Clinical Imaging Analyst II

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

About the Role

Designs and supports Clinical Information Systems and infrastructure including, but not limited to The following clinical disciplines across Yale New Haven Health System: Radiology, Cardiology, Neurosciences, Breast Imaging, and Radiation Therapy. Responsible for the inter-departmental and inter-organizational coordination of Clinical Systems deployed within Radiology, Cardiology, Neurosciences, and Radiation Therapy. Has technical responsibility for all clinical imaging systems including Radiology PACS, Heart Center Imaging Systems, Breast Center Imaging Systems, and subsidiary imaging systems within other ancillary departments.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that all Clinical imaging information is timely and effectively communicated to the clinical community.
• Communicate effectively with diverse groups of MIS personnel, physician staff, as well as nursing and technical employees.
• Design and implement information technology solutions that are scalable not only to the needs of the Clinical Departments, but also to the entire clinical community and in-line with organizational strategic goals.
• Technical capacity to resolve complex technical issues as they relate to the information systems mentioned above as well as the related infrastructure including, but not limited to, LAN, WAN, SAN, NAS, Server hardware and software, and PC technologies.

Requirements

• Primary responsibility for all PACS and RIS infrastructure and application environments.
• Develops documentation regarding all Radiology and Cardiology Information Systems including training guides, installation instructions, down time and other application policies and procedures.
• Maintains 24x7 on-call schedule to support the entire clinical community with Diagnostic Radiology application issues.
• Presents Diagnostic Radiology application features and enhancements to the entire user community including radiologists, technologists, nurses and clinicians.
• Supports Diagnostic Radiology Network Technicians by providing detailed support documentation for Diagnostic Radiology applications, installation instructions for new or updated software, and hands-on training when necessary.
• Communicates clearly and effectively within multi-disciplinary project teams including MIS, physician, and administrative leadership regarding the status of project, problems and enhancements.
• Administers and supports Digital Dictation system for Diagnostic Radiology, including system connectivity, system integration, upgrades and evaluation of system effectiveness for future needs.
• Supports teleradiology needs of department under direction of DR Information Systems Administrator.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related disciplines or technical training and work related experience (courses in systems analysis and design, DMBS, screen design techniques, forms design).
• Five (5) to seven (7) years of experience in systems analysis and programming, which includes interfacing experience with health care systems and particularly with Clinical Information systems.
• Must have project planning experience, broad technical experience across multiple hardware and software platforms.
• Familiarity with the design and architecture of Microsoft IIS, web services design, implementation and maintenance.
• Familiarity with Fuji Synapse PACS system design and architecture is desired.

Special Skills

• Demonstrated ability to support and maintain both a SQL Server and Oracle database environments.
• In depth understanding of the DICOM protocol and its function within the TCP-IP stack.
• In depth knowledge of HBA architecture and SAN communications.
• Experience with EMC SAN hardware and software such as EMC Symmetrix, Powerpath, Clariion, VMWare, etc.