Cat Scan; CT Technician, PRN

Schedule

PRN (as needed).

Your experience matters.

Conemaugh Miners Medical Center is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well‑being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As a Cat Scan (CT) Technician, PRN joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

The Imaging department consists of CT technologists, radiology technologists, mammography technologists, ultrasound technologists, and a wonderful office staff. We all work together to make sure our patients get the best possible care in a timely fashion. Our goal is to be the place where patients want to come for their care and where people want to come to work.

• Positions, transfers, and properly immobilizes radiology patients as required.
• Selects proper technical factors on an individual patient basis.
• Provides radiation protection in accordance with prescribed safety standards.
• Ten percent of time responsible for student supervision, assignments, and evaluations.
• Follows safety procedures and guidelines and reports unsafe practices or conditions.
• Applies technical knowledge and skills necessary to maintain procedural quality standards.
• Maintains effective and efficient use of reagents, chemicals, and supplies.
• Provides accurate training to employees having less experience.
• Reviews patient orders making sure that appropriate studies are ordered and performed in accordance with insurance specifications and diagnosis.
• Responds to inquiries regarding CT scans, procedures, and processes.
• Prepares patient for intravenous contrast by inserting angiocaths.
• Assists radiologist during CT scans as needed.
• Prepares room and patients for procedures as needed.
• Performs all computerized axial tomographic examinations as well as image manipulation and post processing functions & implements software capabilities required by the radiologist/departmental policy/protocol and includes instructing patients and selecting techniques and protocols.
• Skillfully operates the computed tomography unit including hardware and software to assure optimal scanning results.
• Maximizes equipment utilization warm‑up and shut‑down procedures.
• Provide proper documentation.
• Performs filming, reconstruction of proper images and studies requiring 3‑D imaging.
• Makes CDs when necessary.
• Assists in development of protocols and changing them per company protocol changes.
• Tera Recon on all CTA exams.
• Performs/supports process for ACR accreditation by performing proper testing and submitting test results.
• Performs routine procedures done on the PACS.
• Performs daily quality control on the CT scan.
• Assists with coordinating PM and other service on equipment.
• Reports any problems to service engineer as needed.
• Follows all safety procedures and guidelines, including but not limited to radiation safety, and reports unsafe practices and conditions.
• Consistently and appropriately follows Universal Precautions.
• Maintains adequate supplies.
• Ensures store orders are completed weekly allowing for medical supplies to be adequately stocked.
• Maintains professional skills and provides age‑specific needs to patients of all ages (neonates, pediatrics, adolescents, and geriatrics).
• Participates in ongoing education that includes annual training, including Image Gently® and Image Wisely® campaigns.
• Performs duties associated with the EMR/Radiant.
• Performa as part of the trauma/stroke/and ACT alert teams.
• Attends staff meetings.
• Maintains appropriate commitment to the department schedule in terms of attendance and hours of work.
• Performs all calibrations, quality control, instrument function verification and minor troubleshooting according to section's procedure manual.
• Recognizes, confirms and/or verifies test results that are unusual and verifies failures as described in the procedure manuals.
• Courteous and professional interaction with our patients, physicians, nurses and other hospital…