Radiology Technologist, Urgent Care

Responsibilities

• Explains procedures to patients to inform and alleviate potential anxiety and to minimize need for additional exposure.
• Informs patients of follow up instructions as required.
• All information relayed to patients is clearly and accurately documented in the charts.
• Consistently complies with CLIA, OSHA, and other state/government regulatory standards/requirements and agencies.
• Refers regularly to the POL Policy Manual.
• Maintains records or logs as required by regulatory agencies.
• Greets patients and visitors in a prompt, courteous and helpful manner.
• Smiles, making patients/visitors feel welcome and important; makes direct eye contact; responds promptly to patients' needs; monitors radiology schedule or requests and works to ensure full patient satisfaction.
• Reviews chart in advance of patient intake.
• Completes all required documentation according to standards established by the physician, in an accurate, legible and timely manner, and enters the date of service using MM/DD/YYYY format; Signs and dates all charts within a timely manner.
• Demonstrates ability to troubleshoot equipment.
• Maintains radiology equipment by performing scheduled cleanings/tests and documents results.
• Acts quickly and responsibly to ensure equipment is functioning properly.
• Performs x-rays in a manner that minimizes costly errors or need for utilization of additional supplies.
• Ensures that equipment is serviced on time.
• Maintains work area, supply inventory and equipment.
• Notifies Practice Manager, or designee, when supplies are low.
• Aids in unpacking, storing, and/or distribution of supplies upon delivery.
• Promotes patient satisfaction by providing excellent service by interacting in a friendly, helpful manner.
• Communicates potential patient satisfaction issues to the practice manager.
• Keeps informed regarding the practice's performance on patient satisfaction.
• Develops films of acceptable quality with minimum retakes.
• Completes proper forms and documents findings for physician review.
• Enters all required information into the database.
• Prints reports and distributes as per practice policy.
• Obtains required demographic information from patient and verifies insurance coverage prior to initiating procedure.
• Completes pertinent patient history and accurately records data into medical record and/or radiology equipment.
• Verifies the identity of the patient by asking the patient's full name and date of birth, which should be compared to the physician order.
• Affords assistance to the patient on and off the x-ray table as needed and assesses the immediate environment for potential safety concerns.
• May be involved in rooming patients including taking vitals and documentation in EPIC.
• Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Qualifications

• High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
• Completion of an AMA approved school of Radiologic Technology.
• BLS certification.
• NJ Registered Radiological Technologist License.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support Certificate.
• American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Certification (preferred).