Diagnostic Imaging Associate

Adventist Health•Glendale, CA

5h•Onsite

About The Position

Adventist Health Glendale, located between Burbank and Pasadena, is a leading healthcare provider in the area. It encompasses a 515-bed hospital, two urgent cares, home care services, comprehensive cardiology care, and a wide range of services within the San Fernando Valley. The organization is dedicated to the growth and empowerment of its nurses, holding Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. Glendale offers urban living with convenient access to dining, entertainment, shopping, amusement parks, and outdoor recreation. Adventist Health Glendale has been an integral part of this diverse community since 1905. The Diagnostic Imaging Associate performs various administrative and clerical duties to support the filing, storage, reporting, retrieval, and distribution of patient radiology records for the medical imaging department. This role involves executing routine assignments according 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.