About this role
Under the guidance and direction of a licensed technologist, assists with all imaging duties except for administering radiation.
- Processes imaging exams including evaluating film for technical quality.
- Transports patient to radiology departments, prepares and maintains room.
- Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
- Checks equipment, supplies, and accessories on a regular basis.
- Maintains radiology equipment in efficient operating order, preforms preventive maintenance on a regularly scheduled basis, contacts outside service for major malfunctions.
- Maintains clean and orderly work areas. Request and order supplies as necessary to always keep materials on hand.
- Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, in-service meetings, and workshops.
- Prepares written documentation as required, such as evaluation results, individualized treatment plans, progress reports, etc. Attends meetings as required.
- Understands scope of limitations.
- Requests supervisory assistance when appropriate. P
- erforms other duties as assigned or requested.
- Prolonged periods of standing, walking, or sitting while on duty.
- Lifting, pushing, and pulling up to 50 pounds with or without assistance.
- Transferring, repositioning patients. Reaching, stooping, bending, kneeing, and crouching for patient care functions.
- Visual and auditory acuity and manual dexterity essential to performing designated duties required.
- Optimal auditory acuity required. Manual dexterity involving the handling of equipment and instruments or needles is essential to performing assigned duties.
- Ability to perform effectively in a stressful and fast--paced environment.
- Ability to pass required health and other screening tests.
- Physical conditions are clean, neat and well lit.
- Maybe subject to unpleasant sights and odors, stressful situations, and hazardous or infectious agents where judgement as to precautions need to be taken is essential.
- Climate control and ambient temperature variances maybe experienced.
- Exposure to limited amounts of hazardous chemicals or substances and infectious disease processes are a possibility.
- Hours of duty maybe irregular or unexpectedly extended due to emergency circumstances.
- Direct contact with blood or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply.
- Personal protective equipment is made available and must be worn.
- Must be currently enrolled in a radiologic program.