Clinical IT Support Specialist Job Description-hospital based

Support
1) Primarily responsible for delivering and supporting all elements of the Radiology Departments Clinical IT systems including hardware, software, messaging and the Image Archive.
2) Primarily responsible for configuring and maintaining any hardware regards Radiology Departments Clinical IT systems.
3) Specialised support, to include the diagnosis / fixing of faults and Issues in regards to all aspects of the Organisation PACS system.
4) To provide specialised support to radiology and non-radiology users of the Radiology Departments Clinical IT systems.
5) Provide cover \ support for the PACS\Cris coordinator in their absence.
6) Provide technical support to Consultant Radiologists in their use of the Tele-Radiology system

Development:
1) Attend regular meetings and communicate at a detailed level with other specialist IT staff, to influence the planning, support and development, of current / future developments from your specialist area.
2) Working under own initiative and utilising technical publications, Internet resources etc… to analyse / evaluate new development techniques and tools to ensure that the department stays abreast, at a technical level of advancements in your specialist area
3) Keep abreast of National IT initiatives and with developments / changes to infrastructure affecting your specialised area such as those outlined in the National Programme for IT.
4) Ensure that appropriate levels of security and disaster recovery are continually developed / maintained for all elements of the Radiology Departments Clinical IT systems.
Maintenance:
1) Ensuring software / hardware upgrades, are reviewed and maintained on the Radiology Departments Clinical IT systems.
2) Work with the Clinical IT Manager to produce information policies and procedures in your specialised area and design methods for enforcing and monitoring such policies.
3) Responsible for ensuring that sensitive data and IT kit is disposed of according to approved methods

4) Communicate with external hardware and software suppliers via meetings, telephone or email at a highly specialised and complex level, to ensure the correct purchasing of the Clinical IT systems equipment and maintenance of existing Clinical IT equipment.
5) Assist in office / clinical area planning / moves in aspects related to IT / your specialist area act on own.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. To provide training to radiology and non-radiology users of Clinical IT systems.
2. To provide training to Consultant Radiologists in their use of the Tele-Radiology system