Radiology Clerk/Scheduler

CommonSpirit Health•Arroyo Grande, CA

About The Position

Where You’ll Work Founded in 1961, Dignity Health - Arroyo Grande Community Hospital is a 65-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Arroyo Grande, California. Serving over 90,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including, emergency care, and orthopedics. Additionally, Arroyo Grande Community Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and has the only inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Center between Salinas and Santa Barbara. One Community. One Mission. One California Job Summary and Responsibilities As our Radiologic Technologist (Rad Tech), you will be pivotal in producing diagnostic images that enable Radiologists to accurately diagnose and manage patient conditions. Each day, you will perform a variety of imaging examinations, including X-rays, ultrasound, diagnostic fluoroscopy, CT/CAT scans, and MRIs, while actively contributing to a positive patient experience through direct interaction. To excel, you must deeply understand diagnostic imaging's critical importance, encompassing expertise in workflow, patient positioning, and capturing precise results essential for timely and accurate diagnoses.

Requirements

Previous experience in a medical setting
Experiencein Admitting scheduling
None, upon hire

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a radiology setting

Responsibilities

Insures daily schedules are distributed to Radiologist, Imaging sections and Admitting department.
Process examination requests for inpatients and complete order entry into computer system as necessary.
Answer telephones and takes messages.
Process patient film jackets for examinations.
Answer telephone requests for examination reports and call reports to offices as needed.
Pull films for clinics and physicians offices as requested.
Maintains and is responsible for the safekeeping of patient records.
Ensures physician complaints are kept to a minimum.
Employee has the willingness and ability to perform additional duties and responsibilities in different areas of the department on an as-needed basis or as determined by management.
Follows established hospital and department policies.
Communicates well with supervisor reporting problems with equipment, supplies or procedures. Requests assistance as appropriate.
Maintains good attendance and punctuality.
Consistently projects positive professional image through appearance and behavior.
Attends 80% of staff meetings and read and initials minutes of all meetings.
Errors, inefficiencies and inaccuracies are brought to management's attention with suggestions for improvement.
Develops innovative solutions to departmental problems.
Identifies and implements methods of controlling costs or generating revenue while providing maximum value to both the patient/ customer and the hospital.
Measures progress against quality goals.
Supports proper care of patient and mission of the Hospital.
Maintains confidentiality.
Makes decisions in accordance with the best interests of the individual and organization we serve. Avoids actual, and the appearance of, conflict of interest.
Is aware of applicable laws and regulations that govern their role as healthcare providers.
Works within their scope of practice as dictated by law.
Assists with audits as requested and assigned.
Demonstrates work place practices that maintain patient privacy and confidentiality. Consistently follows regulatory, TJC, Dignity Health, and hospital policy requirements relating to the disclosure of and/or access to protected health information.
Demonstrates work place practices that maintain the security of protected health information including maintaining PHI in a secure work environment; reporting suspected breaches of PHI security to Management or Privacy Officer, and following all policies and regulatory requirements for the safeguarding of PHI.
Follows all hospital policies on credit card handling procedures and treats all credit card information as HIPAA protected and confidential; only accessing a single credit card payment at a time.