UPMC East is currently hiring a full-time Imaging Services Tech Assistant to join our team!
Have you always wanted to get your healthcare career started? Are you interested in a position that offers terrific benefits and opportunities to grow? Do you enjoy working "hands on" in a team environment? Then you may be a perfect fit for an Imaging Services Tech Assistant role with UPMC!
UPMC East is hiring a regular, full-time Imaging Services Tech Assistant to work various shifts. This role will also have weekend and holiday responsibility.
UPMC offers a competitive benefits package and the opportunity to grow professionally from both a technical and managerial standpoint.
Candidates will be placed in the correct job title/salary grade based on education and experience.
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Purpose: Provide for the performance of a variety of technical procedures utilizing independent judgment and a basic understanding of technology, anatomy, and physiology. Provide quality patient care in a timely, cost-effective manner to aid in medical diagnosis under the supervision of a registered technologist.
Responsibilities: • Transports patient to and from unit when required. • Demonstrates proper placement of IV catheter. • Demonstrates knowledge of and appropriately follows guidelines for GFR criteria. • Assists with invasive procedure tray set-up and couriers specimens to lab as needed. • Practices established MRI safety and radiation safety protocols. • Accurately schedules exams into RIS as needed. Reschedules exams as needed and contacts patients for additional scanning. • Assists technologist with patient care/flow as instructed. • Knowledgeable of procedural processes. • Verifies patient identify by utilizing at least two patient identifiers. • Effectively prepares patient for exam providing both pre and post procedure education. • Documents proper history into electronic record. • Reviews physician orders and contacts office if additional information is required.
Requirements: Completion of High school diploma or equivalent. Requires Clerical and computer experience. Requires Communication and interpersonal skills.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances: • Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) • Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal • Act 33 with renewal • Act 34 with renewal • Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran