CT Technologist

Job Description:

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Posting Specifics:

• Benefits Eligible: Yes - Link to Benefit Details

• Hours: (36 hours)

• Shift Details: Friday-Sunday 7:30am-8:00pm -OR- Friday 7:30a-8:00pm and Saturday-Sunday 9:00am-9:30pm

• Weekend Program - This position is part of our Weekend Program, which includes a $5.00/hour differential for all hours worked on Saturdays and Sundays.

• If you have more than three years of experience as a CT Technologist, please refer to the additional qualification details outlined below for a Level II Technologist.

Who We Are:

Good Samaritan Hospital is a community-based, acute-care hospital in Lafayette, Colorado. We opened on December 1, 2004, and are part of Intermountain Health, a nonprofit health system. Our patients and families are the center of every thought, communication and action that takes place in this healing space.

Essential Functions:

• Maintain ARRT competency in all clinical and technical functions of the job

• Understand and operate CT equipment and related information systems appropriately to ensure production of quality images.

• Ensure proper patient identification, order verification, and prepares the patient for the exam.

• Perform exams per department protocol.

• Review and evaluate images for quality, clarity, and accuracy, ensuring that all necessary anatomical structures are captured.

• Adheres to radiation safety guidelines and maintains a safe working environment for patients and staff.

• Completes studies within acceptable time limitations per department expectations without compromising patient care or the quality of the examination.

• Provide appropriate patient education, ensures patient comfort, and addresses patient and/or family concerns.

• Coordinate patient care and communicates pertinent information to other patient care providers following procedure.

• Stay updated with the latest advancements in CT technology, techniques, and protocols by participating in continuing education and professional development activities.

• Assist and instruct students and other radiology technologists in exam protocols, procedures, positioning, and equipment.

Level I Technologist Minimum Qualifications:

• ARRT - American Registry of Radiologic Technologists ARRT (R) Upon Hire, Required

• Certified Computed Tomography Technologist - American Registry of Radiography Technologists ARRT (R)(CT), Preferred

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) within 60 days, Required

• Licensure in state of practice as applicable, Upon Hire, Required

• IV Competency within 90 Days, Required

• For caregivers hired in this role in the State of Colorado, a Fluoroscopy certification, Preferred

• Specific facility-based certification may also be required for this role. If this applies, each facility will define and manage compliance

• 1-2 years Work Experience CT Experience in a hospital setting, Preferred

Level II Technologist Minimum Qualifications:

• Current ARRT (R) (CT) registration.

• Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association or the ability to obtain within 90 days of hire (with prior approval).

• Demonstrated knowledge of cross-sectional anatomy and skill in recognition of normal and abnormal variants.

• Demonstrated knowledge of radiation safety.

• Minimum of 3 years of experience as a CT Technologist, preferred.

Now that you know more about being a CT Technologist on our team, we hope you’ll join us. At Intermountain Health, you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
• Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc.)
• May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location:

Good Samaritan Hospital

Work City:

Lafayette

Work State:

Colorado

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$39.16 - $60.42

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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