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PACS / RIS Administrator

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

PACS / RIS Administrator

£29114

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 1 week ago, 22 Oct | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 48d30b21d52645d388c74b0bae63697b

Full Job Description

  • Deal effectively with general PACS/RIS enquiries
  • To support the PACS/RIS manager
  • To undertake tasks consistent with the day-to-day organization of the PACS systems and data.
  • Please see full job description for complete list of responsibilities., To promote and maintain high standards of data held on the RIS and PACS systems and effect change to working practices within Radiology.
    • To interrogate the RIS and PACS systems to provide statistical information for use in: departmental audits, financial returns, Trust activity information and HSCIC returns. To act as the escalation contact for enquiries about the RIS and PACS systems (both internally and externally), using expert knowledge of the systems. To test new RIS and PACS releases before upgrades to the live systems and to work with IT system managers to test interfaces into RIS and PACS after system updates.

    This post is ideally suited to someone with an IT background or an interest in IT services. It is not essential for the successful candidate to have knowledge of RIS/PACS as on the job training will be provided, but PACS experience would be seen as a definite advantage.,
  • A level education or equivalent
  • IT Qualification ECDL or equivalent, Experience in administration
  • Experience of Radiology
  • Demonstrable experience of PACS/RIS
  • Experience of training skills and methods, Knowledge of NHS computer system. Interest in developing skills & knowledge. Previous NHS experience, Computer skills; Power point, Excel
  • 9 Ability to plan and organise own workload
  • Good telephone manner
  • Good communication & interpersonal skills
  • Able to work to deadlines
  • Used to working in an office/multi-disciplinary environment, Flexible and adaptable, Other useful qualifications/experience, i.e.: first aid and CPR, manual handling, etc

    Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
    • The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond., The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

    The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. For agenda for change banded roles; salary payments will reflect the 2023/24 pay scales. The 2024/25 pay scales will be paid in October 2024 including any backpay due. Therefore should the successful applicant start in post prior to October, the salary will initially reflect the 2023/24 pay scales.

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