X-RAY TECH REG INPATIENT (CT CROSS TRAINING)

General Purpose of Job:

Perform CT images at multiple facility locations to provide quality patient care under the guidance of a radiologist.

Essential Duties:

This job description is intended to cover the minimum essential duties assigned on a regular basis. Caregivers may be asked to perform additional duties as assigned by their leader. Leadership has the right to alter or modify the duties of the position.

• Provide patient positioning, injection or ingestion of contrast media, appropriate setting of computer techniques, demonstration of appropriate anatomy, collection of patient data, and compliance with sterile technique.
• Coordinate patient appointments with other diagnostic procedures.
• Communicate to the patient the entire process that the patient will undergo for CT examination.
• Skills and critical thinking to rapidly respond and perform CT's on trauma patients that may be severely injured.
• Experience performing higher tech procedures, such as CTA's, Coronary CT's & IR CT-guided procedures.
• Provide quality control measures in the use of the CT equipment.
• Store and maintain patient records on appropriate storage medium.
• Reschedule patients during down-time.
• Complete all computer data entry requirements to assure timely completion and availability of study for physician interpretation.