Description Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family. Jump-start your career as a CT Technologist Lead today with St. Davids North Austin Medical Center.
Benefits St. Davids North Austin Medical Center offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation. • Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, auto, and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more. • Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing. • 401k Plan with a 100% match on 3 to 9 of pay based on years of service. • Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock. • Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance. • Referral services for child, elder, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more. • Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts. • Retirement readiness rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships. • Education assistance, tuition, student loan certification support, dependent scholarships. • Colleague recognition program. • Time Away From Work Program, paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence. • Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
Learn more about Employee Benefits Eligibility for benefits may vary by location. Come join our team as a CT Technologist Lead. We care for our community. Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million to charitable organizations. Apply Today.
Job Summary and Qualifications As the Lead CT Technologist, you will be responsible for the day-to-day clinical, technical, and operational functions. You will ensure compliance with patient care quality standards as it relates to care provided to all age groups of patients ranging from neonate to geriatric. You will maintain performance improvement activities within the department and participate in CQI activities. You will ensure the competence of all personnel. You must be capable of developing, interpreting, and administering all policies, procedures, and protocols of the department. You will maintain efficient and effective department operations while maintaining compliance with all Joint Commission, state, federal, and local regulatory laws, standards, and practices.
Responsibilities:
• Consistently produce scans of optimal diagnostic quality on patients ranging from Neonatal to Geriatric age groups. • Follow established scanning and viewing protocols. • Operate CT scanner and X-ray equipment efficiently and effectively. • Complete quality scans in a timely manner, effectively organizing and prioritizing workflow to meet STAT and urgent demands while continuing to meet OP customer standards. • Demonstrate proficiency in scanning trauma, acute, and challenging patients, possess skills to modify positioning and scanning factors when standard cannot be performed. • Demonstrate knowledge of disease processes and produce studies that optimally identify related anatomy. • Solicit patient cooperation by providing patient education about procedure and expected sensations before and throughout exam. • Demonstrate competence in using the power injector, verbalize limits of use. • Scan patients of all ages, tailoring exams to the ages, weights, special needs of patients. • Complete required documentation on forms, logs, workstation, and Meditech. • Label images electronically and identify according to protocol. • Review written orders, assess patient medical record for allergies, possible pregnancy, and other pertinent data prior to performing study. • Ensure related information is conveyed to Radiologist performing, interpreting exam when possible.
Qualifications Three years of experience performing CT Technologist procedures in an acute care setting. Five years of experience as a CT Technologist with supervisory experience - preferred. Graduate from an accredited, approved program in Radiologic Technology. Completion of courses in computed tomography (CT) and cross-sectional anatomy. Current Medical Radiologic Technologist (MRT) certification with the Texas Medical Board (TMBC). Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Certified in Radiology by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) RC. Certified in CT by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) CT.
About St. Davids North Austin Medical Center St. Davids North Austin Medical Center is a 460-bed multi-specialty acute care hospital. It provides advanced womens health services, including maternity and newborn care with Level I, II, and III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) at the nearby St. Davids Womens Center of Texas. The hospital also offers minimally invasive gynecological surgery and comprehensive breast imaging through Solis Mammography, which is located on-site. Other services include a 24-hour emergency department, pediatric emergency care, and intensive care at St. Davids Childrens Hospital. The hospital also features the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery, bariatric weight loss surgery, a Heart and Vascular Center, neurology, and neurosurgery, a kidney transplant program, a Level IV Epilepsy Center, as well as inpatient and outpatient surgery and acute rehabilitation services for both inpatients and outpatients.
HCA Healthcare HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
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If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our CT Technologist Lead opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today.
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At its founding in 1968, Nashville-based HCA was one of the nation's first hospital companies. Today, we are the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, a company comprised of locally managed facilities that includes about 165 hospitals and 115 freestanding surgery centers in 20 states and England and employing approximately 204,000 people. Approximately four to five percent of all inpatient care delivered in the country today is provided by HCA facilities. Richard M. Bracken serves as Chairman of HCA and R. Milton Johnson is the company's President and Chief Executive Officer.
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