Team Leader Ct Tech

Covenant Health•Knoxville, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Team Leader CT Technologist provides supervisory leadership to CT staff, coordinating activities with the Imaging Department Director or Manager. The role assists radiologists, physicians, nursing staff, and others in caring for CT patients, and requires independent judgment and discretion. The team leader maintains a safe CT environment, monitors CT dose data, applies protocol changes as directed by radiologists or radiological physicists, and consults with the Imaging Director or Manager about CT training. The position combines advanced CT clinical work with staff leadership, education, scheduling, quality assurance, safety, and department operations. The team leader operates CT and related equipment, obtains high-quality images, supports radiologists with protocols and procedures, and ensures patient care and imaging practices comply with applicable policies, accreditation requirements, and safety standards.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year of CT experience.
Must have and maintain ARRT (CT) certification.
Must hold state licensure in accordance with Tennessee guidelines.
Education must be sufficient to meet the standards for the required license and/or certification; no specific minimum education is specified.

Responsibilities

Resolve complex patient-management and physician issues independently using CT expertise.
Demonstrate complex clinical skills and develop CT protocols with guidance from radiologists or physicians.
Model leadership, precept staff, cross-train in other areas, and provide education to the community and department.
Maintain established policies, procedures, objectives, quality assurance, general safety, radiation safety, and equipment quality-control standards.
Maintain ACR or other required accreditation.
Identify CT educational needs and provide annual department in-services, training, instruction, and education to imaging technologists, nursing staff, and related areas.
Participate in staff performance appraisals and hiring; provide recommendations to the imaging manager; prepare documentation for possible disciplinary actions; and recommend commendations, bonuses, or other recognition.
Make work assignments, direct work activities, coordinate staff relief for meals, breaks, and meetings, and perform payroll edits.
Operate high-radiation-producing equipment, CT systems, physiologic gating devices, and associated equipment to produce high-quality images.
Select exam parameters according to established protocols and factors affecting data acquisition; evaluate scan quality, post-process images, complete exams in the electronic medical record, and send images to PACS.
Adjust protocols and dose as appropriate to maintain established Dose Reference Levels per ACR and AAPM guidelines, and complete high-quality CT scans in a timely manner.
Assist radiologists in developing new protocols and CT imaging techniques and assist with CT procedures such as biopsies.
Screen patients and others for CT safety; obtain patient histories and complete and verify consents, informed consents, and permits as needed.
Instruct and educate patients, monitor them during exams by audio/visual means, and address their psychological and physical needs.
Position patients and equipment safely and comfortably using immobilization and protective equipment, while applying CT safety principles.
Use aseptic technique and universal precautions and apply infection-prevention processes.
Identify, prepare, and/or administer medications as prescribed by a licensed independent practitioner; perform venipuncture for contrast administration as ordered or required by the exam; operate pressure/power injectors; and administer oral or rectal contrast or perform lab draws as applicable.
Assure time-outs are performed during procedures.
Coordinate scheduling and patient flow, perform clerical duties, and assist with inventory control.
Educate, train, orient, and assist new staff members and provide education to student technologists.
Maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) and perform BLS as needed.
Follow policies, procedures, and safety standards; complete annual education assignments; work toward goals and objectives; participate in quality improvement initiatives as requested; and perform other duties as assigned.