Imaging Patient Support Specialist - 8-Hour Day Shift
About The Position
The Patient Support Specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is responsible for all aspects of processing inpatient Imaging orders and helping the tech in charge, with coordinating patient flow. You will be expected to organize, prioritize and perform work in a timely and efficient manner, within established guides, practices and procedures. Using critical thinking skills, make judgment calls and involve the radiologist, nurse and technologist when necessary. Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars-Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.
Requirements
- Critical thinking skills
- Ability to make judgment calls
- Ability to involve the radiologist, nurse and technologist when necessary
- Familiarity with RIS (Radiology Information System)
- Familiarity with PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System)
Responsibilities
- Coordinates multiple inpatient procedures, including ultrasound, vascular, mammography and nuclear medicine.
- Schedules, modifies, reschedules, and cancels requests and coordinates inter/intra department to assist with patient flow.
- Dispatches transportation staff and coordinates radiologist-assisted procedures.
- Monitors incoming orders and the Inpatient worklist throughout the day for new orders, makes calls to nursing floors regarding exam time estimates, and provides exam-specific information.
- Dispatches the portable technologists and keeps them informed of new portable requests, verifies inpatient orders, and obtains exam specific lab results.
- Assists the technologists in maintaining the RIS open orders, using PACS as a checkpoint.
- Telephone duties include taking incoming calls; triaging, screening, and forwarding calls to appropriate areas.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
