Imaging Systems Administrator - Radiology Administration

CHRISTUS Health; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Health in Santa Fe, NM seeks an Imaging Administrator to ensure efficient operations across imaging departments for radiology and cardiology. The role covers maintaining imaging applications, coordinating imaging initiatives, and providing end-user support for medical imaging systems.

The candidate will manage PACS environments (Sectra, Lumedx, Merge Cardio, Philips ISCV), support hemodynamic and electrophysiology tools, and collaborate with IT, BioMed, and department leaders to

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Healthcare or IT, or 4 years of PACS administration experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• CIIP, PARCA, ARRT, RDMS, CNMT certifications preferred

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of CHRISTUS competencies.
• Administers and supports various radiology and cardiology PACS and related imaging applications.
• Serves as a key onsite IT resource for imaging application implementation and support.
• Provides second-level imaging application support and incident resolution.
• Coordinates and assists in DICOM mappings to ancillary systems.
• Acts as liaison between vendors, BioMed, IS partners, and support teams.
• Delivers hands‑on training and develops imaging education materials.
• Ensures HIPAA-compliant security for imaging applications and participates in security planning.

Skills

PACS administration

Vendor liaison

IT service management

HIPAA compliance

Education

Associate’s degree in Healthcare or IT

Bachelor’s degree preferred

CIIP/PARCA/ARRT/RDMS/CNMT preferred

Tools

Sectra PACS

Lumedx

Merge Cardio

Philips ISCV

Job description

Summary

The Imaging Administrator will work to ensure efficient and effective operations for a variety of departments that produce medical images. The responsibilities include but are not limited to, maintaining various imaging applications as applicable to multiple service lines (radiology, cardiology, etc.). This includes the design, development, coordination, and delivery of value-added services that support and enhance solutions that retrieve, analyze, enhance, and exchange digitized medical images. The Imaging Administrator will act as a liaison in all medical imaging initiatives. They will participate in overseeing and coordinating existing and new imaging-related initiatives. This Job will provide support to end users.

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Administers and supports various radiology PACS, and cardiology PACS (Sectra, Lumedx, Merge Cardio, Philips ISCV) as well as advanced imaging applications, interfaces, and storage architecture(s) and related technologies (e.g., voice recognition).
• Serves as a key onsite IT resource for implementation and support of medical imaging applications at a facility.
• Provides support for hemodynamic systems (Merge Hemo, Philips XPer, GE Maclab) and electrophysiology mapping applications (Boston Scientific Rhythmia, Biosense Webster Carto 3).
• Coordinates and assists in DICOM SR mappings to ancillary systems.
• Operates as a liaison between vendors, BioMed, IS business partners, and ancillary support teams.
• Provide second-level support as a local medical imaging subject matter expert to resolve incidents or fulfill requests; provide status on user issues.
• Performs medical imaging application maintenance and testing.
• Provides input to division policies and procedures and training documentation for medical imaging applications and processes.
• Collaborates in the Imaging Team’s development of standard medical imaging education & documentation.
• Delivers hands‑on training for medical imaging applications.
• Reviews and provides input to Information Security plans regarding medical imaging security requirements to meet HIPAA requirements on medical imaging applications.
• Participates in special projects as needed.
• Responsible for the continued monitoring of the overall health of the imaging system(s).
• Works closely with department directors/managers to ensure timely and complete capture of digital image data into the medical imaging software application(s), as well as network transmission.
• Assists with the development and utilization of operating standards, policies, procedures, and industry best practices related to medical imaging. Compiles and analyzes support data and recommends procedural and educational changes as appropriate.
• Acts as liaison between departments on medical imaging initiatives and procedures, assisting with new medical imaging endeavors both invasive and non‑invasive.
• Utilizes basic concepts, standards, and tools relating to database administration.
• Reads, analyzes, and interprets complex documents; able to identify/interpret technical requirements/specifications.
• Explains imaging technology concepts/requirements to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Works effectively on concurrent multidisciplinary initiatives.
• Conveys information effectively in verbal and written communication.
• Works well with all clinical disciplines and staff of all CHRISTUS facilities.
• Participates in a rotating on‑call schedule with other CHRISTUS ministries.
• Documents support cases in appropriate IT Service Management (ITSM) for pattern tracking.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Education/Skills

• Associate’s degree in Healthcare or IT, or 4 years of experience in PACS administration in lieu of a degree required
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Experience

• 2 years of related healthcare experience required
• Medical Imaging experience preferred
• Basic computer experience required

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

• Registered by CIIP, PARCA, ARRT, RDMS, or CNMT preferred

Work Schedule

5 Days - 8 Hours

Work Type

Full Time