Pacs Admin III

Albany Medical Center; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Albany Med Health System is seeking a PACS Administrator – Level III to provide onsite and remote support for PACS-like systems and radiology workstations. You will own PACS issues end-to-end, coordinate with IT, and ensure exemplary customer service for all Albany Med PACS users.

The role involves installation and configuration of equipment, escalation as needed, and contributing to project-based requests within agreed timelines. Strong communication and documentation skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting PACS-like systems and radiology workstations.
• Strong customer service and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to install, configure and support enterprise PACS needs.
• Team player with good documentation and communication.
• Knowledge of hospital IT operations and escalation procedures.

Responsibilities

• Respond to PACS issues, resolve or escalate to reach resolution.
• Provide onsite and remote troubleshooting for radiology workstations and monitors.
• Install computers, printers and related equipment to support PACS.
• Deliver excellent customer service in all interactions with users.
• Collaborate with IT management to meet departmental goals.
• Meet performance metrics and ensure issue closure with user confirmation.
• Maintain documentation, policies and procedures for PACS environment.
• Act as liaison between users and IT to improve end-user experience.

Skills

PACS administration

Customer service

IT support

Radiology systems

Job description

Department/Unit:

AMHS - Albany Med Clinical EHR

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$84,783.00 - $131,414.00

The PACS Administrator provides onsite and remote support for all PACS-like systems. The PACS Administrator will take ownership of all PACS related issues regardless of escalation path and work to resolution utilizing all skills, experience, training, documentation and resources at their disposal. The PACS Administrator escalates and notifies Albany Med employees and management appropriately according to documented standard operating procedures. The PACS Administrator is responsible for an exemplary customer service experience for all Albany Med PACS users. The PACS Administrator acts as a liaison between the customer and Information Technology (IT) to resolve any issue that is reported. The PACS Administrator will fulfill any project-based or new request for services that are assigned to them within agreed upon timelines.

The PACS Administrator – Level III will have moderate onsite field support experience or the corresponding knowledge/skillsets required for the role. The individual will utilize their knowledge and experience in combination with departmental standard operating procedures, processes, documentation and training to resolve issues. The individual will receive moderate to little supervision and will have moderate latitude in decision making on resolving issue. The individual is expected to elevate? Actually 'escalate issues'? Let’s keep original. The individual is expected to ...

Typical responsibilities include:

Support

• Respond to issues reported by customers and resolve themselves or engage/escalate issues to point of resolution escalating when needed to senior peers
• Provide troubleshooting support, configuration, and calibration of radiologist work stations, radiology technician workstations, and diagnostic monitors
• Install computers, printers and other related equipment and software to support enterprise PACS needs
• Excel at providing customer service in all verbal and written interactions with users
• Work as part of a team to meet goals set forth by Information Technology management
• Meet or exceed documented and communicated statistical metrics that drive overall departmental performance
• Take ownership of issue and incident resolution ensuring issues are looked at for possible global issues and not just local or isolated
• Provide all support actions that assist in the betterment of the end user experience

Supervision

• This position provides direction for PACS Administrator – Levels I and II and provides direction to IT and non-IT staff for PACS related projects and work

Contact with others

• Direct contact with end users, IT and non-IT staff support staff and management, and vendors
• Ad hoc exposure to Albany Med IT executives

Other

• Maintain current technical expertise in the rapidly changing technology of Albany Med Information Technology and PACS administrative duties
• Ensure closure of customer reported issues by confirmation with said customer of their satisfaction
• Provide best effort support for non-standard applications and hardware
• Recognize and identify potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion
• Provide documentation, policy and procedure standards for the PACS computing environment
• Identify and evaluate information technology tools for potential implementation
• Act as a liaison between the customers and Information Technology to resolve any issue with the end user experience
• Provide system administrator level support for other non PACS clinical and support applications as necessary
• Provide on-call, extended weekday and weekend support for on-site and off-site locations, as warranted by critical business requirements
• Maintain confidentiality by using and communicating information only as needed to perform one’s duties
• Perform at or above the Information Technology performance standards
• Fulfill department requirements in terms of providing work coverage and administration notification during periods of absence (personnel illness, vacation, education, etc.)

Perform other duties or assignments as designated by management and/or senior peers

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.