Travel CT Tech in Monroe, NC at N2S Healthcare Staffing Solutions, LLC
Monroe, NC 28110
About the Job
Position Name: CT Technologist
Locations: Monroe, NC 28112
Duration: Direct Hire With Benefits+ Sigh On
Shifts: Days - 3x 12s 7: 30am-8pm, 36 Hours Weekly
Job Responsibilities:
Locations: Monroe, NC 28112
Duration: Direct Hire With Benefits+ Sigh On
Shifts: Days - 3x 12s 7: 30am-8pm, 36 Hours Weekly
Job Responsibilities:
- Greets and introduces self to patients. Prepares patients for procedures by performing a medical assessment of the mental and physical evaluation of lab values, confirming patient identification through verbal communication and ID band (if applicable), and describing the nature and time requirements of requested examinations to the patient. Records patient history, unusual conditions/limitations, and other vital information.
- Attends regularly scheduled department meetings i.e. staff, in-service, training, etc.
- Trains Radiologic Technology students.
- Identifies problems and communicates with the immediate supervisor; offers solutions as appropriate. Enters detailed accounts of patient incidents in the Peminic Incident Reporting System.
- Schedules patients in sections and coordinates scheduling with other departments to ensure patient flow. Operates CT scanner according to hospital protocol and manufacturer's recommendations. Demonstrates working knowledge of equipment and workflow for all CT departments. Demonstrates correct and adequate anatomic positioning skills.
- Follows all physician orders and order requisitions. Consult with a radiologist and/or other physicians regarding examinations as necessary. Assists Radiologists with special procedures (i.e., biopsies, abscess drainage procedures), practices the sterile technique, and prevents cross-contamination to patients and instruments.
- Assumes charge position as required in the absence of supervisory personnel.
- Prepares and/or administers contrast media i.e., orally, IV, rectally (CT technologists' medication administration scope of practice is limited to the administration of contrast agents only). Starts IVs when needed.
- Provides radiation protection to patients, staff, and self, according to prescribed safety standards.
- Restocks and maintains assigned workstations/equipment in an orderly fashion.
- Recognizes emergencies, initiates code procedures, and administers first aid/CPR as needed.
- Retrieves and loads images and resolves "exceptions " in the PACS system. Tracks images to "end procedure " in EPIC (Electronic Health Records) and ensures that all images are archived at the end of each shift.
- Associate degree from an approved ARRT institution with an accredited Computed Tomography (CT) Program, or currently enrolled in an approved ARRT institution with an accredited Computed Tomography (CT) program.
- Enrolled in an approved ARRT institution with an accredited Computed Tomography (CT) program.
- Recent graduate from an approved ARRT institution with an accredited Computed Tomography (CT) program, and eligible for ARRT-CT certification via the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
- An experienced Registered Technologist who's eligible for ARRT-CT certification via the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
- ARRT CT.
- BLS (AHA).
