Tech Assistant II

GlobalPoint; Salinas (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Salinas, CA is seeking a Tech Assistant II for a 6+ month position. The role involves using the PACS system to manage patient imaging studies, assisting with patient transport, and performing clerical duties. Candidates should have a high school education or GED, a current BLS certification, and 2-4 years of scheduling experience in medical imaging. Strong medical terminology knowledge is preferred for this position.

Qualifications

• Current BLS/Healthcare Provider status per American Heart Association standards.
• Two to four years of recent scheduling experience in medical imaging.
• Strong knowledge of medical terminology is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Transmit and print patient imaging studies using PACS system.
• Transport and assist patients; performs routine clerical duties.
• Schedule exams and manage patient demographics and financial data.

Skills

Scheduling exams with MD office

Interviews and pre-registers patients

Explaining required documents and consents

Education

High school education or GED

Job description

Job Title: Tech Assistant II

Location: Salinas, CA, 93901

Duration: 6+ months

Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, uses the PACS system to transmit and print/burn CDs of patient imaging studies.
• Transports and assists patients; lifts and moves patients; files x‑ray jackets.
• Performs routine clerical duties: prepares charts for interventional procedures, obtains patient demographics and financial data, and enters the information into the computer system.
• Provides necessary patient preparation for procedures.
• Works with radiologists and nurses to schedule interventional cases.
• Prepares and processes initial paperwork and identification bands.
• Schedules exams for multiple modalities (PT/CT, CT, MRI, NM, US, Angio, X‑ray, Mammo).
• Obtains authorizations and provides billing codes for physician’s office; assesses medical necessity for Medicare patients.
• Obtains required signatures and collects copies of insurance, Medicare, and medical cards.
• Communicates friendly and professional on phone; answers calls with prompting and courtesy.
• Interviews, pre‑registers, and screens patients for imaging studies, entering data into ITS and Meditech.
• Coordinates child/adult sedation under anesthesiology with the surgery scheduling department.
• Reviews DI orders for the following day to verify order coincides with scheduled exam.
• Manages scheduling for technologist and radiologist for CT, US, PET/CT, and MRI.
• Greets, registers, obtains insurance and identification cards; determines primary and secondary payor.
• Initiates and explains required documents, consents, and registration demographics; obtains signatures.
• May transport patients by wheelchair, stretcher, or walking; may assist patients by lifting and moving them off and onto the X‑ray table.

Skills

• Schedules exams with MD office: obtains authorization and DI order; provides CPT and ICD‑9 codes for Medicare patients.
• Interviews, pre‑registers, and screens patients for PET/CT, MRI, US, and CT, ensuring accurate demographic information.
• Initiates and explains required documents and consents; obtains signatures.

Education

High school education or GED.

Licensure

Current BLS/Healthcare Provider status as per American Heart Association standards.

Experience

Two to four years of recent scheduling experience in PT/CT, Angio, CT, US, MRI, and X‑ray is required. Medical terminology is strongly preferred.