1. The Radiology Informatics Applications Specialist I position is visible to clinicians with significant impact on patient safety, JCAHO, HIPAA, departmental and patient workflow. Radiology Informatics Applications Specialist I is responsible for providing major enterprise Radiology applications configuration and support as well as other applications as assigned to enhance operational efficiencies and patient safety. This position will support the day to day operations and maintenance of the Radiology Informatics systems. This position will work closely with other Radiology and business units.

The responsibilities include:                                                                                    

• Coordinates and participates in unit and integrated testing activities of the software to ensure that the design objectives are met, including the development of testing scripts.
• Participates in change management activities to support successful system deployments and enhancements.
• Identifies and analyzes moderately complex issues with vendor assistance and brings problem tickets to resolution.
• Develops policies and procedures in collaboration with clinicians and other system analyst team members
• Participates in application upgrades and troubleshooting efforts.
• Participates in supporting and troubleshooting interfaces for inbound/outbound
• Creates reports, dashboards, and other analytical tools to support customer base. 
• Creates and maintains appropriate system documentation.
• Works with other clinical and application analysts to insure system integrations.
• Utilizes and maintains appropriate change control procedures and standards.
• Performs call rotation duties as required.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with the Radiologists, Directors,   
•  Managers, Supervisors for the enterprise.
•  Trouble-shoot and problem resolution and follow up
•  Maintains and Quality assurance of data and images
•  Maintains integrity and security of the Radiology PACS, UH Enterprise Image management system, and any other supported applications.
•  Prioritizes own work tasks to insure completion by expected work schedule.
• Reviews work products and assures it is complete, acceptable and accordance with standards.
• Performs all responsibilities within the standards set by the Radiology Policies and Guidelines.
• Supports the UH Mission and Strategies.
• Job related Technical Skills.
• Has knowledge of, maintains data integrity, troubleshooting ability of the following systems: PACS, Research PACS, PeerVue, Dynacad, Olea, MIM, Hologic DEXA, EMR, AEMR, Philips Intellispace and others as assigned

PACS Analyst or PACS Analyst or Radiographer or Radiographer or Radiologic Technology or Radiologic Technology or Radiologic tech or CT Tech or CT Tech or Mammographer or Mammographer or PACS or Radiology Informatics or Radiology Informatics or Radiology Operations Specialist

1. The Radiology Informatics Applications Specialist I position is visible to clinicians with significant impact on patient safety, JCAHO, HIPAA, departmental and patient workflow. Radiology Informatics Applications Specialist I is responsible for providing major enterprise Radiology applications configuration and support as well as other applications as assigned to enhance operational efficiencies and patient safety. This position will support the day to day operations and maintenance of the Radiology Informatics systems. This position will work closely with other Radiology and business units.

The responsibilities include:                                                                                    

• Coordinates and participates in unit and integrated testing activities of the software to ensure that the design objectives are met, including the development of testing scripts.
• Participates in change management activities to support successful system deployments and enhancements.
• Identifies and analyzes moderately complex issues with vendor assistance and brings problem tickets to resolution.
• Develops policies and procedures in collaboration with clinicians and other system analyst team members
• Participates in application upgrades and troubleshooting efforts.
• Participates in supporting and troubleshooting interfaces for inbound/outbound
• Creates reports, dashboards, and other analytical tools to support customer base. 
• Creates and maintains appropriate system documentation.
• Works with other clinical and application analysts to insure system integrations.
• Utilizes and maintains appropriate change control procedures and standards.
• Performs call rotation duties as required.
• Develops and maintains productive working relationships with the Radiologists, Directors,   
•  Managers, Supervisors for the enterprise.
•  Trouble-shoot and problem resolution and follow up
•  Maintains and Quality assurance of data and images
•  Maintains integrity and security of the Radiology PACS, UH Enterprise Image management system, and any other supported applications.
•  Prioritizes own work tasks to insure completion by expected work schedule.
• Reviews work products and assures it is complete, acceptable and accordance with standards.
• Performs all responsibilities within the standards set by the Radiology Policies and Guidelines.
• Supports the UH Mission and Strategies.
• Job related Technical Skills.
• Has knowledge of, maintains data integrity, troubleshooting ability of the following systems: PACS, Research PACS, PeerVue, Dynacad, Olea, MIM, Hologic DEXA, EMR, AEMR, Philips Intellispace and others as assigned

PACS Analyst or PACS Analyst or Radiographer or Radiographer or Radiologic Technology or Radiologic Technology or Radiologic tech or CT Tech or CT Tech or Mammographer or Mammographer or PACS or Radiology Informatics or Radiology Informatics or Radiology Operations Specialist

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred and a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.
• Or
• Associate’s degree or registered x-ray technologist and a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.
• CIIP is preferred (not required)

Experience Required:

• Minimum 1 year of experience in a clinical environment.

• Must be detail-oriented and organized, with good analytical and problem solving ability. 
• Notable client service, communication, presentation and relationship building skills required. 
• Ability to function independently and as a team player in a fast-paced environment required. 
• Demonstrated ability to use PCs, Microsoft Office suite, and general office equipment (i.e. printers, copy machine, FAX machine, etc.) required.

Must have a minimum of 1 year of experience working with clinical applications such as:

• Laboratory systems (CoPath, Soft Lab, HCLL Blood Bank)
• Radiology systems: RIS, PACS, Post processing
• Pharmacy systems (Management, dispensing)
• Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager
• Cardiology systems
• Ambulatory EMR systems
• Document Management systems

Additional Experience:

• Good written and verbal communication skills are required.
• Ability to work in a team environment is required.
• Ability to work independently 
• Understanding of JCAHO and HIPAA requirements necessary.
• Knowledge of MS Office required.
• Knowledge of radiology workflow and terminology.
• Understands DICOM and multiple radiology modalities.
• Radiology procedure knowledge such as CT, MRI, Diagnostic X RAY and US.