Breast & Lung Screening Program Specialist

Job Title: Breast & Lung Screening Program Specialist

Location: Main Hospital - New Brunswick

Department Name: Plum St. Imaging

Req #: 0000220342

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $20.00 - $26.00 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Job Overview:
RWJBarnabas Health is seeking a Breast and Lung Screening Program Specialist to support Plum St. Imaging in New Brunswick. This role plays a critical part in ensuring timely, accurate, and coordinated screening services for lung and prostate patients. The Specialist provides comprehensive clerical and administrative support throughout the screening workflow, ensuring exceptional service delivery and seamless communication with patients, providers, and internal departments. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and committed to supporting patient-centered care.

Qualifications:
Required:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to support patient and provider communication
• Ability to learn and navigate electronic health record systems, including EPIC
• Strong attention to detail when managing reports, letters, follow-up tracking, and documentation
• Ability to work independently while supporting a multidisciplinary team environment

Preferred:

• Previous medical office or healthcare clerical experience
• Experience working in a medical imaging, screening, or diagnostic testing environment
• Familiarity with radiology workflows, report management, and scheduling processes
• Knowledge of insurance, billing, or referral-related work queues

Scheduling Requirements:

• Working Shift: Monday – Friday
• Day Shift
• Full-Time, 40 Hours Per Week

Essential Functions:

• Assists with all clerical and administrative aspects of the breast and lung screening workflow
• Supports written and verbal communication with patients, providers, and internal teams
• Assists with patient letter mailing, follow-up communication, and documentation
• Ensures all screening exams are resulted timely and appropriately followed up when needed
• Ensures STAT and priority reports are transcribed and released in a timely manner
• Assists with tracking and processing required report addendums
• Performs importing of outside imaging and coordinates to ensure timely receipt of all studies
• Manages the imaging schedule to ensure outside films are received prior to result release
• Mails and faxes all reports, letters, and documentation to referring providers and patients
• Provides EPIC workflow support, including navigation, documentation, and work queue engagement
• Tracks patients who are due or past due for follow-up and proactively coordinates with scheduling
• Supports workflow by monitoring and completing tasks related to reports, billing, scheduling, and related work queues

Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Benefits and Perks:
At RWJBarnabas Health, our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Driven by our Total Wellbeing promise, our market-competitive offerings include comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees’ physical, emotional, financial, personal, career, and community wellbeing. These benefits and resources include, but are not limited to:

• Paid Time Off including Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time
• Retirement Plans
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Disability and Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Student Loan Planning Support
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Community and Volunteer Opportunities
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, and Verizon
• ….and more!

Choosing RWJBarnabas Health!
RWJBarnabas Health is the premier health care destination providing patient-centered, high-quality academic medicine in a compassionate and equitable manner, while delivering a best-in-class work experience to every member of the team. We honor and appreciate the privilege of creating and sustaining healthier communities, one person and one community at a time. As the leading academic health system in New Jersey, we advance innovative strategies in high-quality patient care, education, and research to address both the clinical and social determinants of health.

RWJBarnabas Health aims to truly make a unique impact in local communities throughout New Jersey. From vastly improving the health of local residents to creating educational and career opportunities, this combination greatly benefits the state. We understand the growing and evolving needs of residents in New Jersey—whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

At RWJBarnabas Health, our market-competitive Total Rewards package provides comprehensive benefits and resources to support our employees physical, emotional, social, and financial health.

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical and Prescription Drug Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plans
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life & Accidental Death Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Health Care/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Wellness Programs
• Voluntary Benefits (e.g., Pet Insurance)
• Discounts Through our Partners such as NJ Devils, NJ PAC, Verizon, and more!

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer