Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Harlingen Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Harlingen Medical Center is a Level IV Trauma Designated hospital that specializes in Cardiovascular Service, Emergency Services, Neuroscience, Orthopedic Services, Radiology, Rehabilitation Services and Surgical Services. Harlingen Medical Center has provided high-quality “Patient Focused Care” to the residents of Western Cameron County for more than 15 years. Harlingen Medical Center, one of South Texas’s best kept secrets, offers patients the best of both worlds--a warm, caring environment, close to home while providing the wide range of services and expertise typically found in much larger facilities.

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Responsibilities

The Administrative Assistant is directly accountable to the Director of Radiology, and indirectly to the technologists, and / or Shift Supervisor. Is an independent worker that performs clerical duties for the Radiology Department such as answering telephones, greeting patients and preparing requisitions for outpatients. Other duties include, but are not limited to, retrieving patient records for physicians or medical records. The Radiology Assistant should demonstrate adequate knowledge of the usual terminology of tests ordered in Radiology. This person should demonstrate good telephone etiquette and be able to greet patients and other visitors in a polite and friendly manner. Provides clerical support by utilizing telephone, computer, office equipment, PACS (Picture Archive and Communication System) and by running errands throughout the facility. Is able to assist staff technologists with duties involving indirect/direct patient care.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1. One year experience as receptionist/secretarial experienced preferred 2. High School Graduate or equivalent, some college preferred 3. Knowledge of Radiology tests preferred. 4. Some proficiency in Microsoft office, word, Excel