PRN Imaging Records Clerk

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Various (United States of America)

Wellstar Paulding in Hiram, Georgia is seeking a PRN Imaging Records Clerk. The Imaging Records Clerk functions under the direction of the Chief Technologist, Medical Imaging Manager and/or Director Diagnostic Services. The Records Clerks assist with providing exam reports to physicians, distribution of phone calls for the department and a variety of clerical tasks that require independent judgment, ingenuity and initiative in the utilization of computers and other equipment.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Support Staff Services

• Digitize analog films as necessary for radiologist interpretation.
  
• Fax results as needed
  
• Mail out necessary reports if needed
  
• Burn CDs and films to distribute following the proper ID protocol
  
• Monitor phones and assist physicians from film library and from Radiologist Reading Room.
  
• Calls appropriate staff when oral contrast distribution is needed. Monitor and answer department phones
  
• Answer phone to guide customers in providing necessary information and directions regarding the purpose of the call in a professional manner by utilizing the AIDET technique.
  
• Successfully transfer calls
  
• Distribute calls where needed (Radiologist, modalities, etc )
  
• Answer phone to guide customers in providing necessary information and directions regarding the purpose of the call in a professional manner
  
• Clear all phone messages left on a daily basis.
  

Clerical Tasks

• Knowledge of the Addendum process
  
• Check mail daily in both locations and process to the appropriate modalities
  
• Knowledge of checking our images upon patients or physicians request to follow the DPP policy.
  
• Verifies patient orders in Epic and calls physicians to retrieve them as needed
  
• Notifies appropriate modality when verbal orders are needed
  
• Copy and fax, sort mail, hand out reports and memos
  
• Help other office workers, physicians and technologist.
  
• Knows how to digitize film.
  
• Checks for patient orders prior to arrival. Call physician offices for orders.
  
• Release reports to patients upon request. Ability to work in a PACS/RIS environment
  
• Knowledge to navigate in PACS, Epic and other computer programs pertinent to job.
  
• Knowledge to order and cancel exams as needed.
  
• Knowledge of printing and faxing reports to referring physicians and document data in PACS
  
• Ability to Import/Export images to PACS
  
• Monitors the STAT work list and calls/faxes results to appropriate area/physician office per procedure Patient Satisfaction
  
• Utilize proper AIDET techniques
  
• Meets Service Recovery and Customer Service Guidelines as needed.
  
• Performs patient advocate role for families and patients while in the Womens Imaging Department.
  
• Identify patients by utilizing 2 patient identifiers.
  

Required Minimum Education:

• High School Graduate Required
  

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

• All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.
  

Additional License(s) and Certification(s): n/a

Required Minimum Experience:

• Minimum 1 year hospital/medical experience Preferred
  

Required Minimum Skills:

• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and handwriting.
  
• Must be able to communicate and understand verbal and written English language and display a positive attitude while working independently.
  

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