Women's Imaging Aide

St. Luke’s University Health Network; Center Valley (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's University Health Network in Center Valley, PA, is seeking a Women's Imaging Aide to support breast imaging procedures. You will assist with patient comfort, prepare exam rooms, and coordinate scheduling and communication with the care team.

Ideal candidates have a high school diploma and basic computer skills; BLS certification to be obtained within 60 days. This position emphasizes teamwork, accuracy and compassionate patient service in a busy hospital setting.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent is required.
• Health care specialty training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs functions to ensure patient comfort and satisfaction with service.
• Communicates changes in patients' conditions and onsite care team.
• Restocks department supplies as needed.
• Performs equipment checks and maintenance duties as appropriate to department.
• Assists in orienting and educating new staff.
• Performs clinical procedures within scope of practice.
• Extracts data from the medical record and records as directed.
• Transcribes orders and schedules tests/procedures.
• Ensures patient arrival communication to the appropriate department.

Skills

Basic computer skills

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Health care specialty training preferred

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.

The Women's Imaging Aide is responsible for providing care to patients presenting for breast imaging procedures. Participates in data collection, planning and implementation of patient care.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs necessary functions to ensure patient comfort and satisfaction with service
• Communicates changes in patients' conditions and onsite care team.
• Restocks department supplies as needed.
• Performs equipment checks and unit specific maintenance duties as appropriate to department.
• Assists in orienting and educating new staff.
• Performs clinical procedures within scope of practice.
• Extracts data from the medical record and records as directed.
• Transcribes orders, and schedules tests/ procedures.
• Assures communication of patient arrival to the appropriate department.
• Keeps a watchful eye on the waiting room to ensure that all patients are seen for service within 15 minutes of their arrival.
• Answers the telephone within 3 rings, assists or directs the caller to the appropriate person or department, and accurately records messages.
• As needed, contact other facilities for outside films and reports.
• Process requests for release of information in accordance with the policies set forth by the Medical Record Department.

PHYSICAL AND SENSORY REQUIREMENTS

• Standing up to eight hours a day, two to four hours at a time.
• Walking up to eight hours a day, two to four hours at a time.
• Fingering and handling frequently.
• Twisting and turning of hands occasionally.
• Occasionally lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Frequent carrying up to 25 lbs.
• Occasionally up to 50 lbs.
• Frequently pushing and pulling up to 75 lbs., occasionally exceeding 100 lbs.
• Occasionally stoops, bends, squats, kneels, and reaches above shoulder level.
• Hearing as it relates to normal conversation seeing as it relates to general and near vision.

EDUCATION

High School diploma or equivalent required. Health care specialty training preferred.

TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Individualized orientation program for all areas on site.

Obtain BLS certification within sixty days of employment or transfer to position.

Basic computer skills required.

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.