Radiologic Tech - Urgent Care - Part Time

• Identifies each patient by two identifiers and ensures patient understanding of pending procedure.
• Provides comfort measures and engages patient to obtain optimal cooperation and positioning.
• Correctly identifies anatomical position with use of initialized lead markers.
• Critiques each exam for technical and positional accuracy and makes appropriate corrections if necessary.
• Performs Exams as their priority dictates.

• Provides management of department workflow with minimal assistance or as needed.
• Review orders for clinical and demographic consistency and verifies accuracy.
• Willfully assists physicians, patients, and coworkers as needed during exams.
• Willingly seeks opportunity to provide patient care, or assist others as needed.
• Understand and support the direction and workflow of the department.
• Maintain awareness of ongoing exams and assist co-workers as needed.
• Provide exam information and status updates to pertinent staff members.
• Relieves co-workers from procedures/exams as necessary.
• Be in the department and ready to work at the start of scheduled shift.
• Have processes set in place to allow for leaving at the end of scheduled shift.
• Perform radiology reception duties including but not limited to: Answer phones, schedule appointments, enter orders and reminder calls as needed.
• Perform radiology medical record clerk duties as needed.

• Maintain a working knowledge of system applications.
• Consistently uses proper system applications for order modification, to document comments and exposures/repeats.
• Starts and completes own exams correctly and in a timely manner.
• Show a working knowledge of Order View/Entry capabilities.
• Consistently uses the Online Worklist to monitor orders and order status.

• Articulates knowledge of Digital Dictation System.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of PACS (picture archiving and communication system).
• Identifies and resolves image exceptions as needed.
• Provides memo comments as needed for study interpretation.

• Ensures proper patient identification on all study images to comply with department policies and procedures.
• Willingly seeks opportunity to provide patient care or assist others as needed.
• Shows knowledge of department guidelines through responsible behavior/actions.
• Report issues/concerns to supervisor as soon as possible and provide assistance with resolution/follow-up.

• Provides and monitors “on the job training” per Methodist College Standards.
• Maintains professional and courteous relationship with students and instructors.
• Provide leadership and guidance for students' education clinical experience.

• Maintains patient confidentiality coinciding with HIPAA.
• Maintain student/co-worker confidentiality coinciding with FERPA.

• Successfully completes annual Age Specific Competency Quiz.

• Diploma/Associate degree from approved American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (AART) School of Radiology Technology required.
• Bachelor degree from approved American Registry of Radiologic Technologist (AART) School of Radiology Technology preferred.

• 1 year of experience in Radiology is preferred.

• Current and maintained Medical Radiographer license for work state (RAD.NE or RAD.IA) required.
• Registered or Board eligible in Radiography (R) through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) required.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.

• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communicate and interact with patients and family members as well as providers and coworkers.
• Must have analytical skills necessary to manage exposure factors and the ability to perform numerous tasks at once.

• Medium Work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force.

• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):

• Climbing
• Crawling
• Kneeling
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):

• Balancing
• Carrying
• Crouching
• Distinguish colors
• Grasping
• Keyboarding/typing
• Lifting
• Pulling/Pushing
• Repetitive Motions
• Sitting
• Stooping/bending
• Twisting
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):

• Hearing
• Reaching
• Seeing/Visual
• Speaking/talking
• Standing
• Walking

• Not Related:

• Explosives (pressurized gas)
• Electrical Shock/Static
• Rare (1-33%): -

• Chemical agents (Toxic, Corrosive, Flammable, Latex)
• Occasionally (34%-66%):

• Physical hazards (noise, temperature, lighting, wet floors, outdoors, sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
• Frequent (67%-100%):

• Biological agents (primary air born & blood borne viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF).
• Equipment/Machinery/Tools
• Radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-Ray, Cat Scan, Gamma Knife, etc).
• Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet, visible light, infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means).
• Mechanical moving parts/vibrations.

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