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Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership and Innovation. These are the values that define UConn Health, and we are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a part-time Diagnostic Imaging Assistant to our Radiology department. If you have a background in this field, as well as a passion for customer and patient experience, we want to hear from you.
At UConn Health, this class is accountable for performing a full range of basic tasks in clinical patient care support, MRI Unit readiness and clerical tasks.
Initially works under the close supervision of a CT/MRI Technologist or an employee of a higher grade and works more independently with acquired experience.
- Maintains smooth and efficient workflow in the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Unit to include patient care support, scanning room and equipment readiness and clerical tasks;
- Places phone calls to patients in advance of appointments to screen for metallic objects;
- Prints patient schedules and organizes patient files;
- Uses Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and Radiology Information System (RIS) computer systems to manage the patient's flow of electronic information;
- Scans paper documents into PACS;
- Assesses supply inventories and places orders;
- Cleans areas as assigned;
- Conducts patients' communication in a professional manner and appropriate to patient age, condition, and cultural needs;
- Answers phones and handles calls as appropriate;
- Prepares the MRI Unit to perform MRI scans to include changing of coils, placing clean linens on beds and other related tasks;
- Prepares scan rooms and work areas for general imaging services including stocking of rooms and carts with supplies and equipment;
- Checks equipment and reports those which are malfunctioning;
- Prepares patients by conducting an interview and records information;
- Prepares and assists patients to change garments for examination;
- Provides assistance to the patient to be positioned on the table for study;
- Assists the technologists with patient lifts;
Performs related duties as required.
Knowledge of medical assisting practices; knowledge of relevant policies and procedures; knowledge of relevant State and Joint Commission regulations; knowledge of patient safety goals; basic interpersonal skills; basic oral and written communication skills; ability to use computers and/or equipment technology such as Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
One (1) year of experience performing radiology technical assistance to include patient support care; including transportation of patients throughout the hospital.
A combination of education and experience that provides the ability and knowledge to perform the above duties may be substituted for the General Experience.
- Incumbent must possess and retain a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or Professional Rescuer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
- Candidates in this class must pass a screening for implanted metallic objects. Embedded ferromagnetic objects are not allowed in the MRI suite due to the best interest in the candidate's personal safety. Example: Candidates who possess a pacemaker cannot work in the MRI suite.
SCHEDULE: Predominately every other Saturday and Sunday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and rotating holidays.
This position is eligible for Weekend Differential in accordance with the New England Health Care Employees Union District 1199 collective bargaining agreement.
