RIS Team Lead – Manager

🕒 February 5

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Akumin®

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

💊 Pharmaceuticals

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance • Pharmaceuticals

Akumin is a leading provider of outpatient radiology and oncology services, offering a broad range of diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy solutions. The company collaborates with health systems, hospitals, and physician groups to deliver high-quality, accessible care tailored to meet patients' specific needs. Akumin is committed to operational excellence and patient-centered care, with services designed to improve outcomes and foster community well-being across the country. Their offerings include innovative imaging technologies and comprehensive cancer care, ensuring that medical professionals and patients have access to state-of-the-art facilities and expertise.

📋 Description

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of RIS analysts and clinical systems specialists • Conduct performance evaluations, set operational objectives, and establish technical career paths • Manage team capacity across break-fix support, workflow optimization, enterprise projects, and system rollouts • Establish and enforce RIS configuration standards, SOPs, change management protocols, and documentation standards • Serve as liaison among clinical operations, IT/interoperability teams, revenue cycle leadership, and software vendors • Design, standardize, and continuously optimize end-to-end radiology workflows across multi-site imaging centers • Govern procedure catalogs, modality exam protocols, and scheduling rules to optimize throughput, turnaround time, patient access, and clean claim capture • Identify bottlenecks and develop data-driven workflow and technical interventions • Oversee HL7, DICOM, and FHIR data streams across EHR, RIS, PACS, VNA, and third-party portals • Design message routing rules, error queues, and exception-handling workflows • Oversee RIS integration with voice recognition and reporting systems • Lead RIS migrations, platform consolidations, site expansions, and major version upgrades • Direct project scoping, workflow mapping, configuration, UAT, training, cutover planning, and post-launch hypercare • Monitor support trends, KPIs, and user feedback to implement triage, self-service, and platform stability improvements

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Informatics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Healthcare Administration, or equivalent practical experience • 7+ years of progressive experience in healthcare clinical applications, with dedicated expertise in Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and PACS ecosystems • 2+ years of experience in a team lead, supervisory, or technical project management capacity • In-depth understanding of radiology business operations, multi-facility scheduling matrices, technologist workflows, and radiologist reading worklists • Strong command of healthcare revenue cycle dependencies, including CPT/HCPCS coding accuracy, ICD-10 cross-referencing, authorization capture, and electronic charge posting • Solid technical understanding of HL7 v2/v3, DICOM, FHIR, and IHE Scheduled Workflow profiles • Experience with IT Service Management (ITSM) tools, ticket triage, SLA monitoring, and formal Change Management processes • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with ability to translate complex technical concepts into operational strategies • Strong analytical, forensic troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills • Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver projects on time in dynamic healthcare environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Flexible scheduling • Cross training opportunities • Medical, dental, and vision insurance • HSA accounts with employer contributions • 401(k) eligibility with employer match • Paid holidays • Defined PTO and sick time programs