Radiology clerk job description

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.

The Radiology department at Medical Associates is hiring a full-time Radiology Clerk! Seeking individuals that have a high attention to detail, enjoy interacting with patients and clinical staff, and are motivated by high-volume and fast-pace work!

Schedule: Monday-Friday, with shifts scheduled 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, or 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. This position also currently covers every 4th weekend, scheduled 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.

Location: East Campus

Competitive pay with benefits package (full-time positions) worth $20,000!

• Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation.
• 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay + additional annual Profit Sharing)
• Flexible Paid Time Off Program (24 days off/year)
• Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
• Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc.

What you'll be doing:

• Take patients to dressing area and prepare for exam.
• Assist x-ray technologist.
• Coordinate reports with mammography schedule.
• Scan mammography reports into our PACS system.
• Document and track outside patient exams.
• Answer telephone calls related to any image requests.
• Burn x-ray images to CD or electronically transferring images for outside use.
• Fax reports or consents for outside imaging.
• Complete all other assigned projects and duties.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education: High school degree or equivalent.

Experience: Some radiology or health care experience preferred.

Medical Associates keeps a close eye on the COVID-19 pandemic and all related national, state, and local guidance related to vaccination, masking, and the mitigation of disease spread.

Physical Aspects:

Climbing - Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized. This factor is important if the amount and kind of climbing required exceeds that required for ordinary locomotion.

Stooping - Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking - Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.

Pushing - Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Pulling - Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly.

Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts.

Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction.

Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

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