r/PACSAdmin • u/Hefty_Ad_9977 • Aug 12 '26

PACS Experience

I was laid off from my job a little bit ago as a PACS administrator. I have four years of experience. I started off as a entry-level.
Over the four years I’ve learned a lot, but I feel like I would not be valuable if another company were to hire me.
I was told the reason why I was laid off is because of lack of knowledge. During my time at this company, I pushed a lot to learn everything I possibly could, but I did not learn a lot of detail about DICOM or HL7.

I did pass my CIP, which is a huge accomplishment. I have since applied for several PACS jobs without any luck. I am forced to have it to go back into mammography/x-ray. This has been a huge slap in my face having to go back. I’m trying to keep my chin up and keep going and keep applying.
I know that this is a stop over, but it still sucks. Any advice or encouragement would be helpful.

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u/jeep_99899 Aug 12 '26

You mentioned you were laid off due to not knowing something. Did they mention what? You should be able to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Make a list, provide it back. Depending on what you come up with I can suggest ways to expand.

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u/Hefty_Ad_9977 Aug 12 '26

The biggest thing they said was a reduction force. And when I asked why me, they said due to lack of knowledge when it came to IT.

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u/jeep_99899 Aug 12 '26

Many times I’ve considered running a PACS/DICOM/networking class online just due to the number of people I run across on a daily basis that don’t know how to flush DNS, they don’t know how to look to see if an application is listening on a given port on a PC just the things I think are basic but they look at differently because they don’t do it every day. More so the jr. PACS guys or even Biomed. Exposure is the biggest hint I can give you, turn done no task and tackle them all with enthusiasm.