CT/MRI Technologist

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Potentially up to $10,000 Sign-On bonus available for those meeting eligibility requirements

FTE: 0.9 Shift: Day Schedule: Thurs - Sat

Position Summary

The multiskilled CT/MRI Technologist is an excellent opportunity to work in collaboration with our skilled Imaging/Radiology team. This role ensures optimal safety, quality, satisfaction, engagement, compliance, operations, staffing, processes, efficiency, training, and mentoring, You will work together with your team to ensure the most comprehensive and high-quality imaging care for MultiCare patients. Performs a variety of CT and MRI procedures, demonstrating competence in positioning, technical factors and equipment use. The role provides oversight of clinical operations and provides critical frontline support to patients. The role performs a variety of CT procedures using ionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes. This position uses ingenuity, initiative, and independent judgement to perform high quality scans.

Essential Functions

• Ensures patient, caregiver, and guest safety and satisfaction in accordance with existing principles and standards.

• Ensures provision of high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic Imaging services in an operationally effective and efficient manner.

• Promotes caregiver engagement and team initiatives. Assists in hiring, orienting, training, staffing, retaining, evaluating, and motivating
  competent engaged caregivers.

• Maintains positive relationships within the department and facility including other departments, radiologists, referring physicians, and
  customers.

• Early adopter, exemplar, implementer, super user, problem solver, champion, and idea generator.* Verifies that clinics have sufficient
  materials, supplies, resources, etc. to perform daily functions.

• Ensures proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam.

• Performs exams per department protocol.

• Understands cross sectional anatomy and demonstrates anatomical positioning competency.

• Demonstrates ability to critique own films.

• Completes studies within acceptable time limitations per department expectations without compromising patient care or the quality of the
  examination.

• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of protocol relating to contrast administration.

• As ordered by the physician and under radiologist or physician supervision administers oral barium products or intravenous contrast
  material to patients.

• Practices appropriate infection control and sterile techniques.

• Provides appropriate patient education and ensures patient comfort.

• Understands and operates CT equipment and related information systems appropriately to ensure that quality images are produced.

• Exhibits working knowledge of contrast injectors and laser printers.

• Exhibits understanding and proficiency with electronic imaging. Incumbent will be able to view, transfer and manipulate images.

• Thoroughly and accurately completes all required documentation, including time stamps and image storage.

• Follows appropriate protocol for medical necessity, coding and charging, obtaining consents if necessary, documenting any events that
  may occur for quality, maintaining a current QC program for ACR and reporting any equipment failures or problems.

• Functions as education liaison for new students, trainer for new employee orientation, Superuser for equipment, hospital/system group
  discussions or committees as the CT representative as delegated per local department manager.

Requirements

• Current licensure in state of practice as a Radiologic Technologist.

• CT registered technologist with ARRT.

• Registered with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (MRI) or American Registry of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists (ARMRIT) upon hire, or within 6 months of hire into this classification

• Basic life support (BLS) certified for healthcare providers.

• IV certified.

• Three years of experience preferred.

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