Radiology Technologist I - FT Weekend Nights Atrium Health Navicent

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Macon, GA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time position for a Radiology Technologist I working weekend nights at Atrium Health Navicent. The role involves escorting patients and visitors, assisting clinical staff with patient transfers, providing room orientation for admissions, and offering directional information. The technologist will also verify outpatient registrations and transport them to appropriate departments, as well as retrieve, clean, and store transport equipment.

Requirements

• Graduate of an institution accredited by an agency that ARRT recognizes in Radiologic Technology.
• Must be registry eligible with registry completion within 1 year of hire date.
• BLS
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.
• Requires strenuous physical effort while assisting patients from wheelchairs and stretchers.
• Handles equipment and monitors supplies.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to interact with patients and hospital staff.
• May frequently be to stretch, bend, twist, squat or kneel in operating radiographic equipment.
• Will be to use hands for power gripping, speed work and precision during manipulation of radiographic equipment and in the case of injured or diseased patients.
• Vision and hearing for distances of up to 10 feet is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Escorts patients, guests, and visitors to points of destination using ambulatory, beds, cribs, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
• Possesses knowledge and appropriate use of hospital paging system.
• Uses hospital telephone system as it relates to transport tracking to accept transport orders, put jobs in progress and complete jobs.
• Assists nursing and various clinical staff with the transferring of patients from bed to transport equipment.
• Transports and provides room orientation for admissions.
• Provides directional information to guests and visitors and patient location to patient's family members and guests.
• Verifies registration of outpatients and transport to appropriate departments or clinics.
• Retrieves, cleans, and stores all unused patient transport equipment.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off programs
• medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree