CT Technologist

Job Summary

Conducts procedures and tests using Computerized Tomography (CT) equipment to acquire and analyze patient diagnostic data.

Job Responsibilities

• Patient Identification: Uses professional manners and methods, verifies patient identification, obtains patient history, assists patients and family members that require extra attention, ensures patient understanding whenever possible, and ensures patient safety.
• Verifies patient identification, asks and documents pregnancy status on patients of childbearing age.
• CT Scans: Obtains images per protocols, manipulates images according to protocols, performs multi-planar and 3D reconstruction of image data, demonstrates a thorough knowledge of CT algorithms, and selects appropriate window and level setting according to anatomy.
• Contrast: Administers oral contrast to adult and pediatric patients according to protocols, establishes intravenous lines, administers IV contrast following safe and proper injection procedures, follows correct procedure to determine contrast eligibility, checks appropriate lab values before contrast injection per protocol.
• Image Transfer: Maintains thorough understanding of PACS, and transmits images to QC, electronic medical records systems, and PACS, verifies and segments images at the QC station, accesses service tools to verify image transmission, completes, modifies, and/or cancels orders in an appropriate and timely manner, cancels duplicate orders to avoid duplicate billing.
• Ensures that all charge information is accurate.
• Verifies patient identification in accordance with policy, ensures that all appropriate demographic information is accurate and on the PACS images.
• Other Duties: Performs tasks in a timely manner, runs the schedule creating a consistent workflow, volunteers to work on challenging tasks, difficult procedures, and new research, produces quality diagnostic images, reviews patient's chart and reports for correlation, maintains a clean and orderly work environment, creates and keeps documentation of incidents as improvement opportunities for employees and the department.
• Precept new employees and students.

Skills

Required Skills & Experience: Prior education, training, and experience that provides the ability to perform the assigned tasks.

Preferred Skills & Experience: Not applicable.

Schedule Notes

New graduates are welcomed!

Schedule/Shift: Friday-Sunday (8:00 AM - 8:30 PM)

Shift differential:

• Weekday Evening - 15%
• Weekday Night - 20%
• Saturday/Sunday Day - 10%
• Saturday/Sunday Evening - 25%
• Saturday/Sunday Night - 30%

The shift differential periods are:

• Evening - between 3:00 PM and 11:00 PM
• Night - between 11:00 PM and 7:00 AM
• Weekend - between 11:00 PM on Friday and 7:00 AM on Monday