PACS System Administrator

at  Ashford and St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust is formed from two acute District General Hospitals (roughly 10 miles apart) with a 450 bed capacity. The Imaging Department comprises of approximately 140 staff with an activity of 250 000 patient examinations per year.
We are looking for a suitably qualified and enthusiastic radiographer to join the Radiology IT Team. The appropriate candidate will have previous experience of working within a PACS/RIS environment and a positive approach to improving the service for the benefit of patient care. You will take responsibility for the day-to-day organisation and management of the PACS and its data, ensuring that the radiology staff are able to optimize their use of the available technology.
The Trust has the Sectra PACS, Magentus RIS and Cerner Millennium EPR.
We actively encourage staff to undertake continuing professional development and extension of the radiographers’ role.
If you are interested in the position please contact Alanna Marvin (Associate Director of Imaging) on 01932 72 2793.
This is an exciting time to join Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital, & move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. Our vision is to create a state of the art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by specialist teams in a modern, well-equipped environment, why not come and be a part of our journey.
To ensure wherever possible that the PACS is operational
To train key Trust staff, both within and outside of the Imaging Department, to become key operators of the PACS system, to facilitate the cascade training of existing staff and the induction training of new staff
To manage the regular housekeeping requirements of PAC
To monitor equipment performance and provide first line PACS system support within the radiology department and communicating with users in relation to planned and unplanned downtime
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter’s, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team
Although it isn’t the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
The Job Description and Person Specification links will provide detailed information, and in summary, the successful candidates will need to hold a DCR or BSc Diagnostic Radiography (or equivalent) with current Membership to the Professional Body (HCPC) and significant clinical experience. People management experience is also essential as well as an understanding of requirements and standards such as IRMER, IRR17 and Infection Control.
Take responsibility for the day-to-day organisation and management of the PACS and its data, liaising with other departments and system suppliers on developments and advancement
Manage communication between the Trust IT and radiology staff, PACS and DR equipment suppliers and other modality service personnel
Maintain an accurate log of PACS and DR assets showing their current performance status and system information (IP address, location, reference number etc)
Monitor and maintain procedures for recording PACS and DR equipment fault
In conjunction with the Trust’s IT department, to develop and keep up-to-date disaster recovery plans and Business Continuity plan
Monitor equipment performance and provide first line PACS system support within the radiology department and communicating with users in relation to planned and unplanned downtime.
Determine the access right of users and maintain user access records for external users
Provide second line support to end users across the Trust
Management and operation of prefetching and image routing protocols within the PACS system
Performing regular system checks, ensuring ‘frontline’ maintenance of performance
Manage the regular ‘housekeeping’ requirements of the system including correction of patient and image information issues/errors
Be the frontline contact for all PACS and associated equipment faults, including development of fault reporting protocol and helpdesk reporting process
Maintain regular contact with the other trusts within the PACS Consortiu
Deputise for the CRIS Administrator, assisting with the production of CRIS Stats if required
There is a commitment from the department to ongoing CPD and support additional post graduate training.
For further information about this post please review the Job Description and Person Specification. Additional enquiries can be made by contacting Alanna Marvin (Associate Director of Imaging) on 01932 72279

Please refer the Job description for details