Weekend Radiology Informatics Jobs in Chicago, IL

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Position Summary: Proactive, highly skilled PACS & Imaging Administrator. Experienced Analyst/Admin with the ability to bridge the gap between clinical workflows and technical infrastructure. The ideal candidate will administer, optimize, and expand our imaging platforms-specifically Cerner RIS, PowerScribe 360, Optum PACS, Stratus Image Archive, and Viewpoint -while driving strategic initiatives, vendor management, and workflow integration with outside Radiologist Group.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• System Administration & Ownership: Support primary administrator in areas including user management, device configuration, integrated testing, archiving, auto-routing, and prefetching (more).
• Strategic Optimization: Evaluate current imaging workflows with Imaging Stakeholders to redesign processes to improve efficiency, speed to diagnosis, and radiologist productivity.
• Vendor Management: Serve as a technical liaison with imaging vendors (Nuance, GE/Philips/Siemens, Cerner) to manage upgrades, patches, optimization, and support.
• Integration & Interoperability: Assist with implementation and support of key HL7 and Dicom exchanges (ADT, ORM, ORU, and charge capture well as reporting.)
• Advanced Troubleshooting: Perform root-cause analysis on complex image routing, DICOM errors, and data integration failures, reducing reliance on vendor support.
• Project Management: Coordinate implementations of new imaging technology, system upgrades, and new modality integrations from planning to go-live.
• Data Integrity & Compliance: Oversee image lifecycle management, ensure HIPAA compliance, and maintain security protocols.

Complexity of work

• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Advanced DICOM/HL7 troubleshooting, Workflow analysis and redesign
• Project management methodology with excellent written/oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a high-pressure, 24/7 critical environment

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Required Education and Skills:

• Experience: 7 years of experience in PACS administration, imaging informatics, or Radiology IT.
• Technical Knowledge: Advanced proficiency with DICOM, HL7, and SQL for database queries and reporting.
• Platform Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with Powerscribe 360, Viewpoint, and Cerner or Similar.
• Experience incorporating traditional PACS Administration with emerging AI technologies is a plus. (AI Orchestration, algorithm validation, result standardization with EMR)
• {Nice to Have} Radiologic Technologist specializing in Radiography credentialed from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). Any specialty accepted. Radiology Tech licensure issued by the Illinois Emergency Mgmt Agency preferred in combination with American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

Education:

• Required Associate's degree/Bachelor's degree with 4 years (Associate) or 2 years (Bachelors) of applicable cumulative job specific experience.
• Degree in Radiology Technology, Information Systems or Imaging related field a must
• Certifications: [CIIP (Certified Imaging Informatics Professional)] or [PARCA (PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association)] Certifications are highly preferred.

Populations Served: No Responsibility to treat or care for patient
Work Shift Details:
Days - First Shift, M-F Days Onsite - weekends off hours as indicated
Department:
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Benefits for You
At Silver Cross Hospital, we care about your health and well-being and that is why we work hard to provide quality and affordable benefit options for you and your eligible family members.
Silver Cross Hospital and Silver Cross Medical Groups offer a comprehensive benefit package available for Full-time and Part-time employees which includes:
• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Other voluntary benefit plans
• PTO and Sick time
• 401(k) plan with a match
• Wellness program
• Tuition Reimbursement
Registry employees who meet eligibility may participate in our 401(k) Savings plan with a potential match. However,registry employees are ineligible for Health and Welfare benefits.
The final pay rate offered may be more than the posted range based on several factors including but not limited to: licensure, certifications, work experience, education, knowledge, demonstrated abilities, internal equity, market data, and more.
The expected pay for this position is listed below:
$44.42 - $55.52