Requirements:
Texas Medical Board (GMR certification) and ARRT registration required.
Job Purpose:
Performs and assists with high quality diagnostic Xray procedures focusing on patient care and education. This position is fulltime and crosstraining in MRI or CT is required.
Duties:
- Provide high quality diagnostic Xrayimaging
- Identifies patient service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand service requirements.
- Ensures operation of radiology equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturers instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques.
- Complies with federal state and local legal and professional requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising management on needed actions.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Gains patient cooperation by reducing anxieties; providing explanations of treatment; answering questions.
- Prepares patient for radiological procedure by positioning patient; adjusting immobilization devices; moving equipment into specified position; adjusting equipment controls to set exposure factors.
- Minimizes radiation to patient and staff by practicing radiation protection techniques using beam restrictive devices patient shielding and knowledge of exposure factors.
- Protects patients and employees by adhering to infectioncontrol policies and protocols; following drug protocols in case of reactions to such as contrast media administering first aid and using the emergency cart.
- Maintains production and quality of radiographs by following established standards and procedures; developing radiographs; observing radiographic results; making necessary adjustments.
- Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Use of Medical Technologies
- Performing Diagnostic Procedures
- Informing Others
- Quality Focus
- Planning
- Technical Understanding
- People Skills
- Dependability
- Creating a Safe Effective Environment
- Radiologic Technology
- Analyzing Information
Job Type: Fulltime
- Salary:Dependent upon experience
- Required Education: Graduate from an Xray Certified program
- Required Certifications: Texas Medical Board ARRT
- Location: Plano TX 6101 W Plano Pkwy Ste 150 Plano TX 75093
- Hours: Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday (off Wednesdays) 8a 5p. Option to help out at another clinic on Wednesdays if needed. No weekends no oncall and we are closed major holidays with holiday pay.
- Benefits: Up to 80 hours of accrued PTO and scrubs provided.
- Crosstraining in MRI or CT highly encouraged
Required Experience:
Junior IC