Senior Medical Imaging & Testing Specialist (cathlabs or angiography) Joulé
Fremont, CA12 days ago
- $80–$88.40 Per Hour
Highlights
Reviews physician’s orders for scheduled patients in advance of their appointment, ensuring appropriateness of the scheduled tests, identifies need for referring physician’s orders and calls patients/physicians as needed. The coordinator will serve as a liaison between the patient and family, all physicians involved in that patient’s care, internal and external healthcare providers, support network members, and the wider healthcare community.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | San Jose, CA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Salary | $28.58–$42.88 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1968 |
| Website | http://hcahealthcare.com/ |
Description
Hourly Wage Estimate: $28.58 - $42.88 / hour
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The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.
Do you have the career opportunities as an Imaging Coordinator you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Good Samaritan Hospital which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.
Job Summary and Qualifications
The Imaging Coordinator is responsible for facilitating patient continuity of care within the imaging department. The Imaging Coordinator assists with planning, organizing, implementing, and evaluating the patient care needs by advocating, educating, and coordinating the patient through their needs within the department.
Functions as a member of the multidisciplinary team and serves as an advocate and educator for patients.
The coordinator will serve as a liaison between the patient and family, all physicians involved in that patient’s care, internal and external healthcare providers, support network members, and the wider healthcare community. This role will require collaboration with local physician liaisons and leadership to conduct internal and external outreach and marketing.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Duties include but are not limited to:
- Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates patients according to physician orders, and establishes plan of care in a timely manner.
- Coordinates scheduling for outpatient testing to be performed to aid in diagnosis
- Reviews physician’s orders for scheduled patients in advance of their appointment, ensuring appropriateness of the scheduled tests, identifies need for referring physician’s orders and calls patients/physicians as needed
- Coordinates 6 month follow up visits for applicable patients
- Assists in scheduling mammogram call back patients and patients requiring mammogram contrast studies
- Obtains and uploads outside films and labs when applicable
- Coordinates with physician offices for any clarification of orders or additional requirements
- Responsible for monthly patient letters for recommended imaging follow-up scans and notification of providers and patients if overdue
- Communicates with all members of the healthcare team who are providing patient care
- Liaison between patient and physician offices
- Schedule follow up studies as needed
- Facilitates timely access to quality medical care from receipt of physician order to diagnostic testing results
- Works with oncology nurse navigators for patient hand-off for positive oncology diagnosis
- Collaborates with physicians and other healthcare providers to facilitate process improvements within the interdisciplinary model
- Educates patient and family members on imaging and diagnostic procedures
- Participates in quality improvement projects when applicable
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED required; 1–2-year LPN/LVN diploma preferred
- LVN/LPN preferred ; Note: LVN and LPN are interchangeable titles (LVN in CA/TX; LPN in other states)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Must have a minimum of three (3) years of progressive hospital/clinical experience.
- Experience in high-risk women’s program preferred
- Experience in care coordination and/or patient education preferred
- Experience in mammography and breast imaging modalities preferred
- Experience in customer service or community engagement preferred
- 1-5 years imaging experience preferred
Benefits
Good Samaritan Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
- Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
- Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
- Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
- Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
- Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
- Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Imaging Coordinator opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
About Company
At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
HCA is committed to the care and improvement of human life and strives to deliver high quality, cost effective healthcare in the communities we serve. Building on the foundation provided by our Mission & Values, HCA puts patients first and works to constantly improve the care we give them by implementing measures that support our caregivers, help ensure patient safety and provide the highest possible quality. Investing in our communities is important to us. HCA typically invests about $1.5 billion annually to keep our facilities modern and up-to-date technologically and to expand and add services where needed. Focusing primarily on communities where the company is a leading healthcare provider, HCA selectively adds new facilities in order to better serve our communities.
And because two HCA founders were physicians, we value highly the strong relationships we've created with local physicians. We endeavor to provide them with a wide array of services and modern facilities in order to help them deliver the best possible care.
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