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PRIME Occupational Medicine's Mission:

PRIME's mission is to provide employers worldwide with the best tools to optimize the efficiency necessary to maximize improvement in each worker's health and safety.

Objectives of this role:

The X-Ray technician's role is to provide optimal care in a patient-centered environment and to provide subspecialty expertise. Provide top-quality imaging and therapeutic procedures. Assist in the role as a medical assistant when X-ray technician duties are slow.

Responsibilities:

• Verifying client identity and reviewing medical staff's orders before beginning x-ray procedures.
• Provide verbal and/or written instruction
• Correctly position the client in positioning body parts to be radiographed, which may include lifting and moving patients with limited mobility.
• Adjust the imaging equipment to the specified position.
• Ensuring that the x-rays taken are of sound quality to prevent repeat procedures.
• Explain procedures and observe patients to ensure patient care, safety, and comfort during scan.
• Prevent unnecessary radiation exposure both to themselves and to the client
• Follow correct techniques and procedures such as client shielding
• Maintain radiology supplies inventory by checking stock, anticipating future needs, and placing orders or informing Clinic Manager.
• Promptly notifying management of damaged or malfunctioning x-ray equipment.
• Maintaining an accurate record of completed x-ray procedures.
• Adhere to ethical standards of conduct as well as applicable state and federal laws.
• Login into the appropriate radiology site. Label exams accordingly.
• Match any completed reports with the appropriate chart and place in the appropriate
• At the end of each day, compare logs with Synapse to ensure all x-rays have been sent and highlighted.
• Wipe down all x-ray equipment and clean films.
• May be required to work at other PRIME clinics and on-site locations.

Medical Assistant

• Preparing Patients for Examinations
• Document Medical Histories
• Assist the Physician During Examinations
• Explaining Medical Testing to Patients
• Sterilize Medical Instruments
• Maintaining patient medical records
• Updating patient files
• Phones/messages
• Assist in injury care
• Drug & Alcohol screenings
• Pulmonary Function Test
• Respirator Fit Test
• Phlebotomy
• Audiograms
• Injections
• EKGs
• Must have the ability to take a 1 week call on rotating basis
• May be required to work overtime and holidays
• Dependable transportation
• Other duties as assigned

Skills and qualifications:

• Required city, state, or federal license and/or certification.
• Proven experience as an X-ray technician
• Taking x-rays of various body parts
• Ability to move or lift patients
• Ability to stand for extended periods
• Excellence communication skills
• Maintaining client and staff confidentiality
• Reliability
• Patients and compassion
• Punctuality
• Stress Management
• Teamwork
• Working independently
• Working quickly and accurately
• Maintain confidentiality per OSHA and HIPPAA

Physical Demands: Sitting or standing for prolonged periods of time, lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects up to 125 pounds. Repetitive motion. Extensive use of computers, x-ray machines, and keyboards. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Work is performed in a medical clinic setting and requires the ability to operate x-ray machines, standard office equipment, and keyboards. Must have the ability to lift and carry parcels, packages, climb stairs, and other items, to walk short distances, and drive a vehicle to other sites and prime clinics and deliver and pick up materials.

Mental Requirements: Learn new tasks, remember processes, maintain focus, complete tasks independently, make timely decisions in the context of a workflow, ability to communicate with employees and visitors, ability to complete tasks in situations that have a speed or productivity quota. Position Unit: Various PRIME locations - Non-Exempt: Hourly