Radiology Tech Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• GED or HiSET.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Knowledge of lifting mechanics.
• Certifications listed: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association, Certified Medical Assistant, Certified Nurse Aide, or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) – Advanced.

Nice To Haves

• Medical terminology.
• Previous patient-care experience.

Responsibilities

• Greet patients promptly and warmly, verify demographics as needed, maintain a clean patient and work space, and direct patients and families to amenities.
• Follow the department’s operating principles of trust, respect, integrity, collaboration, and communication.
• Maintain patient confidentiality in accordance with hospital policy.
• Assist with transferring patients on and off stretchers, beds, wheelchairs, and other equipment, using proper lifting and moving techniques.
• Keep patients informed about wait times and accompany or assist them as appropriate.
• Perform terminal and surface cleaning according to hospital infection-control policies.
• Observe health and safety requirements, including body-substance precautions.
• Assist patients with bathroom needs or with a urinal or bedpan as needed.
• Participate in department and team projects and communicate effectively with patients and colleagues.
• Handle transport and move or position equipment such as oxygen tanks and IV poles as needed.
• Use necessary computer software, including Teletracking, Safety and Injury Reporting (SRS), Cerner, Radnet, and Synapse.
• Assist with supplies and inventory, put stock away, and fill and empty laundry bins as needed.
• Maintain yearly in-service validations and attend departmental staff meetings.
• Perform clerical duties, including computer use, scheduling, report and image retrieval, obtaining and delivering wet reads, and communicating with patients and offices by phone and in person.
• Assist technologists and radiology residents or attendings during interventional biopsy exams.
• Help technologists prepare exam trays for biopsy procedures.
• Assist technologists, residents, and radiology attendings with appropriate pre-, peri-, and post-procedure patient care.
• Perform duties of Radiology Technical Assistant I and II as necessary, along with other duties as requested.