Excited to start your career in Imaging? Click here to find out why you should start it with Intermountain Health at St. Joseph Medical Center in Denver .
Posting Specifics:
- Benefits Eligible: Yes
- Hours: 40 hours
- Additional Details: Shift differentials are given for evenings, nights, and weekends
St. Joseph Medical Center is part of Intermountain Health, a nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. At our 364-bed community hospital, our mission is to bring health and hope to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. We’ve been serving the Denver community since 1873. We remain the largest private teaching hospital in Denver.
Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and Paid Time Off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.
Scope:
- Produce x-ray images of specified body areas as directed by the physician or radiologist ensuring clear and undistorted films.
- Position and instruct patients regarding x-ray procedures.
- Perform x-ray procedures using portable machines as requested by the Emergency Department and nursing units.
- Process films for radiologists’ reading/interpretation following established procedures.
- Prepare or clean patient rooms by changing linens, stocking supplies, and wiping off tables and equipment ensuring an efficient and clean working environment.
- Protect patients from undue exposure to radiation by using lead shields and various safety factors.
- Prepare and assist in administering contrast agents by monitoring dosages and determining any potential allergies ensuring compliance with department policies and procedures.
- Maintain patient information as needed by purging or updating patient film jackets and/or filing reports or film files to ensure accurate patient records.
- Maintain imaging and processing equipment by performing scheduled cleanings and tests and documenting results. Contact service personnel and notify supervision of malfunctioning equipment.
Requirements:
- High School diploma or equivalent, required.
- Successful completion of an approved radiological training program and the ability to meet the requirements for registry by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), required.
- License/certification in the state of practice is required prior to start date.
- Possess a current Basic Life Support Certification, or obtain certification within one month of employment, required.
Now that you know more about being a Radiology Technologist on our team, we hope you’ll join us. At Intermountain Health, you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.
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