Radiologic Technologist - PRN Variable
About The Position
Operates computed radiographic equipment and the picture archiving and communication system (PACS), and prepares rooms, equipment, supplies, and contrast media. Provides patient services using imaging modalities and assesses information about patients’ conditions to meet age-specific needs, from infants through geriatric patients. The role verifies patient identity, assesses patient safety, prepares patients and equipment, performs and reviews radiographic procedures, and maintains patient confidentiality. It also requires following organizational, professional, infection-control, safety, and regulatory standards while providing professional customer service.
Requirements
- Associate of Applied Science degree required.
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians license in the State of Ohio.
- Registration with the ARRT registry.
- CPR certification approved by the American Heart Association.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with patients and staff.
- Ability to work independently.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Ability to meet the physical, dexterity, psychomotor, visual, auditory, and cognitive demands described for the role.
- Ability to work in a computerized environment, including prolonged sitting and use of a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of post-graduate radiologic experience; hospital-setting experience preferred.
- Computer experience is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Represent the organization positively and professionally, and demonstrate its standards of behavior and service fundamentals.
- Promote patient and employee safety through proper identification, reporting, documentation, and prevention.
- Maintain a clean, quiet patient environment and follow infection-control, medication, controlled-substance, confidentiality, and other organizational policies.
- Participate in ongoing quality improvement and maintain competency in current standards and developments relevant to the role.
- Verify each patient's identity using two identifiers and compare the information with the requisition before transport or procedures.
- Assess patient condition and support patient safety through appropriate use of restraints and support devices under staff guidance.
- Review radiographs for technical accuracy.
- Prepare rooms, equipment, and materials for patients and procedures.
- Clean and disinfect radiographic and fluoroscopic rooms and equipment, including portable equipment, CT, and ultrasound equipment.
- Prepare barium solutions and contrast media.
- Perform venipuncture and inject iodinated contrast media under the supervision of a radiologist or ER physician when competency training permits.
- Follow prescribed radiographic techniques, including equipment adjustment, exposure selection, patient positioning, immobilization, shielding, and film-size selection.
- Develop film in accordance with radiographic processing techniques.
- Anticipate and respond to customer needs, using diplomacy and tact in daily interactions.
- Recognize and respond to age-specific patient needs, including child development, adolescent behavior, and signs of normal aging.
- Maintain patient confidentiality in compliance with HIPAA guidelines.
- Demonstrate the service recovery CARE approach: Connect, Apologize, Repair, and Exceed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
