Requirements:
Texas Medical Board (GMR certification) and ARRT registration required. Crosstraining into MRI or CT highly encouraged.
Job Purpose:
Performs and assists with high quality diagnostic Xray procedures focusing on patient care and education.
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 on experience
- Required Education: Graduate from an Xray Certified program
- Required Certifications: Texas Medical Board ARRT
- Location: Flower Mound TX
- Hours: 8a5p Mon Fri (no oncall or weekends and closed major holidays with holiday pay)
- Benefits: PTO Health Insurance scrubs provided
Required Experience:
Junior IC