The ICT department at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an inspirational, proactive, experienced Clinical PACS professional (Radiographer/ Healthcare) to assist managing the PACS and IMS (RIS) system across the Trust. The principal responsibilities of the PACS and IMS Lead will report to the PACS and IMS Manager and will be taking a senior role within the team and representing the department at internal/external meetings. The role will take responsibility for the management and performance of the PACS and IMS, obstetric and cardiology systems to ensure that incidents and service requests are dealt with in a timely and professional manner and full acceptance testing involving end users whilst minimizing the effect on the clinicians. Understanding the requirements of the service users and forming strong links with the various user groups will be a key element of the position.
The PACS and IMS Lead will also support the delivery of the PACS and IMS systems providing expert advice and will deputies for the Clinical System Manager when required. The applicant will need to demonstrate a clear history of working within a clinical application setting in a sometimes challenging yet highly rewarding environment. Current applications in use at the Trust are; Agfa RIS and Scheduler, Agfa Impax, ViewPoint (BWH), Agfa HeartStation and Agfa Enterprise Imaging, Qualum Dose Monitoring Solution and TeraRecon.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly innovative ICT department that is seen as a core enabler for change within the organisation. Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trusts ICT department manages and provides support for clinical applications hosted on approximately 50 clinical workstations, 14 Home reporting Workstations, approximately 160 000 studies saved on PACS per year and over 2000 users across 2 hospitals and several satellite sites within Birmingham.
