How to hire a radiology clerk

How to hire a radiology clerk, step by step

Here's a step-by-step radiology clerk hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a radiology clerk job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new radiology clerk
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the radiology clerk you need to hire. Certain radiology clerk roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a radiology clerk to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a radiology clerk that fits the bill.

   Here's a comparison of radiology clerk salaries for various roles:

   Type of Radiology Clerk	Description	Hourly rate
   Radiology Clerk	General office clerks perform a variety of clerical tasks, including answering telephones, typing documents, and filing records.	$11-20
   Transit Department Clerk	It's the job of a Transit Department Clerk to process and verify all shipment documents that are both inbound and outbound. Your primary job will be to perform a ton of clerical duties in a transportation environment/organization... Show more	$12-21
   Front Office Clerk	A front office clerk performs various administrative and secretarial duties, including welcoming and greeting clients and visitors, answering telephone calls, and managing the office budget. You will be responsible for monitoring, organizing, and forwarding emails and maintaining files and records... Show more	$12-17

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Medical Terminology
   • MRI
   • Pacs
   • Computer System
   • Front Desk
   • Patient Care
   • Ultrasound
   • Patient Orders
   • Stat
   • Schedule Appointments
   • Physician Orders
   • Radiology Procedures
   • Patient Registration

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage front office check-in, insurance verification and certifications from doctors.
   • Register patients, schedule appointments for mammograms, radiology and nuclear medicine procedures.
   • Work with numerous software programs and have knowledge of the HIPPA laws.
   • Assemble radiographic exam films for dictation with correct patient folders and reports.
   • Follow the HIPAA laws protecting organization's value by keeping patient information confidential.
   • Gain education in HIPPA compliance, fire and radiation safety, corporate compliance, and patient satisfaction.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your radiology clerk job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A radiology clerk salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, radiology clerks' average salary in louisiana is 49% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level radiology clerks earn 47% less than senior-level radiology clerks.
   • Certifications. A radiology clerk with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a radiology clerk's salary.

   Average radiology clerk salary

   $15.22hourly

   $31,662 yearly

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   Entry-level radiology clerk salary

   $23,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 22, 2025

4. Writing a radiology clerk job description

   A radiology clerk job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of a radiology clerk job description:

   Radiology clerk job description example

   Compiles, verifies, types, and files fully accurate medical radiology records and assists patients receiving radiology services by performing the following duties personally. Responsible for ensuring that all critical tasks are fulfilled on a timely basis.
   Responsibilities
   
   * Maintains exclusive focus upon patients, the quality of their care, and their individual needs without significant distraction by non-patient contact activities and related position duties.
   * Complies fully with all patient/resident records and information privacy regulations, state and federal.
   * Takes all steps necessary to fully ensure patient/resident and medical data confidentiality and security.
   * Maintains accurate and continually updated knowledge of evaluation methods, modalities and appointment times required.
   * Reviews provider evaluation orders for individual patients to ensure completeness as well as enterprise ability to perform services required. Clarifies all order information when necessary prior to scheduling patients for services.
   * Schedules patient evaluations on a basis that is as convenient as possible for the patient.
   * Ensures that all patients understand and accept their necessity to comply with initially scheduled evaluation appointments
   * Explains patient preparation steps to patients in a manner understood by patients and confirms their understanding of all required patient preparation steps.
   * Differentiates emergent and routine patients properly.
   * Reviews medical records for completeness, assembles records into standard order, and files records in designated areas according to applicable alphabetic and numeric filing systems.
   * Utilizes patient scheduling system while ensuring that it is filled optimally so as not to disrupt services to patients and to ensure departmental efficiency in terms of medical procedures performed according to schedule.
   * Locates, signs out, and delivers medical records requested by Technologists for the purposes of serving patients.
   * Responds to requests for information from files according to established policies and procedures.
   * Operates computer to enter and retrieve data and type correspondence and reports.
   * Assists other employees with coding of medical records.
   * Scans materials or copies records and examines materials for legibility.
   * Prepares materials for transfer to microfilm, microfiche, or other media.
   * Selects and packages files for movement, transfer, and permanent storage.
   * Maintains office supply inventory at proper levels and notifies supervisor of product needs.
   * Ensures that patient waiting areas are kept clean and properly arranged, and that television programming is appropriate for patients waiting.
   * Demonstrates ability to regularly change priorities to accomplish all tasks despite frequent interruptions.
   * Demonstrates ability to clearly communicate, both orally and in writing, while performing all essential functions.
   * Performs other special projects and duties as assigned.
   
   Qualifications
   
   * High school diploma at a minimum.
   * One to three years of patient-facing administrative/clerical experience in a clinical environment is required.
   * Demonstrated ability to relate to diverse cultures and specifically the Gila River Community and/or other Native American cultures.
   * Interest in medical subjects, patient services/care, and customer service.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find radiology clerks for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your radiology clerk job on Zippia to find and recruit radiology clerk candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit radiology clerks, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new radiology clerk

   Once you've found the radiology clerk candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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