Job Description:

Provides patient support and expedites the diagnostic work-up in the mammography department up through diagnosis. Provides education, support and follow up to women as they progress through this process. Coordinate transition into Clinical Care Management.

Posting Specifics

Entry Rate: $17.85 + depending on experience

Benefits Eligible: Yes, check them out here, see info about our PEAK educational program below

Shift Details: Monday - Friday, 8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week

Perks of Working for Intermountain 

The PEAK Program is the following:

PEAK is an education resource provided to eligible caregivers in partnership with InStride, a global provider of enterprise education programs. Through PEAK, Intermountain offers tuition coverage for more than one hundred online learning options, including undergraduate studies, professional courses and certifications, high school diplomas, and English language learning.  All courses included in PEAK are online.  

Through PEAK, Intermountain will pay tuition up front so caregivers won’t have to worry about paying with their own money and then receiving reimbursement later

Essential Functions

Assist with coordination of multidisciplinary breast cancer and imaging information with the Clinical Care Coordinator.Call back all patients with an abnormal mammogram and assist in follow up.Coordinate appointments that require diagnostic services with radiological, surgical, or primary care provider.Explain image-guided procedures knowledgeably and in detail.Answering patient's questions and notifying primary care office to initiate referral if needed.Schedules patients and coordinates biopsy procedures including stereotactic, ultrasound core, and localizations.Follow-up on biopsy results.Notify appropriate physician with results.At discretion of clinician, may give results of biopsy to patient.Provide appropriate patient educationKeeps and updates accurate patient information, information shared with patients and providersMaintains educational/informational levels related to mammography and diagnostic radiology and current trends in breast cancer.Participates in appropriate breast center development and implementation work teams that focus on service and educational outcomes.Independent workTeamwork

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Medical Terminology experience or Medical Terminology Class

Preferred Qualifications

1 year of experience in a diagnostic imaging departmentExperience in a variety of computer programs.

Physical Requirements:

Physical Requirements

Frequent interactions with care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and address issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information.

Location:

Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center

Work City:

Murray

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$17.85 - $24.26

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado and Montana based caregivers.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

All positions subject to close without notice.