Cat Scan (CT) Technician, PRN

Schedule: PRN (as needed).

Your experience matters

Conemaugh Miners Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Cat Scan (CT) Technician, PRN joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about our team

The Imaging department consists of CT technologists, radiology technologists, mammography technologists, ultrasound technologists, and a wonderful office staff. We all work together to make sure our patients get the best possible care in a timely fashion. Our goal is to be the place where patients want to come for their care and where people want to come to work.

How you’ll contribute

A Cat Scan (CT) Technician, PRN who excels in this role:

• Positions, transfers, and properly immobilizes radiology patients as required.

• Selects proper technical factors on an individual patient basis.

• Provides radiation protection in accordance with prescribed safety standards.

• Ten percent of time responsible for student supervision, assignments, and evaluations.

• Follows safety procedures and guidelines and reports unsafe practices or conditions.

• Applies technical knowledge and skills necessary to maintain procedural quality standards.

• Maintains effective and efficient use of reagents, chemicals, and supplies.

• Provides accurate training to employees having less experience.

• Reviews patient orders making sure that appropriate studies are ordered and performed in accordance with insurance specifications and diagnosis.

• Responds to inquiries regarding CT scans, procedures, and processes.

• Prepares patient for intravenous contrast by inserting angiocaths.

• Assists radiologist during CT scans as needed.

• Prepares room and patients for procedures as needed.

• Performs all computerized axial tomographic examinations as well as image manipulation and post processing functions & implement software capabilities required by the radiologist/departmental policy/protocol and includes instructing patients and selecting techniques and protocols.

• Skillfully operates the computed tomography unit including hardware and software to assure optimal scanning results. 

• Maximizes equipment utilization warm-up and shut down procedures.  

• Provide proper documentation.

• Performs filming, reconstruction of proper images and studies requiring 3-D imaging.

• Makes CDs when necessary.

• Assists in development of protocols and changing them per company protocol changes.

• TeraRecon on all CTA exams.

• Performs/supports process for ACR accreditation by performing proper testing and submitting test results.

• Performs routine procedures done on the PACS.

• Performs daily quality control on the CT scan.

• Assists with coordinating PM and other service on equipment.

• Reports any problems to service engineer as needed.

• Follows all safety procedures and guidelines, including but not limited to radiation safety, and reports unsafe practices and conditions.

• Consistently and appropriately follows Universal Precautions.

• Maintains adequate supplies.

• Ensures store orders are completed weekly allowing for medical supplies to be adequately stocked.

• Maintains professional skills and provides age-specific needs to patients of all ages (neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, and geriatrics).

• Participates in ongoing education that includes annual training, including Image Gently ® and Image Wisely ® campaigns.

• Performs duties associated with the EMR/Radiant.

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