RN, Radiologic Technologist ​/ CT Tech

NYU Langone Hospital
- Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

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We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Lead Computed Tomography Technologist.

In this role, the successful candidate coordinates and oversees the daily operations, workflow and staffing requirements to achieve desired outcomes through the effective use of personnel, equipment, supplies and effective workflow processes. Acts as liaison between staff, physicians and management: promotes teamwork at all times. Applies prescribed ionizing and/or non-ionizing radiation to patients for diagnosis and treatment. Assists physicians and provides patient care essential to imaging procedures.

Exercises professional judgment in performance of procedures.

• Engage the Emergency room transporter to assist with patient moves if there is a high volume of studies that cannot be completed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for coordinating and assigning the Radiology patient transport to pick up and drop off patients from their locations in the Emergency department to ER X-ray and ER-CT and back to the Emergency department based on exam priorities.
• CT scans ordered on Stroke patients or Level 1 Traumas take priority over other CT exams. The CT Exam table must be freed up if the CT technologist is notified of either of these types of CT exams. This can be accomplished by quickly finishing up any existing study and holding the table open until the patient arrives for the urgent study.
• Responsible for ensuring that imaging studies are prioritized according to when they were ordered. The study must be prioritized if the urgency is designated as a stat on the order or the stat urgency is communicated to you or the department.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, changes and updates of protocols. Compliance of staff selecting and using protocols. Maintenance of uniform standards and image quality.
• Responsible for managing the diagnostic x-ray and CT daily patient exams. This includes prioritizing the needs of the referring physicians and patients to accommodate stat procedures, stroke and trauma studies, etc.
• Takes initiative and is proactive in resolving issues that are encountered in the department
• Properly plot axial, sagittal, and coronal images for the appropriate exam and can select and adjust the specific scanning protocols to meet the patient needs and condition.
• Performs all documentation duties as required by the department.
• Implements care and knowledge based, skillful, consistent and continuous manner always keeping the patient's welfare the priority.
• Performs all CT procedures quickly and competently choose exams from the work-list, properly label, archive, and store exams
• Ensures the patients comfort and dignity during the procedure e.g. use of pillows, table pad, sheets, blankets, etc.
• Ensures the proper name and demographics of the patient appear on all images. Properly uses all measurement functions and reviews layouts. Demonstrates and understanding of post processing on the reconstruction workstation
• Maintains patient/client rights.
• Accepts direction from supervisor willingly
• Incorporates patients cultural background and values in methods of communication and service provision
• Assess patients ability to communicate in English and assists in the Provision of an interpreter when applicable.
• Demonstrates and awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practice and respect for co-worker/patient's cultural background
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Communicates effectively with referring physicians, Radiologist, and other departments including the Emergency room to ensure studies are performed in an efficient manner.
• Performs all documentation necessary to perform and charge exam
• Performs…