CT Technologist - FLOAT - CT (Days)

Tanner Health•Carrollton, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Plans, coordinates, supervises, and carries out the activities of the CT area. Work is carried out in an independent, professional manner with minimal supervision. This role involves performing CT procedures, maintaining CT equipment, ensuring proper records are kept, and participating in QA/QC programs. The technologist must demonstrate competency in patient care across various age groups and understand growth and development. They are responsible for obtaining and interpreting patient information, understanding treatment needs, and maintaining proper patient records. The role also includes involvement in CQI related duties. Employees must perform within Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program, detecting and reporting compliance variances. The position may occasionally assign duties to transporters and requires frequent but limited contacts with others, necessitating discretion and tact. Errors could lead to serious losses such as improper costs, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delays in work processing, with effects often confined within the organization. Some confidential data is handled regularly. The role involves considerable physical effort, including lifting, carrying, and handling medium to heavy equipment and materials, and working in reaching or strained positions frequently. The working environment involves exposure to dirt, odors, noise, temperature extremes, occupational risks, and potential contact with bloodborne pathogens, infectious diseases, or bio-hazardous materials. Specific tasks involve contact with blood, body fluids, or sharps, and direct work with patients less than 12 months of age. The role requires continuous hearing, visual, speaking, standing, balancing, and walking, with lifting up to 25 lbs. Frequently, color vision, handling, and pushing/pulling up to 60 lbs are required. Occasionally, bending, typing, manual dexterity, feeling, reaching, running in emergencies, carrying, kneeling, squatting, and using N95 respirators or hazmat suits are involved.

Requirements

Technical or Vocational school plus up to 2 years specialty training
One year of related experience.
Requires a working knowledge of standard practices and procedures.
Healthcare Provider (CPR) within 30 days from hire.
Radiologic Technologist
Graduate of an approved 2-year Radiological Technology program.
One year experience required in CT field.
Registered Technologist.
CT Registry must be completed within one year of hire.
Demonstrates competency in patient care according to the age of the patient and population served.
Hearing
Visual
Speaking
Standing
Balancing
Walking
Lifting Up to 25 lbs.
Lifting 25 To 60 lbs.
Lifting over 60 lbs.
Color Vision
Handling -- seizing, holding, grasping
Pushing/Pulling -- Up To 25 lbs.
Pushing/Pulling -- 25 To 60 lbs.
Pushing/Pulling -- over 60 lbs.
Bending
Typing
Manual Dexterity -- picking, pinching With fingers etc.
Feeling (Touch) -- determining temperature, texture, by touching
Reaching -- above shoulder
Reaching -- below shoulder
Running - In response To an emergency
Carrying
Kneeling
Squatting
N95 Respirator usage (PPE)
Hazmat suit usage (PPE)

Nice To Haves

External Hires Only

Responsibilities

Plans, coordinates, supervises, and carries out the activities of the CT area.
Perform CT procedures.
Responsible for CT maintenance on equipment including proper records.
Responsible for individual continuing education to maintain registry.
Responsible for QA/QC programs.
And other related duties.
Demonstrates knowledge of growth and development.
Demonstrates the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of patient's needs.
Demonstrates understanding of the range of treatment needed by these patients (age and diagnosis).
Responsible for CQI related duties.
Responsible for maintenance of proper patient records.
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program.
Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Occasionally assigns duties to transporters.
Requires discretion and tact to interpret departmental procedures.