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Form of workCHI Health St. Mary’s has served Nebraska City and the surrounding areas since 1927. In the fall of 2014 St. Mary’s opened the doors of a brand-new fully modernized facility. The new 110000-square-foot campus is better equipped to meet the changing needs of our community with among other benefits an increased capacity for specialty clinics and an integrated primary care clinic. St. Mary’s encourages collaboration and care coordination among primary care physicians and medical specialists. This contributes to the high quality of care our patients have come to expect.
ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Performs CT exams on patients according to the specific departmental procedure protocols under the direction of the
Medical Director.
2. Prepares equipment ensuring that equipment is operational, safe and functioning according to diagnostic standards
3. Problemsolves equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service representative or CES regarding
equipment problems
4. Ensures that daily equipment and room maintenance are performed during/ after each procedure, and that special
precautions and measures are performed to ensure infection control standards.
5. Completes all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintained
6. Completes all clinical supply inventories, ensuring that each diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies
required to perform the procedure
7. Actively Participates with patient testing, performing routine, nonroutine, urgent, and emergent patient requests
8. Reviews the physician orders to verify the type of diagnostic test requested and that the indication for the procedure
is consistent
9. Communicates with Radiologist to obtain proper exam protocol/test design.
10. Provides specific diagnostic test information to the patient ensuring that the patient is aware of the diagnostic test
involvement.
11. Performs Point of Care testing for lab tests according to hospital guidelines.
12. Effectively starts IVs following hospital guidelines.
13. Completes the diagnostic examination and all image post processing.
14. Demonstrates competency in PACS process and Performs daily QA process
15. Completes image processing, including supporting documentation of logs, demographic and diagnostic information
required for departmental, hospital and patient record documentation.
16. Responsible for monitoring and recording radiation dose levels.
17. Notifies Radiologist with any diagnostic findings, which warrant communication.
The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed
within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities
required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
- Associate’s Degree preferred
- Registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists – ARRT (R ) (CT); must maintain current Certified by the state of Texas MRT
- CPR/BLS certification
- Preferred One (1) year of experience as a radiographer or one (1) year of radiography clinical rotation experience in a healthcare setting
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training
- Good alpha/numeric dexterity and handwriting skills
- Interpersonal skills for communication with patients, visitors, physicians and other hospital personnel.
- Must have good written and oral communication skills
