Cat Scan Technician; CT) PRN

Cat Scan Technician- PRN

Schedule: PRN (as needed), with a minimum requirement of 30 hours per month, including one weekend per month and two holidays per year.

Conemaugh Nason Medical Center is a 45-bed hospital that has served rural and suburban populations in Roaring Spring, Altoona, and parts of Blair, Bedford, and Huntingdon counties for 121 years. With a state-of-the art cardiac catheterization lab, Conemaugh Nason offers a range of inpatient and outpatient cardiac services close to home. The hospital provides 24/7 emergency care as an accredited chest pain center, and offers comprehensive outpatient, imaging, diagnostic, and specialty services.

As a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader, hospital personnel are leading the way among peers by delivering the highest quality of care for patients.

• 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 & implement 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…