Rad Tech - MetaSense Inc
Pittsfield, MA 01201
About the Job
WILL NOT CONSIDER ANY TRAVELER WHO RESIDES WITHIN 50 MILES OF FACILITY.
DEFINITION/PRIMARY FUNCTION
Perform a wide variety of technical procedures, requiring independent judgment and ingenuity. Requires initiative to apply appropriate skills to facilitate a diagnosis. May be assigned independent responsibilities by Lead Technologist, Administrative Director, or Operations Manager. Proper care of the client in accordance with the departmental and hospital policies and procedures is required. May be responsible for assigned areas to assume responsibilities of supervision or instruction to department personnel as determined by Operations Manager or Lead Technologist. Practices infection control and body substance isolation in clinical practice in compliance with departmental and hospital policies and OSHA standards.
- Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
- Demonstrates proper operation of PACS, HIS and RIS computer systems.
- Demonstrates ability to operate and trouble shoot CR, DR and PACs applications.
- Attends annual mandatory education to include blood borne pathogens, infection control, and body substance isolation.
- Maintains department competencies as required.
Requested time off during the course of this assignment MUST be noted and verified at upload. RTO REQUESTS AFTER UPLOAD WILL NOT BE APPROVED!!
NO MORE THAN 5 DAYS OF RTO WILL BE ACCEPTED (less is better).
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- 2 Years experience, 1 YEAR CURRENT EXPERIENCE
- ARRT (R) Certification - Required
- Meditech Expanse experience strongly preferred
- Must be willing to work weekends and evenings
COVID VACCINATION (dose date on or after 10/3/23) NOW REQUIRED FOR THIS HEALTH SYSTEM.
Exemption forms are accepted. IF APPROVED BY HEALTHSYSTEM TRAVELER WILL WEAR A MASK AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON SITE. To avoid delays in processing, please include traveler covid vaccination card/or intent to fill out exemption form with profile submission.
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
- ARRT
- BLS (AHA)
STATE LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
- Massachusetts
ABOUT THE FACILITY
The facility is a 298-bed teaching hospital and is ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by The Leapfrog Group, which has given the facility Straight \'A\' grades since the inception of Leapfrog\'s patient safety program, one of only 42 hospitals in the nation to achieve this honor; and recipient of both the 2017 and 2018Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award.
The facility offers a full continuum of medical specialties, including anesthesiology, dentistry, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, around the clock neurology and neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat), pathology, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiation oncology, radiology, rehabilitation, substance abuse, cardiac rehabilitation, a sleep lab and others. It has a state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging department, with MRI, high-speed CT, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography and more, providing 24-hour service.
The facility has previously been honored by Healthgrades with its Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and was one of Healthgrades America\'s Best Hospitals in 2016. It is a not for profit medical center fully accredited by The Joint Commission.