Position Summary: 

The Technologist Aide is responsible for patient assistance and technologist assistance in the performance of Cross Sectional Imaging and/or AMI Imaging services.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• American Heart Association BLS required within 60 days of hire
• 1 year of office environment or customer service experience
• Preferred:  Certified Nursing Aide or Certified Medical Assistant
• Preferred: 1 year of healthcare, radiology, imaging, or medical field experience preferred.
• Preferred: 1 year of medical billing, reception, scheduling, or patient care experience preferred.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assists radiologist and technologist with interventional procedures.
• Acts as patient escort, prepares patient for exam, provides comfort during procedure, provides constant supervision of patient post procedure, participates in exam utilizing proper sterile technique, and facilitates discharge instructions and documentation of events.
• Ensures orders, lab results and pharmacy review is complete for every patient prior to appointment. May facilitate correcting or gathering this information on a STAT basis.
• Properly completes or verifies orders for billing and PACS system and to allow for interpretation.

• Assists with making follow-up appointments as appropriate. Manages same day add-on scheduling for patients.
• Ensures efficient department work flow, exam room turn around, and order management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrates sound judgement, patience, and maintains a professional demeanor at all times.
• Ability to work in a busy and stressful environment.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work varied shifts.
• Exercises tact, discretion, sensitivity and maintains confidentiality.
• Computer applications, MS Office, EMR, internet applications and standard office equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to the job classification.  They are not to be construed as a contract of any type nor an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by individuals so classified.

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