Imaging Tech Assistant
About the role
Provides patient transportation for all sections of Imaging Services and Cardiovascular Services. For more than 100 years, Wesley Healthcare has provided exceptional care to thousands of families in Wichita and throughout Kansas and Northern Oklahoma. Wesley Medical Center is a member of the Wesley Healthcare network within Greater Wichita and has been an HCA Healthcare hospital since 1985. Our physicians treat more than 24,000 patients annually, making Wesley Medical Center the most preferred hospital in Kansas and northern Oklahoma. Additionally, our obstetricians and childbirth staff deliver more than 6,000 babies each year, more than any hospital in a 13-state region. Home to Wesley Children's Hospital, the region's first and Wichita's only children's hospital, we care for children in a unique space designed specially for kids and their families. And as a Level I Trauma Center and the only Level II Pediatric Trauma Center in Kansas, we are prepared to treat any medical emergency, any time of day. HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses. "Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates the ability to adapt technique/treatment to age of population served, including newborn, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients, while providing care/service with respect to cultural differences and spiritual needs.
- Moves and lifts patients, managing any portable equipment that must be transported with the patient.
- Transports patients to and from various areas of the hospital to Imaging
- Assists patients with dressing
- Checks patients in an out of radiology
- Ensures supplies and equipment are stocked and in good working order
- Provides assistance to technologists before, during and after exams
- Communicates among all imaging services to ensure efficient work flow
- Completes level II MRI Safety training and/or radiation protection annual competencies to ensure a safe working environment
- Answers telephone efficiently and courteously, relaying messages and calls to appropriate personnel and other departments as needed
- Coordinates activities of nursing unit within Imaging
- Works with management to ensure staffing is adequate for patient volume and all shifts and call assignments are covered. This includes creating and distributing staffing schedules in a timely manner.
- Provides comfort to patients inside the imaging environment and recognizes when and how to escalate patient concerns up the chain of command
- Presents a positive image at all times while directing and assisting customers
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) verification course through American Heart Assoc. or American Red Cross - Healthcare Provider CPR
Qualifications
- EMT
- Medical Terminology
- Previous healthcare experience