching hardware, software and system capacity to current and future needs cost-effectively

Qualifications

• Degree in an IT-related subject, or equivalent experience of working with PACS & RIS systems
• Post-graduate management qualification or equivalent experience
• PRINCE2 Foundation or ITIL Foundation

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of managing PACS & RIS systems
• Demonstrable supervisory management experience, including recruitment, attendance management and performance issues

Skills & knowledge

• Good understanding of IT equipment and network infrastructure
• Knowledge of HL7, DICOM and IHE
• Detailed knowledge of radiology IT systems
• Detailed knowledge of data management and statistics
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Ability to explain complex IT issues to non-technical people

Other

• Problem-solving ability
• Organisational skills to manage conflicting priorities and regular unplanned interruptions
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage and prompt change
• Ability to work on own initiative and plan own tasks to meet deadlines

Nice to have

• NHS experience, or equivalent in a large complex organisation