Radiology Associate FT Afternoons at Trane Technologies, MI-Detroit

Radiology Associate FT Afternoons at Trane Technologies in MI-Detroit. Est. up to $100k. Apply with swipeandhired.

DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital is DMC’s largest hospital, offering a comprehensive heart center, cancer care, gerontology, emergency medicine, obstetrics/gynecology and cosmetic services. Sinai-Grace’s joint replacement program features a revolutionary minimally invasive knee and hip replacement surgery that attracts patients from all over the country. Sinai-Grace operates more than 21 outpatient care sites and ambulatory surgery centers throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties and is one of 10 hospitals in the nation to be awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to help set the standards of cardiac care for hospitals and physicians throughout the nation.

Summary Description

Under general supervision, as assigned, and according to established procedures assists nursing and technical staff in screening and preparing patients for exams and performs a variety of moderately to highly complex patient registration duties for the designated Radiology department or ambulatory Imaging Center.

• As assigned: registers and schedules patient for exams, obtains insurance, medical and demographic data; performs and coordinates the patient registration activities including pre-registration, insurance verification including verification of benefit levels with various third party payors, appointment confirmation, verification of all demographic and referring physician information; assists in PACS/RIS and patient information management coordination to ensure completeness, accuracy and integrity and resolution of daily operational issues including matching and retrieval of images and reports; interacts with technologist and radiology nursing staff in order to ensure the completion of all appropriate paperwork, assists with entry of appropriate diagnosis coding and other information related to diagnostic procedures in order to ensure billing accuracy; interacts with customers/stakeholders to provide/distribute appropriate exam results in a timely and accurate manner; maintains patient charts and films as appropriate and assists with data collection activities required by administration and other outside agencies.

• Under direct supervision assists with all aspects of patient care and preparation in the Radiology Department.

• Responsibilities include: assists in preparing patients for diagnostic x-ray exams by positioning, lifting and moving the patient, marks x-ray cassettes or plates with patient demographics as well as monitoring the patient when needed, enters patient demographic information into the computer (RIS) and tracks patient information.

• Answers phones and schedules patients as needed, processes and tracks film jackets and distributes films, performs inventory management and maintenance, performs patient prep and monitoring with non-radiographic equipment (IV pumps, special beds, suction, pulse oximeters, etc).

• Prepares diagnostic contrast media for procedures, starts IV's and performs venipuncture.