Position Title:Radiologic Technologist
Location: Temple, TX
Shift: Friday-Sunday 9:00 PM-9:00 AM (Call: may be required)
Shift Per Week: 3
Scheduled Hours: 36
Minimum Rate Per Hour: $25
Maximum Rate Per Hour: $36
Sign-On Bonus: $10,000 (External Candidates Only)
Setting: Emergency Department - CT
Benefits
Our competitive benefits package empowers you to live well and provides:
- Eligibility on day 1 for all benefits
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 5%
- Debt-free tuition assistance, offering access to many no-cost and low-cost degrees, certificates, and more
- Immediate access to time off benefits
Why Join Us?
There are many reasons to join our team of Imaging professionals:
- Flexible work scheduling
- Career advancement/Leadership opportunities
- Relocation assistance
- Intraoperative-dedicated OR technologists
- Various shifts available for 8, 10, or 12 hours
- Enhanced shift differential pay
- Tuition: Fully funded bachelors and masters degrees
- Competitive wages and incentives
- Cross-training across modalities
- Work in your preferred setting: Academic Level 1 trauma center, Community Hospital, Pediatric Hospital, Ambulatory, and Specialty Clinics
Essential Functions of the Role
- Performs high-quality radiology procedures according to exam protocol in a timely manner.
- Utilizes AIDET when communicating with patients to identify service requirements, ensure correct exams are performed, and establish rapport with patients and others.
- Prepares patients and areas for procedures by positioning patients, adjusting immobilization devices, moving equipment into specified positions, and adjusting equipment controls to set exposure factors.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to safety requirements, infection-control, drug, and radiation policies, protocols, and techniques. Uses proper sterile techniques when setting up and performing invasive multimodality procedures.
- Maintains equipment and work areas to meet quality and cleanliness standards, working with engineers and physicists to ensure optimal operational capabilities of equipment.
- Reports issues to management or the appropriate department and assists in maintaining supplies inventory.
- Ensures people are safe to enter the department by screening them according to approved policies and procedures.
- Obtains, verifies, and maintains all relevant documentation such as requisition/chart, patient history, pregnancy status, and shielding precautions.
- Maintains medical imaging records in the appropriate system and according to department policies and standards for interpretation in a timely manner.
Key Success Factors
- Able to perform high-quality radiology procedures according to exam protocol in a timely manner.
- Able to explain the procedure and put patients at ease.
- Able to provide services in a timely, accurate, and cost-efficient manner in compliance with established system and regulatory standards, policies, and procedures.
- Able to perform tasks independently without routine oversight.
- Able to maintain a calm and helpful attitude, even under stress, and take appropriate steps to resolve issues.
- Able to effectively administer first aid and use the emergency cart.
- Able to ensure customer satisfaction by limiting wait times, providing courteous service, remaining professional, and reviewing patient satisfaction scores.
- Demonstrates and maintains current knowledge, continued education, and skills appropriate for the care of the following age groups: newborn, pediatric, young adult, adult, and geriatric.
- Able to serve as a preceptor by providing quality training to new team members and on new services and initiatives.
- Able to take call, if required.
Certification/License/Registration
- ARRT-R Radiography (ARRT-R) required.
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