What are the responsibilities and job description for the CT Tech - Night Shift position at SageWest Health Care – Lander?
Description
Location: Lander
Full-Time: 40 hours per week
Hours: 7 days on/7 days off rotation from 7:00pm - 7:00am
Benefits May Include:
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 401k w/ employer match
- Short & Long-term disabilities
- Life & AD&D insurances
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
- and more…
Position Summary:
Performs a variety of specialized tasks involved in the performance of CT scans. Perform complex specialized tasks associated with the operation of CT scanners and related equipment in accordance with prescribed radiation safety procedures.
Primary (Essential) Duties:
- Position patients for CT scans using immobilization and protective equipment as necessary.
- Assist radiologist with imaging procedures, starting IV's, and injecting contrast, if applicable.
- Assist radiologist with interventional CT procedures.
- Evaluate CT scans for technical quality, collate processed images in sequence of exposure and appropriately label.
- Schedule patients for procedures; assist with clerical functions.
- Document appropriate charging of procedures and supplies.
- Dispense oral contrast to patients for CT scans.
- Load and operate power injections for contrast media administration.
- Maintain accurate patient records.
Scion Health considers a consistently positive, cooperative, self-motivated, courteous, and professional attitude to be an essential function of every position. While different positions have different primary areas of responsibility, everyone needs to work as a team, and we expect all employees to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as necessary to get the job done.
Employees must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: (a) can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremes, (b) perform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading, or speaking with others; and (c) respond appropriately to constructive feedback from a supervisor.
While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g., emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.
Qualifications
Required:
- Active West Virginia license by the Board of Examiners of Radiologic Technologists.
- Must have credentials as a Registered Radiologic Technologist by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) and Registered Computed Tomography by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) within 2 years of becoming trained in that area.
- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required to be obtained within 30 days of hire.
