Radiology Tech Aide Weekends

CO39 St. Lukes Hospital; Allentown (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network is seeking a Hospital Registration/Patient Access role to greet patients, follow AIDET guidelines, and coordinate arrivals with radiology teams.

High school diploma required; CPR certification and hospital experience preferred. The position involves clerical duties, supply management, and teamwork across radiology staff.

Qualifications

• Excellent customer relation and communication skills necessary.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Minimum 1-year hospital experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Greet the patient in the registration area at their scheduled appointment time.
• Follows AIDET guidelines in all patient interactions.
• Notification of the patient's arrival is immediately communicated to the technologist.
• Provide escort for the patient to the correct modality.
• Assists the technologists, nursing staff or Radiologist in preparing the patient for their exam.
• Accurately adheres to downtime procedures to assure appropriate information is available, resulting in excellent continuity of care for patients.
• Completes clerical functions including copying and faxing.
• Makes effective use of telephone, fax and electronic mail systems.
• Supply management duties are performed in accordance with the department budget and predetermined par levels.
• Demonstrates competency in the knowledge of the RIS/HIS/MRS (if applicable) modules appropriate to their job responsibilities.
• Demonstrates proper telephone techniques and etiquette in accordance with the department and hospital guidelines as it relates to answering phones, directing calls, and taking complete and accurate messages.
• Maintain competence in the use of the Patient Transport system.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Computer skills

CPR certification

Medical terminology

Education

High School Graduate or equivalent

Tools

RIS/HIS/MRS

Job description

St. Luke's is proud of the skills, experience and compassion of its employees. The employees of St. Luke's are our most valuable asset! Individually and together, our employees are dedicated to satisfying the mission of our organization which is an unwavering commitment to excellence as we care for the sick and injured; educate physicians, nurses and other health care providers; and improve access to care in the communities we serve, regardless of a patient's ability to pay for health care.

Schedule

Saturday and Sunday 11 AM-11 PM, premium weekend Rate including benefits.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Excels in effective and positive communications.
• Uses skills to bolster the organization/ department image.
• Reviews the daily schedule for each modality.
• Greet the patient in the registration area at their scheduled appointment time.
• Follows AIDET guidelines in all patient interactions.
• Notification of the patient's arrival is immediately communicated to the technologist.
• Patient is informed if there will be a delay in their exam start.
• Contacts other facilities for outside films and reports.
• Provide escort for the patient to the correct modality.
• Assists the technologists, nursing staff or Radiologist in preparing the patient for their exam.
• Accurately adheres to downtime procedures to assure appropriate information is available, resulting in excellent continuity of care for patients.
• Completes clerical functions including copying and faxing.
• Makes effective use of telephone, fax and electronic mail systems.
• Supply management duties are performed in accordance with the department budget and predetermined par levels. This would include inventory control, reorder, and stocking of the patient care areas.
• Demonstrates competency in the knowledge of the RIS/HIS/MRS (if applicable) modules appropriate to their job responsibilities.
• Demonstrates proper telephone techniques and etiquette in accordance with the department and hospital guidelines as it relates to answering phones, directing calls, and taking complete and accurate messages.
• Maintain competence in the use of the Patient Transport system.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Must be able to stand or walk for up to 7 hours per day in 60-minute increments.
• Sitting for up to 1 hour per day in 15-minute increments.
• Must be able to walk on level surfaces or carpeted surfaces for up to 10 minutes consecutively.
• Must have the ability to lift/move objects up to 40 pounds, push/pull patients weighing up to 400 pounds.
• Must have the ability to occasionally stoop/bend, crouch, kneel and reach above shoulder level.
• Must have the ability to hear as it relates to normal conversation and the ability to hear call bells.
• Must be capable of seeing as it relates to general vision, depth perception and peripheral vision.
• Manual dexterity in order to type on a keyboard for up to 5 minutes at a time.
• Frequent use of hands/fingers for data entry and charting information.

EDUCATION

• High School Graduate or equivalent.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• General computer skills are necessary, medical terminology preferred.
• Minimum 1-year hospital experience preferred.
• Excellent customer relation and communication skills necessary.
• Current CPR certification required.

Equal Opportunity Employer

St. Luke's University Health Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Founded in 1872, St. Luke's University Health Network (SLUHN) is a fully integrated, regional, non-profit network of more than 23,000 employees providing services at 16 campuses and 350+ outpatient sites. With annual net revenue in excess of $4 billion, the Network's service area includes 11 counties in two states: Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Montgomery, Monroe, Schuylkill and Luzerne counties in Pennsylvania and Warren and Hunterdon counties in New Jersey. St. Luke's hospitals operate the largest network of trauma centers in Pennsylvania, with the Bethlehem Campus being home to St. Luke's Children's Hospital. SLUHN is the only Lehigh Valley-based health care system to earn Medicare's five-star ratings (the highest) for quality, efficiency and patient satisfaction. It is both a Leapfrog Group and Healthgrades Top Hospital and a Newsweek World's Best Hospital. The Network's flagship University Hospital has earned the 100 Top Major Teaching Hospital designation from Premier 13 times total and eleven years in a row, including in 2023 when it was identified as the #4 TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY. In 2021, St. Luke's was identified as one of the 15 Top Health Systems nationally. St. Luke's is the ONLY health care institution in the Lehigh Valley to be named a Top Workplace regionally repeating the exclusive honor for the third year in a row. Also, for the third straight year, St. Luke's has been a Top Workplaces in the Philadelphia Region by the Philadelphia Inquirer, ranking 9th in the large employer category for 2025 and the only health care system in PA to receive this award. In 2025, St. Luke's was recognized as a national Top Workplaces by USA Today, three years in a row, including the 3rd best health care system in the nation in 2023 and 2024. Lastly, in 2025, St. Luke's was named a Top Workplace in New Jersey for the third year in a row. Learn More Here.

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