TECH ASSISTANT-IMAGING SVCS

Responsibilities

• Cleans, maintains, and stocks the outpatient waiting rooms, dressing rooms, radiologist reading rooms, inpatient holding room, and designated procedure rooms.
• Works at the front desk in Imaging Services and greets all visitors, physicians, and staff by using appropriate standards of behavior.
• Checks in patients and prepares them for their exams while appropriately identifying the patient per departmental policies and procedures.
• Identifies proper physician order for the procedures and understands how to correct orders within the patient information system.
• Answers the telephone using established policies and procedures.
• Digitizes hard copy film into the PACS ensuring optimal quality of images.
• Scans all hard copy documents related to a diagnostic procedure into the clinical system as needed.
• Obtains STAT/Preliminary reports from radiologists and follows the policy for reporting critical test results.
• Queries, retrieves, and prints CD/film images requested for release to physicians or patients, and requests prior studies relevant to the patients exams as needed.
• Maintains a safe and orderly environment by monitoring patients in the inpatient holding room and coordinating patient transport with Central Transport and the individual departments, while transporting patients as needed.
• Performs other duties as needed and/or assigned.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of medical terminology and of anatomy and physiology is a must.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills are required, and strong interpersonal skills are a must.
• Ability to demonstrate the practice of sterile technique.
• Strong computer skills.
• Developed verbal and written communication skills are required, and strong interpersonal skills are a must.
• A high degree of independent action and exercise of correct judgment, along with creative thinking skills.
• Ability to work under required deadlines and schedules, while being flexible to handle special requests and projects.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Ability to provide compassionate patient care.
• Must be detail-oriented, professional, and must have a positive attitude.