*Overview*
CHI Health St. Marys has served Nebraska City and the surrounding areas since 1927. In the fall of 2014 St. Marys opened the doors of a brand-new fully modernized facility. The new 110000-square-foot campus is better equipped to meet the changing needs of our community with among other benefits an increased capacity for specialty clinics and an integrated primary care clinic. St. Marys encourages collaboration and care coordination among primary care physicians and medical specialists. This contributes to the high quality of care our patients have come to expect.
*Responsibilities*
*$15,000 Sign on Bonus*
*$10,000 Educational Assistance*
*ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES*
1. Performs CT exams on patients according to the specific departmental procedure protocols under the direction of the Medical Director.
2. Prepares equipment ensuring that equipment is operational, safe and functioning according to diagnostic standards
3. Problem?solves equipment failure and imaging quality and contacts service representative or CES regarding equipment problems
4. Ensures that daily equipment and room maintenance are performed during/ after each procedure, and that special precautions and measures are performed to ensure infection control standards.
5. Completes all quality checks and Ensures that equipment logs are maintained
6. Completes all clinical supply inventories, ensuring that each diagnostic room is complete with the necessary supplies required to perform the procedure
7. Actively Participates with patient testing, performing routine, non?routine, urgent, and emergent patient requests
8. Reviews the physician orders to verify the type of diagnostic test requested and that the indication for the procedure is consistent
9. Communicates with Radiologist to obtain proper exam protocol/test design.
10. Provides specific diagnostic test information to the patient ensuring that the patient is aware of the diagnostic test involvement.
11. Performs Point of Care testing for lab tests according to hospital guidelines.
12. Effectively starts IVs following hospital guidelines.
13. Completes the diagnostic examination and all image post processing.
14. Demonstrates competency in PACS process and Performs daily QA process
15. Completes image processing, including supporting documentation of logs, demographic and diagnostic information required for departmental, hospital and patient record documentation.
16. Responsible for monitoring and recording radiation dose levels.
17. Notifies Radiologist with any diagnostic findings, which warrant communication.
_The job summary and responsibilities listed above are designed to indicate the general nature of the work performed_ _within this job. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all job responsibilities_ _required of employees assigned to this job. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned._
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*Qualifications*
*Required Education and Experience*
+ Associates Degree preferred
+ ARRT (R). CT certification to be obtained within 2 years of hire
+ CPR/BLS certification
+ Preferred ? One (1) year of experience as a radiographer or one (1) year of radiography clinical rotation experience in a healthcare setting
*Pay Range*
$26.38 - $39.31/hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.