TOPS Comprehensive Breast Center, Kingwood
BONUS
required to go to ALL Breast Centers
Responsible for performing high quality breast imaging examinations. He/she will strive to minimize patient wait time in the department and will do his/her best to educate patients/families about procedures being performed. Demonstrates the primary goal of efficiently providing breast imaging services that exceed customer expectations and improve clinical and financial operations.
- Philosophy
- Supports the facility's ideology, mission, goals, and objectives
- Performs in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures
- Follows the facility's standards for ethical business conduct
- Conducts self as a positive role model and team member
- Recognizes patients' rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties
- Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services, and activities
- Communication
- Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers
- Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner
- Displays the ability to comprehend and interpret verbal orders and direction
- Displays skill in oral and written communication techniques
- Financial Practices
- Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices
- Reports wasteful practices
- Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements
- Compliance Program
- Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted compliance program
- Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures
- Performance-Improvement Program
- Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted performance-improvement program
- Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures
- Participates in data collection activities to support the performance-improvement program
- Safety/Risk-Management Program
- Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities
- Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance to the safety officer or other designated person
- Professional Competence
- Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences
- Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff
- Maintains ARRT and TMB licenses
- Adhere to all accreditations standards set forth by local, state, and federal agencies and perform
- Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities
- Welcomes suggestions and recommendations
- Duties
- Participates in development of Policies and Procedures within the department.
- Perform all breast imaging procedures as written in Policy and Procedure Manual.
- Perform high quality work.
- Perform quality control functions related to Breast Imaging.
- Ability to troubleshoot equipment issues and notify all pertinent team members in a timely manner.
- Adheres to Policies and Procedures as defined by Infection Control.
- Demonstrates knowledge of medical records to include completing documentation for incoming CD's, uploading discs, logging imaging exams in the system, requesting medical records as needed.
- Gathers patient information by collecting demographic information from a variety of sources: interacting with the registration areas and physicians' offices; retrieving information from systems.
- Maintain continuity of work operations by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs and communicate problems according to established procedures.
- Demonstrates knowledge of the various computer systems used at facility.
- Assists in answering incoming calls for a high volume phone queue.
- Participates in Performance Improvement Plan.
- Serves as a resource to other members of the health care team.
- Act in accordance with the vision, mission, and business philosophy of the Center
- Maintain patient, physician, and employee privacy and confidentiality per policy.
- Follow the Center's professional conduct and dress code policy.
- Communicate effectively and courteously with visitors, physicians and their office staffs, patients and employees.
- Assists with other responsibilities of center as deemed necessary by management.
Required Skills: - Cooperative work attitude toward co-employees, management, patients, visitors, and physicians
- Ability to promote favorable facility image with physicians, patients, insurance companies, and general public
- Ability to make decisions and solve problems
- High school diploma or GED certification
- Graduate of an approved School of Radiologic Technology.
- Medical Radiologic Technologist License by Texas (TDH/ TMB)
- Registered by ARRT and Mammography registry eligible.
- Great attitude
- CPR Certification
- Proficient typing/ keyboarding skills
Preferred
Registered in Mammography by the ARRT
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
