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Job Summary:
Overview and Career Interest:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s HealthIT department seeks a qualified, highly experienced Senior Imaging Analyst to join their innovative Enterprise Imaging team. HealthIT provides for the best health information technology tools that support Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) mission and commitments. Managing more than 2 million patient visits each year, VUMC is one of the largest academic medical centers in the Southeast. It is the primary resource for specialty and primary care in hundreds of adult and pediatric specialties for patients throughout Tennessee and the Mid-South.
The Medical Center is the region’s locus of postgraduate medical education, with over 1,000 residents and fellows training in more than 100 specialty areas. Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are recognized each year by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings as national leaders. Through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, VUMC is working with over 60 hospitals and 5,000 clinicians across Tennessee and five neighboring states to share best practices and bring value-driven and cost-effective health care to the Mid-South.
VUMC has a massive enterprise imaging repository with two decades of imaging data. In any given year, VUMC performs over 1,600,000 imaging studies. We are seeking candidates that meet the qualifications, experience, and requirements below who are dedicated to the mission of providing the best in healthcare through information technology. This is a full-time position with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and offers challenge, career growth, and the opportunity to join a highly collaborative team dedicated to excellence in healthcare.
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Key Functions and Responsibilities:
The Senior Imaging Analyst is a highly skilled Enterprise Imaging professional responsible for the design, implementation, optimization, integration, support, and strategic advancement of Sectra PACS . This role serves as the senior technical expert for enterprise imaging applications, supporting complex clinical, operational, educational, and research workflows.
The Senior Imaging Analyst partners closely with Radiology, Cardiology, IT Infrastructure, Clinical Engineering, Information Security, and clinical leadership to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient delivery of imaging services. This position leads large-scale imaging initiatives, provides expert-level troubleshooting, and drives continuous improvement through workflow optimization and emerging technologies. This position will manage system upgrades, patches, migrations, hardware refreshes, and application enhancements.
The Senior Imaging Analyst will operate as part of the Enterprise Imaging Team to ensure 24x7 stability and overall performance of the Sectra PACS systems to include associated applications, devices, and modalities that integrate with the Sectra PACS system. 24x7 on call rotation including weekends and holidays. Must remain current with industry imaging knowledge especially in relation to PACS and associated new trends. Must be willing to be responsible for monitoring system performance, storage utilization, image lifecycle management,…