Medical Imaging Assistant Radiology

at  Queensland Health

Metro South Health is Australia’s first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland’s population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• Liaise with clients (referring physicians) requesting medical imaging procedures about patient flow through the imaging area.
• Liaise with radiographers, sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, registrars and radiologists performing and reporting on medical imaging examinations and with administration and nursing staff.
• Liaise with nursing staff and operational staff on transport arrangements.
• Escort patients to and from examination rooms and organise non-invasive imaging equipment set ups for patient examinations.
• Assist staff with patient transfers to exam couch.
• Demonstrates working knowledge or ability to learn all relevant Hospital Information Systems (eg CARPS, ieMR, Powerchart) and Radiology specific systems (CERNER RadNet, IMPAX).
• Enter data into RIS modules including scheduling and tracking of patients and registering urgent patients.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it’s so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

• Liaise with clients (referring physicians) requesting medical imaging procedures about patient flow through the imaging area.
• Liaise with radiographers, sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, registrars and radiologists performing and reporting on medical imaging examinations and with administration and nursing staff.
• Liaise with nursing staff and operational staff on transport arrangements.
• Escort patients to and from examination rooms and organise non-invasive imaging equipment set ups for patient examinations.
• Assist staff with patient transfers to exam couch.
• Demonstrates working knowledge or ability to learn all relevant Hospital Information Systems (eg CARPS, ieMR, Powerchart) and Radiology specific systems (CERNER RadNet, IMPAX).
• Enter data into RIS modules including scheduling and tracking of patients and registering urgent patients