Teleradiology Medical Assistant

Job Description

Position Title: Teleradiology Medical Assistant

Job classification: Ungraded

Duty station: Manila (Global) Administrative Centre (MAC)

Type of Appointment: Special Short Term-Ungraded

Salary: Php 42 000 per month net of taxes (All-inclusive)

Context

The IOM Global Teleradiology Center based IOM Manila (Global) Administrative Center, provides global Teleradiology services, Quality control and Global Radiology related technical support to IOM field operations and non-IOM panel sites with a purpose to standardize and optimize the quality of the Radiology services in migration health.

Under the direct supervision of the International Radiologist the Teleradiology Unit, MAC and the overall administrative and technical supervision of the senior Global Radiology coordinator managing, in MAC, the successful candidate will provide the IOM Teleradiology Center users the following duties and responsibilities:

Core Functions / Responsibilities

• Provide timely & properly upload to eMedical system the Chest x-ray (CXR) images of Migrant health assessment cases sent from panel sites in different countries and read by The Teleradiology Center.
• Cross check the identification of the CXRs of immigrants and refugees sent to the Teleradiology Center for reading including full name, ID, age, sex and date of birth before uploading the image to eMedical, to prevent substitution.
• Coordinate and with IOM field country operations and non-IOM panel sites and provide real time support through chat system and emails for information communication, notification, correcting bio-data errors, guiding the staff on standard bio-data formats and reporting purposes.
• Coordinate with the Teleradiology systems administrators for cases with issue, which need Teleradiology system checking and require actions in the Teleradiology systems.
• Coordinate with Teleradiology radiologists for notifying them when image uploading is complete, following up any pending tasks, and other related information communications.
• Assist the IOM Teleradiology Radiologist in copying the X-ray reports to eMedical, when needed.
• Ensure all the chest x-ray send from the field operations are read and submitted to the system by checking the data in the Teleradiology systems and eMedical and following up with the respective radiologists or field operations as needed.
• Prepare the daily summary of x-ray statistical reports and eMedical submissions, share to the field operations.
• Update the daily records/files and file the records in shared folders with complete, correct bio-data, and in a timely manner.
• Coordinate with the staff in IOM Teleradiology Center and other units when necessary for getting more information.
• Provide assistance to the Teleradiology Administrative Assistant, for logistic work, keeping track of consumables in the unit and data reporting, and related things as needed.
• Scan, photocopy and file medical documents as required.
• Provide support during weekends, holidays or outside working hours as well as “stand-by” focal on a rotation basis as may be requested.
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Education

• Completed university degree in Business Administration, Psychology, Science, Information Technology or any related field from an accredited academic institution with minimum two (2) years of relevant work experience; or,
• Completed High School degree with four (4) years of relevant experience.

Experience:

• Relevant work experience in administrative, quality assurance, use of databases and software applications, and statistical record keeping capacity.
• Experience with digital radiology and Teleradiology systems an advantage.
• Experience in Migration health work, screening health assessments and eHealth/eMedical services an advantage.
• Comprehensive computer skills in Microsoft Office especially Excel.
• Good communication and customer service skill.
• Advanced computer knowledge an advantage.