Imaging Assistant - Per Diem, Variable Shift

Adventist Health • Marysville, WA

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About The Position

Adventist Health and Rideout is a healthcare provider based in Marysville, California, with a 221-bed hospital, physician clinics, home care services, cancer care, and other services. The Imaging Assistant performs administrative and clerical tasks that support the filing, storage, reporting, retrieval, and distribution of patient radiology records for the medical imaging department. The work consists of routine assignments within defined parameters, established guidelines, and precedents.

The role maintains imaging records and department information using the Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), supports patients and other customers, and helps ensure the accurate handling and distribution of medical images and records. The position is per diem with a variable shift.

Requirements

• High school education, GED, or equivalent is preferred.
• Associate's or technical degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience, is preferred.
• Receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable; medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Nice To Haves

• High school education, GED, or equivalent.
• Associate's or technical degree, or an equivalent combination of education and related experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the medical imaging department database using PACS.
• Serve as records custodian for the department.
• Greet customers, answer telephones, schedule appointments and examinations, enter orders, process patient paperwork, and maintain detailed records.
• Retrieve and deliver films, CDs, and DVDs, and obtain proper patient release authorization before making them available to customers.
• Maintain orderly and accurate records of information and films, CDs, and DVDs entering and leaving the department, ensuring consent forms are completed as necessary.
• Protect the integrity of patient medical images and data while following HIPAA and other patient confidentiality guidelines and regulations.
• Pull, prepare, and package films, reprints, CDs, and reports for distribution to physicians, surgery departments, and outside facilities.
• Compile information for department reports, manuals, and handouts.
• Digitize hard-copy images from film, CD, or DVD for transmission to PACS.
• Merge studies into PACS as requested by technologists and radiologists.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: High school or GED