Diagnostic Imaging Associate

Adventist Health•Glendale, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Nestled between Burbank and Pasadena, Adventist Health Glendale is a leading healthcare provider in the area. It encompasses a 515-bed hospital, two urgent care centers, home care services, and comprehensive cardiology care, offering a vast scope of services within the San Fernando Valley. The organization is dedicated to the professional growth and empowerment of its nursing staff, having achieved Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Glendale itself is recognized for its vibrant urban lifestyle, providing convenient access to diverse dining, entertainment, shopping, amusement parks, and outdoor recreational activities. Adventist Health Glendale has been an integral part of this thriving and diverse community since 1905. The Diagnostic Imaging Associate role involves performing a variety of administrative and clerical duties. These tasks are crucial for the efficient filing, storage, reporting, retrieval, and distribution of patient radiology records within the medical imaging department. The associate is expected to handle routine assignments by adhering to defined parameters, established guidelines, and precedents.

Nice To Haves

High School Education/GED or equivalent
Associate’s/Technical Degree or equivalent combination of education/related experience

Responsibilities

Maintains the medical imaging department database using Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
Serves as records custodian for the department.
Greets customers, answers telephones, schedules appointments and examinations, enters orders, processes patient paperwork and maintains detailed records.
Retrieves and delivers films/CDs/DVDs and obtains proper patient release authorization in order to make films/CDs/DVDs available for all customers.
Maintains orderly and accurate records of all information and films/CDs/DVDs entering and leaving the department, ensuring that consent forms are completed as necessary.
Ensures the integrity of patient medical images and data while adhering to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
Pulls, prepares and packages films, reprints, CDs and reports for distribution to physicians, surgery departments and outside facilities.
Compiles information for department reports, manuals and handouts.
Digitizes hard copy images (film, CD or DVD) for transmission to PACS.
Merges studies into PACS as required and requested by technologists and radiologists.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.