CT Tech Assistant

Job Summary: Responsible for the transportation of patients from the Nursing Units and other Departments to all areas of Radiology. Assists with moving patients, exam room preparation and answering phones in the work areas.

 

Position Highlights:

• Schedule: Part-time, Days
• Location: High Point Medical Center - High Point, NC

 

What You'll Need:  

• High School Diploma or GED
• Prior experience in hospital environment, patient care, and transportation preferred
• Nurse Assistant certification preferred
• CPR certification within three months of hire
• Completion of Oxygen Training class with certification for administering oxygen required

 

What You'll Do:

1. Carefully consider the needs of the patients when selecting the mode of transportation and communicate effectively the reason for transport to the patient prior to the transit.
2. Follow Radiation Protection Policies to avoid unnecessary exposure to the public and to self.
3. Verify the identity of the patient and ensures that the correct patient is transported as evidenced by no more than two documented occurrences per year.
4. Evaluate and handle specific needs of the patient based on age and developmental status.
5. Demonstrate proper/safe handling and maneuverability of patient transportation equipment and patient related equipment.
6. Show competence in oxygen tank exchange.
7. Routinely transport patients independently.
8. Uphold a professional working relationship at all times and adheres to department rules.
9. Practice teamwork.
10. Perform other duties as assigned by management.

 

Skills for Success:

• Good communication skills to interact with patient, guests and clinical staff
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Requires much walking, lifting and physical exertion
• Must be able to walk for long periods
• Ability to transport patients to various on-campus locations
• Excellent customer service skills
• Must demonstrate competence in areas of body mechanics to identify and show proficiency in moving a patient without injury to the patient or individual

 

Work Environment:

• Possible exposure to infections and contagious diseases
• Exposure to the risk of bloodborne diseases
• Subject to injury from moving parts of equipment
• Contact with patients under wide variety of circumstances
• Possible exposure to patient elements
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations
• Handles emergency or crisis situations
• Subject to many interruptions and pressure to multiple calls and inquiries
• Occasionally subject to irregular hours
• Handles absentee replacement on short notice
• Personal protective equipment required including eye/face protection, gown, mask and non-sterile medical gloves

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is a pre-eminent academic health system based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s two main components are an integrated clinical system – anchored by Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians; and Wake Forest School of Medicine, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise and a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery.

Wake Forest Baptist Health, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Atrium Health have joined forces in a strategic combination that will enhance care, transform medical education and create economic opportunity for countless lives in North Carolina and beyond. As a part of that combination, the two health systems will be integrating technology and platforms, including our career sites.

This means that although you are applying on the Wake Forest Baptist Health Career Site, you receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process, and thanks in advance for your flexibility.