Position Highlights:

• Retention Bonus: $2,000!
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career. 
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values: Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What you will do:

• Pleasantly greets patients, introduce yourself, confirm patient identification, and explains procedure in a manner that is understood.
• Able to utilize the hospital computer systems (HIS/RIS/PACS) to retrieve information, export images to appropriate and valid destinations, review images, retrieve archived studies, verify data, perform order entry, and record information following completion of exam.
• Receives order request checking for special instructions, and consults with Radiologists as needed.
• Prepare room, equipment, and imaging materials as needed for patients.
• Prepare patient for CT procedure by having patient gown appropriately as needed.
• Perform post processing of data, specifically multi-planar reformatting and 3D rendering on orthopedic and vascular cases.
• Appropriately cleans and disinfects CT suites, work area, and equipment. Maintains stock supplies for assigned rooms.
• Positions patient and plans imaging study. Ability to adapt imaging plans per patient encounter when patient is unable to cooperate or comply.
• Assists patient at end of procedures, appropriately ending encounter by making sure patient is taken to room, ED, or other unit. If an outpatient he or she is shown out of imaging and/or to other testing locations.
• Starts IV’s for contrast studies. Prepares various contrast media for CT study.
• Checks patient history for prior studies as is pertinent to the current study
• Coordinates scheduling, transportation, and scanning of patients with the activities of the CT suites.
• Selects and operates equipment appropriately and/or per manufacturer and industry guidelines. Follows prescribed techniques in administering scans. Adjusts equipment settings; determines proper exposure parameters selecting proper technical factors on an individual patient basis.
• Observes patient and machine during procedure and reports unusual occurrences.
• Performs a patient assessment as appropriate for the imaging procedure to assist Radiologist during their interpretation.
• Performs general maintenance on equipment and daily/weekly technologist QC. Reports to manufacturer any errors in test results.
• Available for emergency cases on a rotational basis.
• Knowledge of the needs of patients according to their age group and the ability to modify care according to patient’s age. Technologist will most frequently care for adults and geriatric patients; and, on occasion, adolescents, children, infants, and neonates.
• Lifts, moves, and transports patients via wheelchair or cart and onto imaging table. Transports patient from patient room, Surgery Center, ED, and other patient care areas. Returns patient to room or other patient care area when imaging is completed.

What you will need:

• Graduate of formal radiologic technology training program in an approved school.
• ARRT (R) (CT) required. ARRT (CT) preferred. ODH license in radiography required.
• Must be currently certified in CPR, and be recertified bi-annually.
• Weekend, call, and holiday rotation required. Position may rotate between CT and X-Ray.
• Ability to work in an environment that is fast-paced requiring multi-tasking.
• Uses proper body mechanics. Ability to push, pull and/or lift patient from carts, wheelchairs, or other transport devices, onto imaging table/couch.
• Complies with all Service Excellence, Quality, and customer satisfaction initiatives.
• Ability to read and write small letters and numbers.
• Ability to maintain neat and orderly files and records.
• Ability to communicate and understand oral and written communication.
• Ability to communicate effectively with management, physicians, co workers, patients and students.
• Punctual attendance at assigned work location is required.
• Ability to work in a safe and efficient manner and maintain an accident free work place, including ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of Medical Center emergency codes.
• Ability to comply with OSHA regulations and CDC standard and transmission-based precaution recommendations and to utilize proper personal protective equipment. Ability to comply with provisions of applicable S.D.S. forms.
• Successful completion of a ninety (90) day probationary period.