X-Ray Tech (Eastport Care Center)

CenterWell Senior Primary Care•The Villages, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

As an X-Ray Tech, you will be responsible for performing a variety of duties in the medical practice, involved in both the clinical and administrative areas. This includes assisting physicians with patient care and handling clerical, environmental, and organizational tasks. You will provide information to patients so they may fully utilize and benefit from the clinical service. The role involves using customer service principles to interact calmly and pleasantly with patients and staff, fulfilling patient care responsibilities such as checking schedules, organizing patient flow, assisting patients with mobility and personal care, collecting specimens, preparing for exams, collecting patient history, performing screenings, assisting physicians/nurses with procedures, charting, relaying instructions, and answering calls. Clerical duties include managing patient medical records, obtaining lab/x-ray reports and referral information, completing forms, and updating the electronic medical record. Environmental responsibilities include setting up instruments and equipment, cleaning rooms and equipment for infection control, maintaining sterilizer records, ordering and storing supplies, and restocking exam rooms. Specifically for the X-Ray Tech role, you will prepare patients for radiologic procedures, protect yourself and others from radiation hazards, perform X-rays using radiographic equipment for diagnosis and treatment, implement infection control procedures, select appropriate ionizing factors, adjust radiographic controls, position patients, and send X-rays to medical staff. You will also maintain patient records and monthly reports, perform quality control checks on X-ray units, comply with safety standards, clean and maintain radiographic equipment, and communicate with team members for a patient-centered practice. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED) required.
Community college course in medical assisting and/or certified medical assistant certification and Basic Machine Operator (BMO) licensed by the State of Florida OR Registration as a radiologic technologist R.T.(R) through the ARRT
Documented evidence of externship completed in a medical office or facility.
Must possess a current CPR certification and current health records with the appropriate immunizations to work in the health care field (hepatitis B and tuberculosis).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree
X-ray experience in the medical environment

Responsibilities

Uses customer service principles and techniques to deal with patients and staff calmly and pleasantly.
Fulfills patient care responsibilities as assigned that include checking schedules and organizing patient flow; accompanying patients to exam/procedure room; assisting patients as needed with walking, undressing and dressing, collecting specimens; preparing for exam, etc.; collecting patient history; performing screenings per provider guidelines; assisting physicians/nurses with various procedures; charting; relaying instructions to patients/families; answering calls, and providing pertinent information.
Fulfills clerical responsibilities as assigned that may include sending/receiving patient medical records; obtaining lab/x-ray reports, hospital notes, referral information, etc.; completing forms/requisitions as needed; managing and updating electronic medical record to ensure that information is complete.
Fulfills environmental responsibilities as assigned that may include setting up instruments and equipment according to protocols; cleaning visit/procedure rooms, instruments, and equipment between patient visits to maintain infection control; cleaning sterilizer according to scheduled maintenance program and keeping appropriate records; ordering, sorting, storing supplies; and restocking exam/procedure rooms.
Prepares patients for radiologic procedures.
Protects patient, self, and other staff from radiation hazards.
Performs X-rays following established procedures for patient care and safety, which involves setting up and operating radiographic equipment used in the medical diagnosis and/or treatment of patients and includes implementing infection control procedures for the work area.
Selects proper ionizing factors for radiological diagnosis.
Adjusts/sets radiographic controls.
Positions patients and takes X-rays of specific parts of the patient’s body as requested by physicians.
Sends X-rays to appropriate medical staff.
Maintains required records including patient records, and monthly reports.
Performs quantity and quality control checks to assure X-ray unit meets standards required by laws, rules, and departmental policies.
Complies with safety standards.
Cleans, maintains, and makes minor adjustments to radiographic equipment, including determining equipment repairs.
Communicates with other team members in clinical and clerical area to provide a successful patient centered practice.
Other duties as assigned