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FTE

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours

Work Shift

Job Description

An Imaging Technologist Assistant, TA, is responsible for assisting the radiological technologist/ sonographer during the imaging process. They accomplish tasks through working effectively with others and appreciating the value and commitment of every team member.  The Technologist Assistant will embody WeCare service standards as they care for patients by transporting them to procedures, answering patient questions, and preparing them for their imaging procedure. The TA is responsible for ensuring that patients are comfortable and at ease during the imaging process. The TA will also demonstrate WeCare service standards in their communication with other members of the health care team.

In addition to working with patients, the Imaging Technologist Assistant may perform administrative tasks such as answering phones and data entry. The TA is expected to be a team player who possesses a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and acts to constantly improve the level of clinical and non-clinical outcomes and level of customer satisfaction in both individual and teamwork processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Greets patient when they arrive for their exams

• Escorts patient throughout facility to ensure timeliness of exams

• Confirms demographic and insurance information

• Accurately documents medical history for the technologist and physician

• Performs screening procedures on all patients before entering the scan room

• Assists Technologists to position, transfer and properly immobilize patients as required

• Reviews patient schedules and confirms protocoling has occurred

• Maintains professional skills and provides age-specific care to patients of all ages (neonates, infants,

• children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics)

• Follows safety procedures and guidelines and reports unsafe practices and conditions

• Consistently and appropriately follows Universal Precautions

• Inventory, maintain and order adequate supplies

• Assists in performing first aid, CPR and AED

• Participates in peer competencies

• Performs other job duties as assigned

Qualifications

High School graduate or equivalent. 

Basic knowledge of medical terminology and anatomy.

MR technologist aids must pass safety screening in order to work in the MR environment.

Preferred: One year experience in hospital or clinic setting with direct patient care or previous experience as an Imaging technologist aide.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements

Basic Lifesaving Certification – American Heart Association

Ages of Patients Served

N/A

This is a general description of the nature and level of work performed by people in this classification.  It

may not include every responsibility, duty and skill required of persons who successfully do this job.

Salary Range:

The Physical Requirements and Working Conditions of this job are available.  El Camino Health will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability if that will allow them to perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so creates an undue hardship for the hospital, or causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace which cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.

An Equal Opportunity Employer:
El Camino Health seeks and values a diverse workforce. The organization is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of qualifications and competencies. El Camino Health prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, ancestry, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, age, medical condition or any other status protected by law. In addition to state and federal law, El Camino Health also follows all applicable fair and equitable employment policies from the County of Santa Clara.