American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT), Equipment Maintenance/Repair, Film, Health Department, Informed Consent, Memory Hardware, Patient History, Radiography, Radiology, Record Keeping, Safety Standards, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
Operates x-ray and auxiliary equipment, processes images; maintains and cleans equipment. Maintains required documentation.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares patient for exam. To relieve patient of pre-testing anxiety, translates examination into layman terms based on professional knowledge. Ensures consent form for procedure is obtained if necessary.
- Performs various x-ray exams according to established standards, procedures, and procedures of the division.
- Positions patient for taking of radiographs according to the departmental standard operating procedures.
- Arranges, attaches, or adjusts immobilization and supportive devices for patients.
- Adjusts the x-ray equipment and operates controls to obtain correct exposure.
- Monitors patients condition in accordance with technical and safety standards.
- Recognizes and promptly reports patients motor abnormalities; including, fainting, discoloration, contrast reactions etc., to the Radiologist.
- Keys in Patient history data and other pertinent information obtained from requisition.
- Monitors patients condition during the procedure.
- Operates equipment for transferring computed images to film and archival of disc memory to tape.
- Processes and maintains exposed images.
- Labels film for identification and maintains required records.
- Utilizes film markers and ensures images are properly marked as the right or left side.
- Ensures images are legibly labeled with correct date and patient identification.
- Enters the exam onto the daily log sheet as needed.
- Properly completes the correct tracking steps for each examination.
- Performs related duties, as required.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an approved Radiologic Technology program, required.
- New York State Department of Health licensure as a Radiologic Technologist, required.
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration, required.
- Minimum of one (1) year experience performing radiologic exams, required.
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