Basic Life Support (BLS), Career Development, Communication Skills, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Healthcare Quality, Hospital, Nonprofit, Nursing, Patient Assessment, Patient Care, Radiology, Safety/Work Safety, Time Management
Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Imaging Operations Assistant to join the team. This role is a Varied Shift+Schedule: PRN (as needed)
Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits and Incentives:
- Committed to Team Member Health: offering a robust team member wellness program.
- Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
- Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
- Career Development: Individual Development Planning that focuses on supporting team member aspirations.
Imaging Operations Assistant Job Responsibilities
- The Imaging Operations Assistant assists with effective patient care and ancillary support processes within the Imaging department. Patient care duties include the provision of the necessary care, safety, and monitoring of patients during transport and waiting periods in the department, provision of access to images, reports, and inquiries/updates to family and/or approved visitors on patient status.
- Monitors patients in the Imaging department to provide a safe and comfortable environment, as evidenced by a lack of negative outcomes. Monitors patients'' conditions consistently while reporting problems immediately to appropriate personnel.
- Demonstrates the ability to assess patients'' conditions and selects the most appropriate mode of transportation, as evidenced by compliance with physician orders and nursing/Radiology practice standards.
- Communicates effectively with nursing/Radiology personnel in the event of transport problems, as evidenced by timely and appropriate patient transfer. Uses safe and appropriate transport methods and body lifting techniques.
- May perform additional duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent..
- Certification: Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association required upon start
We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we''re a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we''re constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.
Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.