Imaging Assistant, PRN

About the role

Your Experience Matters Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As an Imaging Assistant, PRN joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center is a 12-bed critical access hospital that has served the rural Meyersdale community for 70 years. The hospital provides 24/7 emergency care as an accredited chest pain center, and offers high-quality, comprehensive outpatient, imaging, diagnostic, and specialty services close to home. Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center also provides primary care services, preventative care, and community education to the Meyersdale community through its Family Health Care Rural Health Clinic.

Responsibilities

Our Imaging Assistants support technologists by preparing and positioning patients, assisting with transfers, maintaining patient comfort and safety, and supporting diagnostic imaging procedures. They work with patients of all ages and help ensure efficient, high-quality imaging services under the guidance of technologists and radiologists.

• Assist with daily equipment inspections, warm up procedures and follow Quality Control Program under supervision of a Technologist.
• Assist Radiologist and Technologist setting up contrast; however, will never be responsible for loading or priming the injector.
• Obtain quality images while following radiation safety standards and protocols.
• Assist with positioning and performing exams, but should never hold the detector or patients for Radiation procedures.
• Arrive patients, track exams, scan scripts, and schedule exams in the Radiology Information Systems.
• Assist Radiologist and Technologist in performing modality specific exams.
• Maintain clinical proficiency for all completed competencies and equipment skills.
• Follows safety procedures and guidelines and reports unsafe practices and conditions.
• Assists with, and with documented competency, perform lab collections.
• Consistently and appropriately follows Universal Precautions.
• Operates office equipment as needed.
• Answers phone in an efficient, courteous manner.
• Attends and participates in staff meetings.
• Maintains professional skills and provides age-specific care to patients of all ages (neonates, infants, children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics).
• Assists in performing first aid, CPR and AED.
• Performs patient transport.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Current enrollment or graduate of radiography (JRCERT accredited), sonography (CAAHEP accredited), or nuclear medicine