What are the responsibilities and job description for the Radiology Technologist position at Advocate Aurora Health?
Job Title: Radiology Technologist
Location: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Job Description and Requirements
Location: Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Job Description and Requirements
- Specialty: Radiology Technologist
- Discipline: Allied Health Professional
- Duration: Ongoing
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: Days
- Employment Type: Staff
- Performs basic to advanced radiologic procedures, including general diagnostic, general fluoroscopy, pain clinic, GI lab, urology, and c-arm procedures.
- Communicates with patients to explain procedures, obtain clinical history, confirm acknowledgment of patients' understanding, and address any questions or concerns.
- Positions patients and selects exposure factors for various radiologic examinations, provides patient with radiation protection and safety in accordance with prescribed methods.
- Identifies patient and labels images pertaining to the patient, compares requisitions to physician's orders to ensure exam accuracy, and processes images ensuring quality of radiographs and calls back patients as necessary.
- Assists, communicates, and consults with radiologists. Works independently outside the department with providers.
- Prepares and maintains records in accordance with various regulatory agencies and enters patient and study information into the radiology information system, documents billing codes of procedures performed to ensure accurate patient charges.
- Serves as a technical resource, role model, and/or preceptor for students and staff. Acts as a resource to staff at own facility and throughout the system.
- Facilitates clinical problem solving and collaborates with other departments to provide education on managing patients after procedures and any other imaging department processes and procedures.
- Performs various patient positioning and transporting duties, which require lifting and pushing/pulling, while utilizing proper technique.
- Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures.
- Radiographer license issued by the state of Wisconsin.
- Registered Technologist (RT) registration issued by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT).
- Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) needs to be obtained within 6 months.
- Advanced training beyond High School that includes the completion of an accredited or approved program in Radiologic Technology.
- Typically requires 2 years of experience in a Radiologic Technologist role.
- Proficient in radiology positioning and techniques, aseptic techniques, and C-arm.
- Advanced knowledge of radiation safety and radiology equipment.
- Knowledge of specialty physician protocols and ability to work effectively with diverse providers.
- Advanced knowledge of anatomy.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and patient service skills to work effectively with physicians, patients, and other staff members.
- Ability to work independently.
- Intermediate computer skills.
- Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders frequently throughout the workday.
- Must be able to stand/walk for majority of the day.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist, lift up to 20 lbs over the head, carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance, push/pull with 30 lbs of force, perform a sliding transfer of 150 lbs with a second person present.
- May be exposed to mechanical, electrical, chemical, and radiation hazards as well as blood and body fluids; therefore, personal protective equipment must be worn as necessary.
- Must have clear speech, vision, and hearing.
- Operates all equipment necessary to perform the job.
