Job Description
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Leads and guides Radiology Technologists. Operates X-ray equipment to make radiographs of designated portions of the body.
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Job Responsibility
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* 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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* 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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* Proficient in all aspects of the RIS and PACS systems.
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* Provides direction, designates assignments and distributes work to transport staff.Prioritizes workload.
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* 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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* Maintains work areas in a clean and orderly condition at all times.
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* Maintains all logs, i.e fluoro, daily room checks, shift change, etc.
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* Oversees room checks in the department and reports all problems to a supervisor or manager as they occur.
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* Coordinates intra departmental and inter departmental communications
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* Makes emergency notifications as necessary to on call personnel.
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* 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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* Orders supplies as needed and assists with inventory control.
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* Observes department of Radiation safety procedures to maintain in occupational exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
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* Transports patients when necessary to expedite examinations and or patient satisfaction.
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* Performs the duties of an X-ray Technologist.
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* 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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* Works continuously to improve Press Ganey scores via patient satisfaction.
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Performs related duties as required.
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*ADA Essential Functions
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PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
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Constant standing and walking frequent stooping, bending, stretching, lifting, positioning, pulling, pushing, turning
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Occasional sitting
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Frequently lifts or moves objects
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Occasionally carries objects weighing up to 50 pounds
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Frequently pushes patients or objects up to 200 pounds
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Occasionally moves with assistance, patients or objects greater than 250 pounds.
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Job Qualification
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Graduate of an accredited Radiologic Technology program, required.
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New York State Department of Health licensure as a Radiologic Technologist, required.
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American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Registered Technologist (R.T.) required.
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Minimum of two (2) years experience as a Radiologic Technologist, including competency in CAT scan or MRI examinations, required. \r
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