Rad Tech - First Connect
Seattle, WA 98101
About the Job
Unit Notes
The Manager WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT LOCAL TRAVELERS FOR THIS UNIT!!
- MUST provide traveler Radiation Badge - facility will not provide.
Department: Radiology (Rad Tech)
- General Certification Requirements: BLS
- Certs/ARRT & other specialty certification requirements: ARRT
certification and Washington state license.
- How many scanners/rooms does this department have?: total of
10 xray rooms spread throughout the medical center and 34 OR
rooms.
- Will they have to float/cover any other areas?: Will cover in
addition to General Radiology (x-ray) an outpatient clinic,
Inpatient and Outpatient Fluoroscopy, Outpatient Ortho Clinic,
ER, fluoro/xray room in CCU, and OR-34 rooms. Techs will be
scheduled in one area and rotate areas on a weekly basis- may
need to move areas to cover.
- Common types of imaging & Job Duties: General, fluoroscopy, OR,
and portables.
- Experience: Expectation is for travelers to be able to cover ALL areas
Fluoroscopy and OR (knowing how to operate O-arm and C-arm)
important.1 year of experience. ER experience is preferred.
- Average # of scans/studies per day: OR-average with just C-arm
about 6-7 per day. Fluoro-about 10 exams per day. Average general
x-rays per day around 73.
- EMR &/or PACS: Cerner Power Chart, RIS (Radiology Information
System) Client Centricity, PACS- Philips Intellispace.
- Department Specific Equipment: All x-ray rooms are Philips- mostly
DR (direct radiography) there are a couple CR (computed
radiography) all are fully digital. Portables- there are 7 machines and
all are Client DR. OR- Ziehm and Client/OEC C-arms and a Siemens O-
arms.
- Radiology Supervisor or Lead Tech: Leads
- Do they use RRA's: No
- Radiologist in-house?: Yes
- Shifts & Scheduling: Shifts vary: start at 7AM and cascade from
there to 9AM. Regular staff work 8 hour shifts, however have been
making exceptions for 10 hour shifts- 7:30a-6p.
- Weekend Requirements: Weekends as needed
- Holiday Requirements: If there is a need the travelers may be asked
to work.
- Call or Standby requirement?: Call as needed
- Scrub Color/Dress Code: Are scrubs provided?: Navy, gray, or a mix
of navy and gray. Scrubs will be provided when working in the OR-
please wear casual clothes (no loungewear) when coming to work
and needing to change.
- Department specific orientation: First day would be organizational
specific orientation with modules will then get set up in a daily
rotation of the different areas-generally 1 week.
The Manager WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT LOCAL TRAVELERS FOR THIS UNIT!!
- MUST provide traveler Radiation Badge - facility will not provide.
Department: Radiology (Rad Tech)
- General Certification Requirements: BLS
- Certs/ARRT & other specialty certification requirements: ARRT
certification and Washington state license.
- How many scanners/rooms does this department have?: total of
10 xray rooms spread throughout the medical center and 34 OR
rooms.
- Will they have to float/cover any other areas?: Will cover in
addition to General Radiology (x-ray) an outpatient clinic,
Inpatient and Outpatient Fluoroscopy, Outpatient Ortho Clinic,
ER, fluoro/xray room in CCU, and OR-34 rooms. Techs will be
scheduled in one area and rotate areas on a weekly basis- may
need to move areas to cover.
- Common types of imaging & Job Duties: General, fluoroscopy, OR,
and portables.
- Experience: Expectation is for travelers to be able to cover ALL areas
Fluoroscopy and OR (knowing how to operate O-arm and C-arm)
important.1 year of experience. ER experience is preferred.
- Average # of scans/studies per day: OR-average with just C-arm
about 6-7 per day. Fluoro-about 10 exams per day. Average general
x-rays per day around 73.
- EMR &/or PACS: Cerner Power Chart, RIS (Radiology Information
System) Client Centricity, PACS- Philips Intellispace.
- Department Specific Equipment: All x-ray rooms are Philips- mostly
DR (direct radiography) there are a couple CR (computed
radiography) all are fully digital. Portables- there are 7 machines and
all are Client DR. OR- Ziehm and Client/OEC C-arms and a Siemens O-
arms.
- Radiology Supervisor or Lead Tech: Leads
- Do they use RRA's: No
- Radiologist in-house?: Yes
- Shifts & Scheduling: Shifts vary: start at 7AM and cascade from
there to 9AM. Regular staff work 8 hour shifts, however have been
making exceptions for 10 hour shifts- 7:30a-6p.
- Weekend Requirements: Weekends as needed
- Holiday Requirements: If there is a need the travelers may be asked
to work.
- Call or Standby requirement?: Call as needed
- Scrub Color/Dress Code: Are scrubs provided?: Navy, gray, or a mix
of navy and gray. Scrubs will be provided when working in the OR-
please wear casual clothes (no loungewear) when coming to work
and needing to change.
- Department specific orientation: First day would be organizational
specific orientation with modules will then get set up in a daily
rotation of the different areas-generally 1 week.
Source : First Connect