Under general supervision, prepares patients for and performs CT examination.
Core Competencies
- Uses ALARA and safety principle at all times.
- Displays flexibility, team spirit, compassion, respect, politeness and accountability when dealing with customers.
- Provides healthcare services in own job category to all age groups.
- Demonstrates awareness of and sensitivity for patients’ rights in all interactions with patients.
- Completes all assigned procedures in a timely manner and uses time between procedures to department advantage assisting others, clerical duties, stocking, transporting, etc
- Utilizes Hospital Information System (HIS), Radiology Information System (RIS) and PACS.
- Answers telephone inquiries of a technical nature from physicians or hospital personnel in other area of the hospital while maintaining good phone etiquette
- Maintains a safe working environment: Keeps work area clean and free of hazards. Alerts appropriate resource of faulty or broken equipment. Observes all safety guidelines. Recognizes and reports unsafe acts
- Maintains appropriate quantities of medical stock for the department.
- Assumes responsibility and accountability for own professional growth and practice including maintaining current licensure and completing educational requirements.
- Understands his/her role in maintaining medication security to authorized personnel only.
- Adheres to infection prevention guidelines: uses good hand washing technique, adheres to isolation policy, cleans equipment between patients, helps keep patient rooms and units clean, follows aseptic technique when opening sterile supplies, setting-up and doing procedures, disposes of infectious waste properly.
- Assists student technologists who may rotate through the department.
- Transports and moves patients using appropriate body mechanics and safety precautions. Demonstrates knowledge and practice of safe patient handling devices.
- Provides patient and family with information/instructions regarding procedure, evaluating barriers to understanding.
- Evaluates patients medical histories and clinical data.
- Completes the necessary paperwork and notes discrepancies according to departmental procedure.
- Determines need for translation services or communication aides and arranges for the appropriate resources to meet these needs.
Department Specific Competencies
- Works cooperatively with all members of the department to resolve problems expediently.
- Chooses, prepares and administers intravenous contrast media under supervision of the radiologist using proper protocols.
- Administers oral contract to patients as needed.
- Asks patient if they could be pregnant prior to starting exam.
- Adheres to the Radiation Safety, Material Safety Data Sheet and Fire/Safety policies and procedures. Able to identify where information manuals are located.
- Follows Universal Protocol by using two patient identifiers prior to performing the exam, using pre-op/pre procedure verification check list, site marked with the physician’s initials (physician performing procedure) and using “Time Out”.
- Calibrates equipment for quality control.
- Follows Lean principles and creates SOPs for the Department as needed.
- Assumes on-call status and call back as assigned, responding within 30 minutes of receiving call.
- Assists in training and orienting new employees.
Education
Additional InformationGraduate of AMA approved School of Radiologic Technology
License / Certification Requirements
Certified Radiologic Technologist (CRT)ARRT License for Radiologic TechnologistFluoroscopy License - New hires have 6 months from date of hire to obtainBCLS or ACLS Certification
Compensation Range
$42.24 - $64.06
