Imaging Patient Support Specialist - Per Diem - 8-Hour Day Shift

Job Description

When the work you do every single day has a crucial impact on the lives of others, every effort, every detail, and every second matters. This shared culture of passion and dedication pulses through Cedars-Sinai, and it's just one of the many reasons we've consistently achieved Magnet designation for nursing excellence. From working with a team of premier healthcare professionals to using pioneering facilities, you'll have everything you need to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others. Join us, and discover why we have been recognized ten years in a row on the "Best Hospitals" Honor Roll by U.S. News & World Report.
What's this role all about?
The Patient Support Specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is responsible for all aspects of processing inpatient Imaging orders and helping the tech in charge, with coordinating patient flow. You will be expected to organize, prioritize and perform work in a timely and efficient manner, within established guides, practices and procedures. Using critical thinking skills, make judgment calls and involve the radiologist, nurse and technologist when necessary.
Summary of Essential Duties:

• Coordinates multiple inpatient procedures, including ultrasound, vascular, mammography and nuclear medicine.
• Schedules, modifies, reschedules, and cancels requests and coordinates inter/intra department to assist with patient flow.
• Dispatches transportation staff and coordinates radiologist-assisted procedures.
• Monitors incoming orders and the Inpatient worklist throughout the day for new orders, makes calls to nursing floors regarding exam time estimates, and provides exam-specific information.
• Dispatches the portable technologists and keeps them informed of new portable requests, verifies inpatient orders, and obtains exam specific lab results.
• Assists the technologists in maintaining the RIS open orders, using PACS as a checkpoint.
• Telephone duties include taking incoming calls; triaging, screening, and forwarding calls to appropriate areas.

Per Diems are assigned shifts on an as needed basis, to cover shifts when full time staff are off. Per Diems may be asked to cover 1st and 2nd shifts.

During training, this would be full time hours. After training, would be assigned as per diem (as needed)

Qualifications

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED required

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in a fast-paced and complex environment where critical thinking skills are necessary required
• Previous experience in a medical environment is desirable
• Medical terminology knowledge is preferred
• Requires strong interpersonal skills for interacting with physicians, nurses, technologists, patients and other customers and personnel of the Medical Center
• Experience demonstrating the ability to handle multiple tasks, ability to prioritize and organize work, and complete assignments timely and accurately required
• Windows based PC experience required

About Us

Cedars-Sinai is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare encompassing primary care, specialized medicine and research. Since 1902, Cedars-Sinai has evolved to meet the needs of one of the most diverse regions in the nation, setting standards in quality and innovative patient care, research, teaching and community service. Today, Cedars- Sinai is known for its national leadership in transforming healthcare for the benefit of patients. Cedars-Sinai impacts the future of healthcare by developing new approaches to treatment and educating tomorrow's health professionals. Additionally, Cedars-Sinai demonstrates a commitment to the community through programs that improve the health of its most vulnerable residents.

About the Team

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest nonprofit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 886 licensed beds, 2,100 physicians, 2,800 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Choose this if you want to work in a fast-paced environment that offers the highest level of care to people in the Los Angeles that need our care the most.