Clerk Radiology- Per Diem (Full time) Temporary

Description

Work Days and Hours - This position is temperary, about 4 months 

Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm (Full time)

Job Summary:  The Radiology Clerk works with centrailized scheduling in scheduling patients and referring providers. If needed, pre-admit scheduled appointments and call physicians for orders. Obtain appropriate lab information. Provide lab with written orders for radiology patients needing lab work. Understands preps and time requirements for imaging exams. Maintains and distributes the daily radiology schedule. Pre-admits scheduled appointments. Assists the technologists in various clerical duties. 

Education Background and Experience

Minimum Qualifications:

· High school graduate or GED

 Required Licensure / Certifications:

· None

 Required Experience:

· None

Preferred Qualifications:

· Previous clerical experience   helpful but not required 

Professional Requirements

· Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean

· Completes annual organization-required and/or job-required educational requirements

· Maintains regulatory requirements

· Wears identification while on duty

· Attends staff meetings and/or reads all meeting minutes

· Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within the designated time

· Maintains employee/patient confidentiality

· Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner

· Participates in the department’s performance improvement activities

· Demonstrates the mission, ethics, and goals of the organization as well as the departmental Scope of Service

· Communication with patients, guests, family, and staff is courteous, respectful, and helpful

· Maintains a clean, safe, and accident-free environment

· Follows Infection Control procedures at all times.

o Clinical Personnel: Strictly adheres to standard precautions by adhering to the usage of personal protective equipment when handling blood or body fluids.

o Non-Clinical Personnel: Washes hands and other skin surfaces with soap and water thoroughly and often in an effort to control spreading of germs within the department and facility.

o Adheres to isolation procedures at all times as applicable.

· Adheres to the following environmental care standards. 

o Demonstrates adequate knowledge of safety policies and procedures, the use of MSDS sheets, hazardous material procedures, and safety codes.

o Respond appropriately to any Codes while working any shift (Code Blue, Code Gray, Code Silver, Code Amber, Code Red, Code Orange, and Rapid Response Team). 

o Demonstrates adequate knowledge of security issues, i.e. personal protection, protection of personal and hospital property.

· Participates in quality initiatives as needed.

· Be familiar with and comply with the Mid-Valley Hospital & Clinic Personnel Handbook and Policies.

· Be familiar with the collective bargaining agreement (Union Contract) of the UFCW3000 and Mid-Valley Hospital. 

Essential Job Functions

1. May assist with scheduling imaging exams which include: CT, US, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Mammography, Fluoroscopy, and general radiology procedures.

2. Understands required patient preps for all radiology exams that are scheduled.

3. Explains radiology exams to patients and answers questions they may have.

4. Arranges for patients to pick up needed supplies, such as BE prep kits or CT oral contrast

5. Maintains patient confidentiality while interacting with public, physicians, and co-workers.

6. Makes CD’S and telerading images to appropriate outside facility.

7. Responsible for reception duties; answering phone, taking messages, paging overhead, and transferring calls as needed.

8. Responsible for film control duties; requesting/pushing images, merging images

9. Keeps office stocked with clerical supplies and radiology forms.

10. Continuance of care information release/film transfer

11. Release Legal, personal information/film requests

12. Track and manually send reports that were not automatically sent to the ordering provider

13. Merge Patient accounts in Pacs to match account in Cerner

14. Oversee the CT Lung cancer screening program. Review patient charts to ensure they meet all criteria under Medicare and USPSTF. Make sure the order and diagnosis codes are appropriate. Contact providers to correct any errors or notify if patient doesn’t qualify. After review and approval, send order to scheduling. Upload patient data into the NRDR website for the ACR. Send out patient result letters based on Lung Rads noted on the radiology report. Track when patients are due for their follow up exams, send a request to the patient’s primary care provider for the appropriate order and send the patient a reminder letter to call and schedule their exam.

15. Track mammography follow up exam recommendations based off of the Radiologists report and request appropriate orders from primary care providers to send to scheduling.

16. Make sure Mammography chart notes and prior reports are printed daily for the radiologist and summarized in the exam notes for the technologist.

17. Make sure prior images are requested and received for all diagnostic mammography exam orders prior to sending to scheduling.

18. Request all prior imaging for screening mammograms

19. Transfer mammography images to the Radiologist viewer and mammography tech workstation prior to the next days scheduled appointments.

20. Track and log exam report errors, follow up with Radia or onsite radiologist to make sure these are corrected so we can correctly bill the profee. Make corrections in patients’ chart to reflect these changes.

The above job summary and essential job functions are intended to describe the nature and level of work being performed. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel for this job classification.

Requirements

 Physical demands

How many hours per work day: 8-10

This job has special vision requirements. Check all that apply:

?Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)

?Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more)

?Peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)

?Depth perception (three-dimensional vision; ability to judge distances and spatial relationships)

Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

The typical noise level for the work environment is:

?Moderate noise

Hearing:

?Ability to hear alarms on equipment

?Ability to hear patient call

?Ability to hear instructions from staff

Per Diem

WAGE AND COMPENSATION

Wage range $ 18.65 hr. - $ 27.71 hr.  – DOE 

Plus, the Per Diem rate of an additional 10%