Imaging Assistant

Mclaren-Health-Care; Petoskey (MI); On-site; USD 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Grand Blanc, MI is seeking a unit clerk/clerical professional to support patient registration, scheduling, and communication within the imaging/department team.

The role involves managing patient flow, handling inbound calls from physicians and families, performing routine clerical tasks, assisting during testing, and maintaining supplies and equipment in a dynamic hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year clerical or unit clerk in medical field related position.
• Preferred: previous training or one year of experience in a related medical environment.

Responsibilities

• Collects proper patient identification, verifies, and processes patient registration data and test order/entry into hospital information system.
• Manages scheduled patients to appropriate imaging area with correct demographics and test prep information.
• Receives inbound calls from physicians and patients/families.
• Performs general clerical activities such as phone, reports, film library support, and scheduling.
• May transport patients to and from the department and assist technologists during testing.
• Maintains supplies and equipment.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

One year clerical or unit clerk in medical field related position

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Provides expert support functions for all aspects of the department including clerical services, managing patient records, customer interactions, maintaining professional and well equipped facility, scheduling and check in processes, direct customer support via phone, electronic communication, and in person and assisting technologists.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collects proper patient identification, verifies, and processes patient registration data and test order/entry into hospital information system.
• Manages scheduled patients to appropriate imaging area including procedure verification, appropriate diagnoses, correct demographic information as well as test prep information.
• Manages inbound calls from physicians and patients/families.
• Performs general clerical activities such as answering telephone calls, running computer print reports, providing support for film library, and scheduling patients.
• May transport patients to and from the department, assist technologists during testing.
• Maintains supplies and equipment.
• Performs other related duties as required and directed.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• One year clerical or unit clerk in medical field related position.

QUALIFICATIONS PREFERRED

• Previous training or one year of experience in a related medical environment.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: Variable
• On Call: No

Equal Opportunity Employer

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.