Job Description
- Attend department, clinic or company meetings as required
- Demonstrate sound judgment by taking appropriate actions regarding questionable findings or concerns
- Consistently work in a positive and cooperative manner with fellow staff members.
- Consistently demonstrate ability to respond to changing situations in a flexible manner in order to meet current needs, such as reprioritizing work as necessary.
- Attend required annual in-service program and/or required CEU’s
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of all company policies and procedures.
- Consistently demonstrate attention to detail in documentation, recording and patient information.
- Adheres to established facility safety requirements and procedures to ensure a safe working environment. Identifies potentially unsafe situations and notifies supervisor
- Escort patients to/from x-ray suites and to/from rooms
- Prepare patients for x-ray
- Perform x-rays as required by physicians
- Perform C-ARM procedure
- Document procedure performed in log book
- Escort patients back to exam rooms
- Communication with physicians, patients and staff
- Be available to physicians during office hours
- Ensure equipment is maintained properly
- Order x-ray supplies as needed
- Pulling, filing and mail back of x-rays.
- Answer patient questions
- EMR intake completed at time of service
- Review H&P for New patients and/or new problems. Requires completion prior to physician seeing patient.
- Medical assistance as needed (casting, suture removal, draw injections, record prescriptions)
- Give instructions to patient with regard to issues with casts.
- Assist with physical therapy requests, off work requests, school notes.
- Assigning coding procedures performed and diagnosis determined by physician. Document on encounter form.
- Reviews encounter form for completeness and accuracy of coding, assuring all procedures and supplies noted.
- Responsible to receive and reply to medical related messages and prescription requests from patients. Record in patient record.
- Responsible for compliance of OSHA regulations-biohazardous disposal.
- Order medical supplies as needed.
- Assist with medical records filing when necessary.
- Disposal of expired medications
- Facilitate scheduling outpatient testing and pre certification for MRI, CT, Bonescan, Dexascan and other tests as necessary.
- Assures exam rooms and clinic work areas are clean and tidy at all times for the next scheduled clinic.
- Travel to satellite offices as necessary
- Rotating Saturdays or Saturday on-call if necessary.
- Travel to satellite offices if necessary.
- Assist with scheduling outpatient testing and pre-certifications.
- Obtain the readings for MRIs and X-rays for the physician to review and diagnose. May require travel and follow up with local radiologists.
- Contact the ancillary services to align follow up care and promote the communication between all parties.
- Develop a streamline process for the message, written or verbal, to patient after review with physician.
- Must be ARRT and Ohio Radiography license.