Job Description

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2. Assigns cases and other tasks to technical staff, establishes patient flow priorities room assignments, and prioritizes cases based on condition of patient.

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4. Reviews examinations of the technical staff to assure standards of quality and completeness are maintained confirming items such as patient data side site markers etc. are correct.

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6. Proficient in all aspects of the RIS and PACS systems.

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8. Provides direction, designates assignments and distributes work to transport staff. Prioritizes workload.

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10. Provides on the job training to technical staff. Assists management by overseeing and providing input as to technical staff performance on a regular basis.

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12. Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition at all times.

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14. Maintains all logs, i.e. fluoro, daily room checks, shift change, etc.

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16. Oversees room checks in the department and reports all problems to a supervisor or manager as they occur.

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18. Coordinates intra departmental and inter departmental communications.

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20. Makes emergency notifications as necessary to on call personnel.

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22. Assigns break and lunch times to technologists and transporters according to department standards and routines. Makes substitutions and variations according to patient flow and departmental needs.

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24. Orders supplies as needed and assists with inventory control.

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26. Observes department of Radiation safety procedures to maintain in occupational exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).

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28. Transports patients when necessary to expedite examinations and or patient satisfaction.

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30. Performs the duties of an X-ray Technologist.

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32. Interfaces with patient, staff and physicians both within and external to the department to facilitate the improvement of the patient experience in every possible way.

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34. Works continuously to improve Press Ganey scores via patient satisfaction.

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36. Performs related duties as required.

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Constant standing and walking frequent stooping, bending, stretching, lifting, positioning, pulling, pushing, turning. Occasional sitting. Frequently lifts or moves objects. Occasionally carries objects weighing up to 50 pounds. Frequently pushes patients or objects up to 200 pounds. Occasionally moves with assistance, patients or objects greater than 250 pounds.

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Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technology program, required.New York State Department of Health licensure as a Radiologic Technologist, requiredAmerican Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Registered Technologist (R.T.) required.

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Minimum of two (2) years experience as a Imaging Tech, including competency in CAT scan or MRI examinations, required.

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