Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

** This is a Fully Remote Opportunity within the United States**

As a successful candidate, you will:

We are seeking an experienced Varian Build Specialist to support our suite of Radiation Oncology applications. The ideal candidate will have:

Key Responsibilities:

• Configure, test and deploy Varian Aria software based on requirements from operational and technical subject matter experts.
• Support Varian Aria application administration and treatment machine configurations.
• Troubleshoot build issues, operational challenges, and technical problems in collaboration with Radiation Oncology teams.
• Manage interfaces between Aria and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.
• Gather and analyze information for initiatives, preparing structured documentation and presentations.
• Complete assigned tasks according to project work plans
• Provide status updates to team leads and management.
• Proactively alert stakeholders about at-risk milestones and deliverables

Required Skills:

• Experience with Varian Radiation Oncology applications, particularly Aria.
• Basic understanding of Citrix and server support
• Proven ability to work effectively with Radiation Oncology operational teams and end users.
• Strong troubleshooting skills for technical and operational issues
• Prior experience in a clinical setting is a plus
• Excellent documentation and communication abilities
• The successful candidate will serve as a technical liaison between clinical staff, IT teams, and external partners to ensure optimal system performance and reliability.

 RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyzes, develops, configures, tests, and implements Radiation Oncology systems including ARIA and Treatment devices and integrate with Epic (Electronic Health Record (EHR)) software and related analytics on time with minimal supervision.
• Performs system configuration functions using on-line architectural tools with minimal supervision.
• Prepares detailed program specifications and flowcharts and coordinates the system's installation with the user department.
• Provides status reports to management when required.
• Attends meetings as required and participates on committees as directed. 
• Prepares charts and diagrams to assist in problem analysis and submits recommendations for solutions.
• Acts as user liaison between clinical or business departments and Information Systems; providing domain expertise and experience for multiple interacting healthcare departments. 
• Works closely with operational stakeholders to properly engineer workflow.
• Leads others to adhere to established industry best practices, standards, and quality.
• Ability to create SQL to run reports in system 
• Maintains a positive image when dealing with department personnel and other City of Hope employees.  Maintains a positive image when dealing with department personnel and other City of Hope employees. 

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: 

• Understands strategies, determines business needs, and participates in planning and implementing Varian Radiation Oncology systems and other software.
• Works effectively in a high-paced environment.
• Applies knowledge of workflows to implement a system that meets business needs.
• Provides excellent service to both internal and external customers.
• Identifies problem situations and consider all perspectives in terms of scope and consequences.
• Demonstrates the ability to effectively facilitate interdisciplinary teams as assigned.
• Works independently, handle significant responsibility, and prioritize multiple assignments.
• Prior background in Clinical setting is a plus

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

• Demonstrates flexibility, creativity, curiosity, and assertiveness.
• Demonstrates ability to stay organized.
• Demonstrates creativity, integrity, and initiative.
• Communicates effectively with others using a variety of modes and in a complex and varied work environment.
• Promotes the effectiveness of the team as both team leader and team member.
• Helps the organization fulfill its mission and achieve its strategic objective by using critical thinking and problem solving.
• Other Duties as Assign

Your qualifications should include: 

• Bachelor's Degree
• Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
• 5+ years healthcare Information Technology experience.

Preferred:

• Master's Degree or higher
• 3+ years leading or in a mentoring healthcare role. 5+ years of experience in a clinical role.

Healthcare experience in other acute care health care settings preferred as well.  Previous experience in the design, planning and implementation of CIS preferred.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.  

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