Radiology Technician

KurzSolutions•Harlem, MT

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Community – Harlem, MT Harlem is located just north of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation between Havre and Malta. Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is home to the Gros Ventre and Assiniboine tribes. Guided tours are available to Snake Butte, Mission Canyon, Bear Gulch, and St. Paul's Mission. Annual events include Milk River Indian Days and Hay's Powwow and Fair, both in July, featuring dancing, singing, and hand drum contests by natives from throughout the United States and Canada. The Fort Belknap Indian Reservation is located 40 miles south of the Canadian border and twenty miles north of the Mississippi River, which is the route of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Because of the close working relationship, the Tribes have given Indian Health Service providers hunting and fishing privileges on the reservation to hunt deer, antelope, elk, buffalo, and game birds. This area offers activities for all seasons, from fishing, hiking, hunting, river rafting, and all winter sports. "Big City” amenities and entertainment can be found with a drive to Billings or Great Falls, two of the largest cities in Montana. Take a closer look at what can be experienced in Harlem here! Airport Information: Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport (BZN) This airport welcomes over 2 million travelers annually and is continuously expanding and renovating terminal infrastructure and property development. Providing air support with Alaska, Allegiant, American Airlines, Delta, jetBlue, Southwest, Sun Country, and United, this location provides nonstop flights to 24 U.S. markets and connections all over the world. For more information about the airport, check out their website here! About the Facility – Fort Belknap Indian Hospital Fort Belknap Service Unit is a Joint Commission 6-bed critical access hospital (CAH) located at the Fort Belknap Agency, Harlem, Montana, and a satellite health clinic located in Hays, approximately 35 miles away. The 6-bed CAH provides the majority of the health care for all Gros Ventres, Assiniboines, and eligible Native American patients on and near the Fort Belknap Reservation. The Fort Belknap CAH outpatient visits average 39,000 per year. The new clinic in Hays, the Eagle Child Health Center, can adequately serve 13,000 per year. Our system of care includes Client and Tribal Health programs that work in concert to deliver care to the community. Facility Address: 669 Agency Main St, Harlem, MT 59526

Requirements

All Diagnostic Radiology Technologists must be certified with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (R).
Must be capable of technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the requirements identified in the function statements for a General DRT.
Must have an academic degree from an accredited Radiology Educational program.
Must have a current Basic Life Support certificate.
Must have a minimum of six (6) months of experience in Diagnostic Radiology Technologies.

Responsibilities

Perform radiologic examinations as scheduled for use in clinical diagnosis, patient screening, monitoring patient therapy and status, and other authorized purposes.
Performs radiologic studies for diagnosis to assist clinicians during emergency and routine exams utilizing highly specialized equipment.
Independently perform a variety of routine diagnostic radiographic examinations. Routine exams performed are skull, facial, mastoids, sinuses, spine, pelvis, abdomen, chest, and extremities.
Perform procedures requiring deviation from standard guidelines for positioning and for setting technical factors due to the patient's condition or other unusual circumstances (unconscious patient, paraplegic patient, seriously injured or otherwise physically and mentally unable to cooperate).
Performs special (complicated) procedures on critically ill and injured patients for whom accuracy and efficiency of the diagnostic procedure are critical; recommends deviations from the standard for positioning and technique manipulation.
Assures that the requisition for examination is properly executed and the request has been made by the proper authority.
Assures that patients are properly attired and prepared for the requested examination.
Position the patient and make the required exposures for examinations.
Maintain professional expertise to recognize the anatomy of various structures within the abdomen and pelvic cavities.
Review and evaluate the quality of the images taken.
Shall be able to recognize and correct errors in the quality of the image with very little or no supervision in his/her routine work and to discuss problems with the Physician or Radiologist.
Protect the patient from direct or secondary radiation by using proper exposures and proper coning to expose only the designated area.
Follow radiation protection guidelines by wearing personal dosimeter badges while working with and around radiation.
Ensure radiology equipment is properly maintained and repaired, and that all related areas are kept in a clean, neat, and orderly condition.
Monitor the work area to ensure that a safe environment is maintained.
Adjust the physical layout or adjust procedures and techniques in order to eliminate safety hazards or minimize the risk of injury to patients and personnel.
Keep x-ray equipment clean and be responsible for quality control activities, which include but are not limited to making minor adjustments to equipment, such as setting up wedges and, when necessary, changing transverse length adjusters.