RIS - PACS Administrator

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The health solutions marketplace is hungry for new ideas, innovative products and software that drives elevated performance for the business and the customer. The UnitedHealth Group family of businesses is feeding incredible solutions to that marketplace every day by bringing out the best in our software engineering teams. We serve customers across the health system. Not only do we have more of them every day, we also have more technology, greater data resources and far broader expertise than any competitor anywhere. We're out to change the way our businesses and consumers engage with technology. If you're in, you'll be challenged like never before. It's time to join this history making.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Coordination and communication throughout the project integration to all project team members
• Management of RIS/PACS implementation process including order review, project planning, resource scheduling and coordination, site specific system configuration design, equipment scheduling
• Manage day to day operation of PACS equipment including image workflow, archiving, routing, pre-fetching, correcting broken studies, editing patient demographics, HIS/EMR (IC-Chart)/RIS interface
• Document and communicate specific issues identified by clinical users with respect to service issues, updates, progress and resolution
• Escalate and be an advocate for customer support, issues, and problems
• Initiate switchover to system and/or component backup procedures as necessary and report any system or component failures to manufacturer/tech support as necessary, coordinating resolution to issues
• Perform daily, weekly, monthly routine maintenance procedures as required
• Perform backup/disaster recovery procedures, including off site storage of data as required
• Support application programmers and end user groups and communicate any requests for moves, additions and changes to the system.
• Monitor clinical workflow procedures and make recommendations for improvement
• Conduct system/component training
• Serve as PACS liaison to other departments
• Attends required meetings and participate in committees as requested
• Participates in staff development and educational activities
• Maintains strictest confidentiality
• Performs other duties as assigned

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience
• Licensed Radiology Technologist
• 4 years in healthcare information technology
• 2 years of project management experience, working with customers, vendors and leading cross-functional teams

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OptumCare is committed to creating an environment where physicians focus on what they do best: care for their patients. To do so, OptumCare provides administrative and business support services to both owned and affiliated medical practices which are part of OptumCare. Each medical practice part and their physician employees have complete authority with regards to all medical decision-making and patient care. OptumCare's support services do not interfere with or control the practice of medicine by the medical practices or any of their physicians.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.



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OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.