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Nuvance Health · 18 hours ago

Imaging Assistant - FT Eve/Night

Poughkeepsie, NY

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$21.25/hr - $21.25/hr

Nuvance Health is a healthcare leader in the Mid-Hudson Valley, and they are seeking an Imaging Assistant to support patient care activities and non-professional services. The role involves navigating medical records, assisting technical staff, and facilitating communication within the department to ensure quality patient care.

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Responsibilities

Support the technical staff in obtaining, calling in and/or faxing of wet read reports

Process, maintain and prepare patient Medical records, requests and for films and CD’s for continuing care

Responsible for scanning, merging and sharing of medical records and exams between internal computer systems

Contributes to and actively participates in the department’s performance improvement tracking relevant patient care indicators and other indices used to audit department’s operations by making appropriate notations in the department’s logs

Printing and providing of all consents and procedure forms for clinical staff

Verify all modalities exams QC’d and that results are in PACS

Assist with admissions, the delivery of patient care, transfers, discharges and transport of patients. Uses two identifiers whenever taking patients to the modality and reports special care needs and patient concerns to the radiology nurse and or technologist

Assists with the continuity of patient care through harmonious working relationships with other staff members and through appropriate interactions with patient, family and physician promoting an environment of Teamwork

Continues professional development and remains current in all procedures and work flow for each modality

Answers telephone and pages promptly and in a courteous manner, identifying self and department at all times

Interacts consistently with registrars, nursing units, and clerical staff, etc., to ensure that exam requests and patient charges correlate and the order diagnosis are appropriate

Reports and removes non-functioning equipment from circulation, tags for repair and reports to lead technician or management

Maintain and Model REACH Values (Respect, Excellence, Accountability, Compassion, Honor)

Demonstrates regular, reliable and predictable attendance

Performs other duties as required